COACHE Partnership
Faculty are at the heart of our academic enterprise. Our success depends on our ability to attract, retain, and support talented faculty. Our ongoing commitment to the COACHE initiative provides critical data to inform our efforts and investments in faculty success.
Our Partnership with COACHE
The Zayed University-COACHE partnership prioritizes our commitment to faculty and their satisfaction at Zayed University. The Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education is an international, research-based initiative explicitly designed to understand the job satisfaction of instructional and research faculty. ZU began our partnership with COACHE in 2023, administering the first survey in 2024. We anticipate that the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey results will allow ZU to focus on growth areas around promotion, recognition and appreciation, support for interdisciplinary work, faculty mentoring, and salary and compensation.
The COACHE partnership helps ZU to:
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Collect comprehensive data that drill down into areas that impact satisfaction and productivity;
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Benchmark results to and learn from peer institutions to design effective programs, policies and practices to facilitate organizational change and improve faculty outcomes;
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Develop a more robust understanding of issues related to faculty job satisfaction and retention and
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Create and measure the impact of ZU-specific action plans to intentionally strengthen faculty well-being and success.
