Is your college a great place to work?
Be a part of The Chronicle’s 2010 Great Colleges to Work For Program and find out.
The Great Colleges to Work For Program is a free recognition program sponsored by The Chronicle of Higher Education and ModernThink LLC, a leader in assessing workplace quality.
Participants receive many benefits including:
- Gaining valuable exposure in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Academic Workplace supplement in July 2010. Click here to view the 2009 supplement Chronicle.com/academicworkplace.
- Boosting recruitment and retention of the best faculty, administrators and staff. According to one school, “[The Great Colleges recognition] had an immediate and positive impact on our ability to recruit high-quality faculty.” According to another, “We did end up being recognized which not only was the cause for great celebration on campus but also provided support for some of our marketing and retention initiatives.” Click here to see how schools have promoted their achievement.
- Improving awareness and outcomes by understanding both your institution’s strengths and its weaknesses. To learn about reports, both those that are included for free and others that are available for purchase, click here .
- Enhancing strategic planning by benchmarking against your peers and seeing how you compare. As explained by one participant, “The Great Colleges program provided us with information critical to our ongoing efforts to build and maintain an exceptional work environment… and provided validation for many of our programs and initiatives.” Click here to see an excerpt of the 2009 Higher Education Workplace Trend Report.
- Capitalizing on your school’s participation with several customization options. Click here to learn more.
To register for the 2010 program now click here .
There is no cost to participate. The program is open to most non-profit higher education institutions with a total student enrollment of at least 500.
The Chronicle and ModernThink reserve the right to limit the number of participants and/or place certain restrictions (e.g., minimum size thresholds) on schools that will be eligible for recognition.
