{"60191":{"#nid":"60191","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Among \u2018Great Colleges to Work For\u2019","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the second year in a row, Georgia Tech has been named to\nThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s \u201cGreat Colleges To Work For\u201d Honor Roll. Tech is the only Georgia school on this year\u0027s list.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019re passionately committed to providing a work\nenvironment that supports the best possible talent in this competitive market,\u201d\nsaid Marita Sullivan, interim vice president of human resources. Besides\nsupporting current employees, \u201cdata shows that winning a workplace award such\nas this helps you to recruit top talent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe results, released today in The Chronicle\u2019s third annual\nreport on the academic workplace, are based on a survey of more than 42,000\nemployees at 277 colleges and universities, including 223 four-year\ninstitutions and 54 two-year institutions. In all, only 97 of the 277\ninstitutions achieved \u201cGreat College to Work For\u201d recognition for specific best\npractices and policies.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGiven how competitive the Great Colleges program was this\nyear, this accolade is a remarkable accomplishment,\u201d said Jeffrey Selingo, editor\nof The Chronicle of Higher Education.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech received honors in seven out of twelve\ncategories: collaborative governance; teaching environment; facilities,\nworkspaces, and security; job satisfaction and support; work\/life balance;\nconfidence in senior leadership; and supervisor or department-chair\nrelationship.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cJob satisfaction and work\/life balance are so closely\nlinked,\u201d said Sullivan. \u201cOn that front, we have an initiative to raise the\nfunds to open a second child care center.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERelating to job support, Sullivan noted, \u201cGeorgia Tech is,\nand has been, committed to providing quality training programs to staff. Our\nprogram has been recognized by the University System, which is establishing\ntraining hubs across the state and has selected Tech as one of six regional\ntraining centers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ESullivan also noted that the Institute hosted its first\nDiversity Roundtable, focused on mentoring and support of early-career\nindividuals, in April.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAnderson Smith, senior vice provost for academic affairs,\ncommented on the recognition of Tech\u2019s teaching environment. \u201cThe recognition\nof Georgia Tech as one of the best places to work is obviously an asset in\nattracting top academic talent,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have always followed the rule\nthat if you could not give a new faculty member what he or she needs to be\nsuccessful, then you should not make the offer. \u201c\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAs to the collaborative environment, Smith said, \u201cthe\nfaculty understands the importance of teamwork as an important characteristic\nof our educational mission.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe also have been able to build and renovate many campus\nbuildings in the last 15 years,\u201d Smith noted. \u201cImproving the research and\nteaching infrastructure with new buildings and new equipment makes Georgia Tech\na place faculty want to work.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe survey results are based on a two-part assessment\nprocess: an institutional audit that captured demographics and workplace\npolicies from each institution, and a survey administered to faculty,\nadministrators and professional support staff. The primary factor in deciding\nwhether an institution received recognition was the employee feedback.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Chronicle ranking comes on the heels of Tech being named\nby The Scientist as among the top 15 places for life scientists to work in the\nnation.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGreat Colleges to Work For is\none of the largest and most respected workplace-recognition programs in the\ncountry. The Chronicle worked with ModernThink LLC, a human capital consulting\nfirm that has conducted numerous \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d programs.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt\u2019s easier to be a great workplace during good times, but\nit\u2019s when times are tough that the commitment to workplace quality really gets\ntested,\u201d said Richard Boyer, principal and managing partner of ModernThink LLC.\n\u201cThose institutions that measure up during times of economic hardship reinforce\ntheir already strong cultures and put even more distance between them and their\npeer institutions with whom they compete for talent.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information and to view all the results of the\nsurvey, visit The Chronicle\u2019s website at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/chronicle.com\/academicworkplace\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/chronicle.com\/academicworkplace\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor the second year in a row, Georgia Tech has been named to\nThe Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s \u201cGreat Colleges To Work For\u201d Honor Roll.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"For the second year in a row, Georgia Tech has been named to The Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s \u201cGreat Colleges To Work For\u201d Honor Roll."}],"uid":"27309","created_gmt":"2010-07-22 16:27:19","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:07:11","author":"Daniel Treadaway","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-07-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"60209":{"id":"60209","type":"image","title":"Great Colleges \u201cbadge\u201d 2010","body":null,"created":"1449176253","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:57:33","changed":"1475894520","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:00","alt":"Great Colleges \u201cbadge\u201d 2010","file":{"fid":"191074","name":"GREATCO10.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GREATCO10_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/GREATCO10_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":81766,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/GREATCO10_0.jpg?itok=lQMz3TAG"}}},"media_ids":["60209"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/academicworkplace","title":"Chronicle of Higher Education"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"2920","name":"competitive"},{"id":"807","name":"environment"},{"id":"167062","name":"survey"},{"id":"1800","name":"work"},{"id":"1668","name":"workplace"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matt.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}