{"id":15804,"date":"2013-07-22T16:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T21:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=15804"},"modified":"2013-07-22T11:32:28","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T16:32:28","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-receives-2013-great-colleges-to-work-for-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2013\/07\/22\/austin-peay-state-university-receives-2013-great-colleges-to-work-for-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University receives 2013 &#8216;Great Colleges to Work For&#8217; honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; For the second consecutive year, Austin Peay State University is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, APSU was the only public university in Tennessee to make the list.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_180689\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Austin-Peay-State-University.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-180689\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-180689\" title=\"Austin Peay State University\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Austin-Peay-State-University-480x335.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-180689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Austin Peay State University<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more-->The results were released today in The Chronicle\u2019s sixth annual report on The Academic Workplace.<\/p>\n<p>In all, only 97 institutions achieved \u201cGreat College to Work For\u201d recognition for specific best practices and policies.<\/p>\n<p>Results are reported for small, medium, and large institutions, with APSU included among the large universities with 10,000 or more students.<\/p>\n<h3>APSU won honors in nine of 12 categories this year<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Collaborative Governance<\/li>\n<li>Professional\/Career Development Programs<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Environment<\/li>\n<li>Confidence in Senior Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Tenure Clarity and Process<\/li>\n<li>Job Satisfaction<\/li>\n<li>Respect and Appreciation<\/li>\n<li>Supervisor or Department Chair Relationship<\/li>\n<li>Work and Life Balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because APSU was recognized in several categories, APSU received Honor Roll recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The Chronicle is the nation\u2019s most important source of news about colleges and universities.<\/p>\n<p>The results are based on a survey of all employees at APSU. To administer the survey and analyze the results, The Chronicle worked with ModernThink LLC, a strategic human capital consulting firm that has conducted numerous \u201cBest Places to Work\u201d programs, surveying hundreds of thousands of employees nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Great Colleges to Work For is one of the largest and most respected workplace-recognition programs in the country.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to view all the results of the survey, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/Great-Colleges-To-Work-For\/140369\/#id=big-table\"  target=\"_blank\">The Chronicle\u2019s Web link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; For the second consecutive year, Austin Peay State University is one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. 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