2024-2025 COACHE Report

COACHE: Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Ed

2024-2025

Report & Recommendations

July 2025

 

Table of Contents

Appreciation

Part I: The COACHE Survey and the Impact on UNT Faculty Satisfaction

Part 2: COACHE Steering Committee and Response Rate

2014-2025 Steering Committee Members

UNT’s Overall Response Rate

UNT College Response Rate

Part 3: Our COACHE 2024 Results

What did the Survey Results tell us?

Areas of Strength and Opportunities

Top Five Benchmarks

Lowest Five Benchmarks

What changed from COACHE 2021

Areas of Strength

Areas of Concern

UNT also saw increases and decreases across other benchmarks

            Up from 2021

            Down from 2021

Part 4: COACHE Steering Committee Inquiry and Findings

            Three Focus Areas

                        Interdisciplinary Work & Collaboration

                        Tenure & Promotion

                        Shared Governance & Institutional Leadership

Part 5: The Flight Path Forward: Actionable Recommendations

Monitor Salary Equity and Merit Increases

Ensure faculty service is equitable administered and recognized

Increase Faculty Interdisciplinary Engagement and Rewards

Increase Unit-Level Promotion and/or Tenure Support

Strengthen Communication Among Faculty and Administrator Governance Bodies

Stakeholder Support

Appendices

Appendix A – Methodology

Appendix B – Definitions

Appendix C – Instrumentation Summary

Appendix D – Selected Peer Universities and Cohort Institutions

Appendix E – 2024-2025 Steering Committee Members