Forum Will Review COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey Results, Seek Ideas

Sent on behalf of Faculty Senate President Nate Brunsell, University Senate President Ani Kokobobo, and Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Barbara Bichelmeyer.

Dear Colleagues,

We are launching our Lawrence and Edward campus engagement program for the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) survey of Faculty Job Satisfaction with an open forum with the Provost and University Governance leaders.

Forum on Faculty Satisfaction and Path Forward

Friday, Feb. 17,

2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Beren Conference Center, Slawson Hall,

https://kansas.zoom.us/j/94335824588

Meeting ID: 943 3582 4588

Passcode: 398668

We will use this forum to review goals for the initiative, share additional data and the plan of action, and discuss ongoing initiatives that respond to areas of concern.

The main purpose of this and future listening sessions is to elicit your ideas around solutions. We want to be clear, we do not expect you to do the work of solving the problems the survey has identified. Rather, we want these forums to be opportunities for dialogue with you all as our colleagues. We want to engage you, with your incredible intellectual gifts and creativity, and ensure you have some agency in any solutions put forward. As co-leaders of our institutional response to the COACHE survey we want to hear from each of you.

If you cannot join us for this opportunity, members of the Advisory Team will host smaller forums in individual academic units during lunch hours over February and early March. These meetings will also be opportunities to share COACHE survey information relating to disciplinary groups. The schedule for these presentations can be found on our website and at the bottom of this email.

Additional data are now available for your review on our website. We will also soon have an online form for you to anonymously share your ideas.

Thank you for all you do for KU.

Respectfully,

Barbara Bichelmeyer, Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor

Ani Kokobobo, University Senate President

Nate Brunsell, Faculty Senate President