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At UNT, faculty success means faculty feel supported, recognized, and excel (we say “soar”) in their careers. We aim to create a flourishing community of faculty scholars, teachers, innovators, and leaders, and we are dedicated to ensuring that every faculty member feels that UNT is a career destination.

In pursuit of continuous improvement, UNT actively engages in outreach and surveys to gauge faculty satisfaction. We administer the highly regarded Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey to learn more about the faculty journey to enhance our procedures, resources, and climate to support a thriving faculty community. Since 2011, more than 250 colleges, universities, systems, and consortia in the U.S. and Canada have joined the COACHE research-practice partnership to improve the academic workplace and advance the success of a talented faculty.

How has UNT improved faculty work life with prior COACHE surveys?

UNT has been a COACHE institutional member since 2008 and uses the survey results as a starting point to explore both high and low areas of faculty job satisfaction through community conversations, focus groups, additional unit-level analysis, and discussions with stakeholders.

UNT distributes the survey every three years, and we have made significant strides in addressing areas of concern while continuing to support the resources that faculty share that are helping them succeed. These include:

  • Implementing ongoing salary studies and market adjustments
  • Launching a Workload Equity Initiative (AY24) and Academic Workload Policy adjustments
  • Improving climate and resources for Professional Faculty
  • Offering Crucial Conversations training for academic leaders and faculty
  • Expanding support for pedagogical and teaching resources
  • Expanding the UNT Faculty Mentoring Program for faculty across ranks
  • Development of a faculty dashboard (Insights 2.0) to track faculty advancement and retention and to share unit-level COACHE results  
  • Expanding faculty award eligibility and funding
  • Implementing faculty exit surveys and interviews

We hope you explore our latest COACHE survey results and see how these have changed over the last several cycles. We take pride in using this and other data to help our faculty soar to success!