HERC's new report, Closing the Gap: Recruitment, Retention, and Career Sustainability in Higher Education, offers timely insights to help member institutions strengthen both recruitment and retention. Drawing on responses from the 2026 Higher Education Workforce Survey, the report shows that workplace conditions influencing candidates' decisions are the same factors shaping employee retention. This year, the report was expanded to include two new indices: the HERC Workload Strain Index and the HERC Retention Risk Index. Which survey results did you find most intriguing this year?
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Sandra Herranen
Membership & Operations Coordinator
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium
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