As one of the annual priorities for the 2023-24 academic year, President’s Council seeks to align available resources in order to in to invest in individual and community well-being. The critical first step was to collect perspectives from faculty and staff in a survey. As a reminder, this survey was designed to align with the U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health and Well-being.
Based on this research, the survey will incorporate five different areas of workplace well-being: mattering at work, work-life harmony, connection and community, protection from harm, and opportunity for growth.
737 invitations were sent to all staff and faculty. We received a total of 450 completed responses, or a response rate of 61.1%
We’ve summarized the results in the following three documents:
Employee Well-being results – Faculty ONLY
Employee Well-being results – Staff ONLY
The Wellbeing Improvement Survey for Higher Education Settings (WISHES) was administered to all PLU students for the first time in September 2023. This survey “provides colleges and universities with timely and actionable data to adapt and improve institutional norms, structures, and processes, to enable all students to thrive and flourish.”
2,737 invitations were sent out to all of our undergraduate and graduate students. We received 342 responses, or about 12.5%.
We’ve summarized the results in the following document: