September 14, 2020 (Wilmington, DE) — ModernThink LLC, a strategic human capital consulting firm, today announced the results of its 2020 Great Colleges to Work For® program. Now in its thirteenth year, the program is regarded as one of the largest and most respected workplace recognition programs in the country, recognizing higher education institutions that Read More »
Author Archives: Richard Boyer
Leading in Good Times and Bad
The 2020 Great Colleges to Work For program officially launched the faculty/staff survey on March 9th. By the end of that week, colleges across the country announced their plans to send students home for the semester and transition to remote learning options. The situation was unprecedented and for many institutions, largely unanticipated in any of Read More »
Thanks for Participating in the Great Colleges to Work For Program!
Thank you and congratulations – the employee survey has closed, and we have moved on to the analysis portion of the Great Colleges to Work For program! Thank you once again for your commitment to the 2020 Great Colleges program, even in the face of an unprecedented pandemic. We appreciate your dedication to helping us Read More »
Great Colleges Survey Extended
At ModernThink we pride ourselves in partnering with clients, not just being another vendor. In light of the many challenges presented by COVID-19, we want to support, however we can, all Great Colleges program participants navigating the unforeseen and unprecedented challenges we now face. As we continue to monitor the impact of this virus on Read More »
2019 Great Colleges to Work For Announced by ModernThink
September 16, 2019 (Wilmington, DE) — ModernThink LLC, a strategic human capital consulting firm, today announced the results of its 2019 Great Colleges to Work For® program. Now in its twelfth year, the program is regarded as one of the largest and most respected workplace recognition programs in the country, recognizing higher education institutions that Read More »
The Uniting Impact of Institutional Values
By Rich Boyer, ModernThink Managing Partner Regardless of where one stands on the political spectrum, there is widespread consensus that the civility and quality of our dialogue has deteriorated in recent years. Whether it be the sheer intensity of the rhetoric, the unwillingness to find common ground, the lack of empathy (and even basic Read More »
2018 Great Colleges Announced!
2018 marks the eleventh year of the Great Colleges to Work For® program. Each year, the Great Colleges program surveys faculty and staff of higher education institutions across the United States to provide senior-level administrators and academic leaders with insights on the quality of the workplace experience and the competitiveness of their institution’s policies and benefits. In Read More »
The Subtle Art of Gaining Faculty Buy-In
This article appeared on The Chronicle of Higher Education website. A version of this article appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education June 23, 2017 issue. The future of Ohio Wesleyan University was up for a vote this past March, and Rock F. Jones wasn’t sure which way it was going to go. As Read More »