Background

Previous Years

2009

Due to the overwhelming positive response to last year’s launch, the 2009 program was expanded to include both a Community College category and to extend eligibility to most non-profit colleges interested in participating. In 2009, 247 colleges completed the entire assessment process compared to 89 colleges in 2008, representing a 270% increase. Two hundred and one were four-year colleges, and 46 were two-year schools. 

Surveys were sent to over 96,000 faculty and staff nationwide. Of those, nearly 41,000 responded (a 43% average response rate): over 9,900 Administration; over 18,000 Faculty; and nearly 11,000 Professional Support Staff.

Click here to see the 2009 Winners by Recognition Category and Winners by Enrollment.
Click here to see the 2009 2-year and 4-year Honor Roll winners.  
Click here to view the 2009 Chronicle Workplace supplement.

2008

In 2008, The Chronicle of Higher Education and ModernThink invited 844 colleges and universities across five Carnegie classifications to participate in the inaugural Great Colleges to Work For program. Invitations were extended across the following Carnegie classifications:

RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)
RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)
DRU: Doctoral/Research Universities
Master’s/L: Master’s Colleges and Universities (larger programs)
Bac/A&S: Baccalaureate Colleges—Arts & Sciences

Eighty-nine organizations participated. We surveyed over 15,000 faculty and staff. (4,003 identified as Administration, 5,840 identified as Faculty, and 4,262 identified as Professional Support Staff).

Click here to see the 2008 Winners by Recognition Category and 2008 Winners by Employee Size.
Click here to view the 2008 Chronicle Workplace supplement.