About the COACHE Survey

The COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey is a multi-year project led by the UTA Faculty Senate to collect information from faculty about their work-life that will serve as the basis for collaborative planning and implementation of change.

The survey was deployed in spring 2021. All full-time faculty employed by the University in fall 2020 were eligible to participate. Survey questions captured UT Arlington faculty members’ experiences with teaching, research, and service; tenure and promotion; engagement and collegiality; appreciation and recognition; faculty and administrative leadership; shared governance; interdisciplinary work, collaboration, and mentoring; personal and family policies; and other drivers of faculty satisfaction.

After more than a decade since a systematic survey of UT Arlington faculty members was conducted, this survey closes the gap and initiates a three-year process of planning and evaluation that will enhance collegiality within the faculty and with campus leadership. Findings from the survey will lead to an improved campus workplace and increased faculty productivity. The survey will allow UT Arlington to benchmark its status and progress against peer and aspirant institutions.


  • Fall 2020 – COACHE Steering Committee undertakes planning and communication process surrounding survey launch
  • February 2021 – Survey launched
  • Mid-April 2021 – Survey closed
  • Summer 2021 – Survey results received
  • Fall 2021 – Results posted and new Evaluation, Results, and Initiatives Committee (ERIC) formed to begin the analysis and planning process
  • Spring 2022 – Initiatives developed and prioritized
  • Fall 2022 – Priorities acted on and COACHE peers engaged
  • Spring 2023 – Progress evaluated
  • Fall 2024 - Conclude communication of recommendations to campus
  • Spring 2024 - Demonstrate impact of survey
  • Jacqueline Fay, chair, professor of English
  • Maxine Adegbola, associate clinical professor of nursing
  • Sonja Ezell, clinical assistant professor of curriculum and instruction
  • Tom Ingram, associate professor of communication
  • Andy Milson, professor of historical geography, chair of faculty senate
  • Linsey Nazir, director of internal communications and strategy
  • Pete Smith, professor of modern languages, chief analytics officer

About the COACHE product

UTA partnered with the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, or COACHE, for the administration of the Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey.

COACHE is a “research-practice partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education ... dedicated to the discovery of and insight into the postsecondary faculty experience.” The COACHE FSS has been developed over numerous years with more than 250 colleges and universities having administered the survey on their campuses. The COACHE survey product offers participating universities the opportunity to suggest custom questions in addition to the standard questions provided, which UTA opted to do. Additionally, COACHE provides comparative data from appropriate peer institutions.

The Faculty Senate at UTA spent over a year researching faculty satisfaction surveys at institutions of higher education. Additionally, research was conducted among University of Texas System institutions as to their experience with faculty satisfaction surveys. The COACHE FSS was identified as a national and international leader in the area. The COACHE product has been used by numerous UT System institutions in recent years, including at the University of Texas at Austin.


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