How to improve the workplace for faculty

The final question in the COACHE survey asks faculty to describe the one thing your institution can do to improve the workplace for faculty. COACHE analysts assigned all responses to one or more common themes. Click on the "Comments" tab for the (redacted) responses and more detailed coding.
* For help understanding this visualization, see video tutorial on "Improving Workplace".
Nature of work: General
Nature of work: Research
Nature of Work: Service
Nature of work: Teaching
Facilities and resources for work
Compensation and benefits
Work and personal life balance
Professional development
Tenure
Promotion
Mentoring
Diversity
Culture
Collaboration and interdiscplinary work
Leadership: Departmental
Leadership: Divisional
Leadership: General
Leadership: Senior
Shared governance
State support and oversight
Departmental collegiality
Departmental engagement
Departmental quality
Appreciation and recognition
Other
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10%
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What is the number one thing your institution can do to improve the workplace for faculty?

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  • ■ Appreciation and recognition
  • ■ Collaboration and interdiscplinary work
  • ■ Compensation and benefits
  • ■ Culture
  • ■ Departmental collegiality
  • ■ Departmental engagement
  • ■ Departmental quality
  • ■ Diversity
  • ■ Facilities and resources for work
  • ■ Leadership: Departmental
  • ■ Leadership: Divisional
  • ■ Leadership: General
  • ■ Leadership: Senior
  • ■ Mentoring
  • ■ Nature of work: General
  • ■ Nature of work: Research
  • ■ Nature of Work: Service
  • ■ Nature of work: Teaching
  • ■ Professional development
  • ■ Promotion
  • ■ Tenure
  • ■ Work and personal life balance
  • ■ Other
  • ■ State support and oversight
  • ■ Shared governance
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Actual written responses:
Open comments were deleted from this public version in order to protect confidentiality.
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