For the second year in a row, Meridian Community College is being honored as an exemplary employer by the 2024 Great Colleges to Work For recognition program.

Based on feedback from MCC employees, the latest results of the survey were released late last week in a special insert in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Great Colleges to Work For status, one of the largest workplace recognition programs in the country, was designed to recognize colleges that are being successful in creating great workplaces for employees. This year marked the 17th anniversary of the program.

Nationwide, 216 colleges were recognized as 2024 Great Colleges to Work For, including 139 four-year institutions and 77 community colleges. Results were reported for small, medium and large institutions.

“This honor reflects the hard work of our faculty and staff in making MCC a supportive and welcoming place for employees and students,” MCC President Tom Huebner said in a news release. “We’ll continue to build on this strong foundation as we move forward together.”

For the first time, MCC was named to the Great Colleges Honor Roll for achieving outstanding results in several categories, including professional development, mission and pride, supervisor/department chair effectiveness, confidence in senior leadership, faculty and staff well-being, shared governance and faculty experience.

The survey results are based on a two-part assessment process: an institution questionnaire that captures employment data and workplace policies from each institution and a survey administered to faculty, administrators and professional support staff. ModernThink, a strategic human capital consulting firm, administered the survey and analyzed the results.  

MCC joins six other Mississippi institutions on the 2024 Great Colleges to Work For list, including the University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, as well as Northeast Mississippi, Southwest and Mississippi Gulf Coast community colleges.

To view the 2024 results, visit greatcollegesprogram.com/list.