The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Great Colleges to Work For includes Wake Tech Community College in North Carolina, where employees say the administration listens when they propose problem-solving ideas.
Wake Tech’s president, Stephen Scott, believes “the president needs to focus on the employees, and they can then focus on the students.”
. . . when Mr. Scott learned that employees were frustrated with the institution’s out-of-date computers and limited Internet access, the college added more than 2,000 new computers and expanded and upgraded its Internet service, from 2005 to 2008.
In response to faculty requests, Wake Tech created leadership training to help employees advance.
To cope with budget cuts, Scott asked faculty members to teach extra classes or add online students. They agreed, making it possible to avoid layoffs.
