Second Consecutive Year: Gannon University
Is One Of The Best Colleges In The Nation To Work For
Posted: July 18, 2016For the second consecutive year, Gannon University is one of the
best colleges in the nation to work for, according to The Chronicle
of Higher Education's Great Colleges to Work For.
The results were released in the Chronicle's 2016 annual report
on The Academic Workplace, which recognizes colleges and
universities for specific best practices and policies. Gannon
University received recognition in two of the 12 categories
measured.
Gannon was newly recognized for professional and career
development programs, being cited for giving employees the
opportunity to develop skills and understand requirements to
advance in their careers.
For the second consecutive year, Gannon University was
recognized for confidence in senior leadership having the
knowledge, skills and experience necessary for the success of the
institution.
This year, 93 institutions are recognized as a Great College to
Work For, including 68 four-year institutions and 25 two-year
institutions. The feedback of employees was the primary factor in
determining whether an institution received recognition as a Great
College to Work For.
The academic year that just concluded saw the University achieve
the largest enrollment since 1992 (4,416 students), and a
record-breaking 906 degrees awarded at Spring Commencement. Gannon
also had the lowest tuition increase rate since the 1977-78
academic year.
New undergraduate and graduate academic programs were introduced
along with several exceptional learning environment renovations and
openings to support them, including the dedication of Gannon's
second campus in Ruskin, Florida in August 2015 that is home to its
new occupational therapy doctorate program.
For the tenth consecutive year, Gannon University was named as
the only "Best Value School" in Western Pennsylvania in the 2016
edition of U.S. News and World Report's "America's Best
Colleges."
All accredited U.S. institutions are invited to participate in
the Great Colleges survey, conducted by ModernThink LLC, a human
resources consulting firm in Wilmington, Delaware. For the 2016
survey, employees at 281 colleges and universities were included in
a two-part assessment process: the ModernThink Higher Education
Insight Survey of faculty, administrators and professional support
staff and an institutional audit that captured demographics, and
workplace policies and practices from each institution. The primary
factor in deciding whether an institution received a Great Colleges
to Work For recognition was the feedback provided by employees.
Created in 2008, Great Colleges to Work For is one of the
largest and most respected workplace-recognition programs in the
country. For more information and to view all the results of the
survey, visit The Chronicle's website at
http://chronicle.com/interactives/greatcolleges16.