The Chronicle of Higher Education published its list of Great Colleges to Work For 2013 on Thursday, highlighting the schools that bring the best out of their employees. Making the list for the second year in a row, UH was honored under the Tenure Clarity and Process category, which is a faculty-only recognition.

With almost 1,000 professors, 1,342 teaching assistants and 1,143 other faculty, UH is considered one of the best universities in the U.S. to work for. | Courtesy of uh.edu

Almost 300 universities surveyed its faculty for the list, but only a third of them passed the Chronicle’s criteria. The chosen schools excelled in any or all of the Chronicle’s criteria for what makes a great university. While UH was chosen based on its diversity and tenure clarity and process, the other categories included compensation and benefits, job satisfaction, teacher environment and work and life balance.

The Chronicle publishes an Honor Roll along with the full list, in a list that includes schools that meet anywhere from five to 11 of the 12 categories. UH met only one this year under the faculty only recognitions.

“There are a number of continuous improvement efforts underway to better support faculty teaching and research efforts,” said Robert McPherson, dean of the College of Education.

“Among them are the strengthening of the research infrastructure of university, construction of new state-of-the-art classrooms and laboratories, and on-campus housing opportunities for faculty. I would also like to see continued strengthening of the faculty governance structure.”

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