SAN ANGELO, TX -- For the 12th straight year, Angelo State University has been designated one of the nation's "Great Colleges to Work For" and has been featured in a special edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education, the major national news source for college and university faculty and administrators.
ASU is one of only 76 institutions of higher education recognized nationally by the ModernThink strategic human capital consulting firm - and also ranked highly enough to be one of only 42 institutions named to the 2026 Honor Roll. This also marks the 12th straight year ASU has made the Honor Roll.
"This annual recognition is particularly significant because it's based primarily on feedback from ASU employees," said ASU President Ronnie Hawkins. "It takes all of us - faculty, staff and administrators - working together to fulfill our educational mission and realize our institutional vision on behalf of our students. I appreciate everyone's dedication to Angelo State and to maintaining what makes us the Ram Family."
Angelo State is also one of only nine Texas four-year institutions to earn a 2026 "Great College to Work For" designation, one of just four Texas public universities to be honored, and the sole Lone Star Conference school to make the Honor Roll. ASU was previously identified as one of the nation's "Great Colleges to Work For" in 2009, 2013 and 2015-25.
"Angelo State continues to show what it looks like to lead," said TTUS Chancellor Brandon Creighton. "Twelve straight years as a 'Great College to Work For' is a credit to President Hawkins and his leadership team, the outstanding faculty and staff who make ASU such a special place, and the students at the heart of its mission. Across the Texas Tech University System, we want our institutions setting the standard for academic excellence, student success and a culture that attracts great people - and Angelo State is doing exactly that."
The ModernThink recognition results are based on a two-part assessment process that includes an institutional audit of employment data and workplace policies, as well as a survey of about 91,000 faculty, staff and administrators at institutions nationwide, with employee feedback being the primary factor. ASU was recognized in six of the 10 employee survey categories:
- Job Satisfaction and Support
- Faculty and Staff Well-Being
- Mission and Pride
- Compensation and Benefits
- Supervisor/Department Chair Effectiveness
- Professional Development
According to Kurtis Neal, ASU director of HR, the broader national exposure for ASU that comes with the "Great College to Work For" recognition enhances the university's ability to continue to recruit high-quality faculty, staff and administrators. ASU currently has about 1,000 employees, including over 400 full- and part-time faculty and nearly 600 staff.
The entire 2026 list of "Great Colleges to Work For" is available online at https://greatcollegesprogram.
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