Faculty and staff members are invited to attend sessions that will
provide an overview of results from the Collaborative on Academic
Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) Faculty Job Satisfaction survey.
Meetings are planned through mid-October, including one virtual
session. Dates, times and locations are listed below. Register
for a session online; if registering for the October 15 virtual
meeting, a Zoom invite will be sent.
Health Campus: Friday, October 4, 2 p.m., DeVos Center for
Interprofessional Health, room 445
Pew Grand Rapids Campus:October 9, 3 p.m., Seidman Center,
Forum Room
Allendale Campus: October 11, 2 p.m., Kirkhof Center, room 2270
Virtual: October 15, 3 p.m., link will be sent after registering
At the meetings, faculty who are members of the COACHE Steering
Committee will provide an overview of the survey, including the
reported strengths and areas of concern, and facilitate a discussion
of next steps.
A preview of
the report is available online. It offers comparisons to a set
of five GVSU-selected peers and to the larger 2023-2024 COACHE cohort,
which includes 85 institutions. Following a recommendation from the
Network of Advisors, Grand Valley joined COACHE, a Harvard
University Graduate School of Education project, for the 2023-2026
academic years.
University Awards for Excellence were presented, in addition to awards from the Center for Scholarly and Creative Excellence, and Pew Faculty Teaching and Learning Center.