Each year, colleges and universities strive to make their institutions better places to work. To help them, the Great Colleges to Work For survey provides participants with a means to gather actionable data and insights from their faculty and staff. Participation is completely free! If you’re still not sure participation is right for your institution, 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 »
2017 Great Colleges Announced!
Now in its tenth year, the Great Colleges to Work For® program continues to provide vital data about employee engagement at colleges and universities across the United States. The partnership between The Chronicle of Higher Education and ModernThink LLC has been bringing higher educational leaders valuable insights into fundamental workplace qualities since 2008. This year, Read More »
A Great Place to Work Begins with Great Leadership
This past December, ModernThink partnered with The Chronicle of Higher Education to create a free report on workplace quality based on the past 9 years of data from the Great Colleges to Work For® program. This report was circulated to college and university presidents nationwide. It explored how college and university leaders play a valuable role in Read More »