{"id":18429,"date":"2014-07-22T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-22T19:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=18429"},"modified":"2014-07-22T00:55:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-22T05:55:01","slug":"apsu-again-named-great-college-to-work-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2014\/07\/22\/apsu-again-named-great-college-to-work-for\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU again named &#8220;Great College to Work For&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-47306\" title=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/apsu-logo-200x123.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University - APSU\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Clarksville, TN<\/strong> &#8211; For the third 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. In addition, APSU was the only public university in Tennessee to make the list.<\/p>\n<p>The results were released today in The Chronicle\u2019s seventh annual report on The Academic Workplace.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-Great-Colleges-to-Work-For.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-255860\" title=\"Austin Peay State University named \u201cGreat College to Work For\u201d in 2014.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/2014-Great-Colleges-to-Work-For-480x312.jpg\" alt=\"Austin Peay State University named \u201cGreat College to Work For\u201d in 2014.\" width=\"480\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><!--more-->\u201cIt is a privilege to work with a campus community that has been again named one of the \u2018Great Colleges to Work For,\u2019\u201d APSU President Alisa White said.<\/p>\n<p>In all, only 92 institutions achieved \u201cGreat College to Work For\u201d recognition for specific best practices and policies. 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>Confidence in Senior Leadership<\/li>\n<li>Diversity<\/li>\n<li>Facilities, Workspace and Security<\/li>\n<li>Professional\/Career-Development Programs<\/li>\n<li>Respect and Appreciation<\/li>\n<li>Supervisor or Department Chair Relationship<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Environment<\/li>\n<li>Tenure Clarity and Process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Because APSU was recognized in several categories, APSU received Honor Roll recognition.<\/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>[320left]\u201cIt\u2019s easier to be a great workplace during good times, but it\u2019s when times are tough that the commitment to workplace quality really gets tested,\u201d Richard K. Boyer, principal and managing partner with ModernThink LLC, said. \u201cAnd those institutions that measure up during times of economic hardship reinforce their already strong cultures and put even more distance between them and their peer institutions for whom they compete for talent.\u201d<\/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\/147387\/#id=big-table\"  target=\"_blank\">The Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville, TN &#8211; For the third 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. In addition, APSU was the only public university in Tennessee to make the list. 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