Oklahoma City University ranks among the top five colleges in more than two-thirds of the categories, and the University of Central Oklahoma is among the best in eight categories.
The human resources consulting firm ModernThink LLC surveyed more than 15,000 administrators and faculty and staff members at 89 four-year colleges — 39 public and 50 private — in March and April.
The Chronicle's report, published in this week's edition, lists the top five colleges in each category but does not list the colleges that did not make the top five.
OCU made the list for small colleges — those with 499 or fewer employees. UCO is among medium colleges with 500 to 2,499 employees.
OCU President Tom McDaniel said the university rewards employees with incentive pay for thinking of ideas that are used. OCU has adopted an idea for saving money on utilities and another for giving employees and their children tuition-free education.
"We try really hard to have a workplace that encourages collaboration and participation by everybody," McDaniel said.
OCU also encourages employees to create a good environment for students, he said.
Several categories in which OCU was recognized were for healthy faculty-administration relations, work-life balance, internal communications and facilities and security, according to The Chronicle.
UCO was recognized for its teaching environment; connection to institution and pride; tenure clarity and process; and policies, resources and efficiency, among others , according to survey results.
UCO Executive Vice President Steve Kreidler said he appreciated that the results were not the university bragging but the employees giving their opinions.
"People don't work for UCO to succeed financially," he said, but because the university focuses on students. Policies, such as building small classrooms, back up that philosophy.
Kreidler said he is proud that employees consider UCO well-run.
"We use money as well as we possibly can," he said. The university has a division called Lean University that works with other colleges to help them focus on their mission and eliminate unnecessary spending.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
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tu is just a troll looking for a response. Don't feed him and he will eventually wither away and die.
"I think the article left out the detail that this was a survey of schools for people of substandard intelligence." I think the only person with "substandard intelligence" around here is the person who is attempting to link student ability with faculty job satisfaction. Good job, genius.
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