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COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Survey

COACHE Faculty Satisfaction Survey

IU Bloomington joins over 250 colleges and universities who participate in the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) faculty satisfaction survey, conducted by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

IU Bloomington has participated in the faculty satisfaction survey since 2005, allowing us to assess change over time. We’re also able to compare the experiences of our faculty with those reported by faculty at some of our peer institutions to identify areas of relative strength and weakness compared to our peers.

Results of our most recent survey

The most recent faculty satisfaction survey was completed in spring 2023 by 844 IU Bloomington tenure- and nontenure-track faculty. Overall, 55 percent of IU Bloomington faculty were satisfied or very satisfied with IU Bloomington as a place to work, and 60 percent would again choose IUB as a place to work.

COACHE Dashboard

The data from the COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey in 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2023 can be explored in the dashboard below. You need to log in with your IU credentials (all benefits-eligible academic appointees at IUB have access).

COACHE Dashboard: All Results 2013, 2016, 2019, 2023

You can learn more about the 2023 findings in a summary report provided by COACHE which also shows how we compare to some of our peer institutions who also participated in the survey. In addition, IUB faculty committees have analyzed the 2016 data in more depth, and those reports are available below, as well.

2023 Executive Summary of the COACHE data

Report to BFC on 2019 COACHE Survey

2019 Executive Summary of COACHE data

2019 Faculty Satisfaction, Climate, and Retention

2019 COACHE Information on Campus Climate

2016 IUB Executive Summary of COACHE data

Report by the Campus Assessment Committee on Gender and Faculty Satisfaction

55percent of faculty are satisfied or very satisfied with IU Bloomington as a place to work

60percent of IU Bloomington faculty would again choose IU Bloomington as a place to work

93percent of faculty would recommend their department to a candidate for a faculty position

COACHE Faculty Retention and Exit Survey

IU Bloomington is currently participating in the COACHE Faculty Retention and Exit Survey to collect systematic information on full-time faculty who received a retention offer or voluntarily moved to another university.

The study design allows us to compare faculty who received a retention offer and stayed at IU to those who moved to another university.

This is a multiyear study, and we will summarize and share key findings once it is completed.

Alternative accessible formats of the PDF documents on this page can be obtained by contacting VPFAA at vpfaa@indiana.edu.