CUPA-HR 2025-26 Survey Participation – Everything You Need To Know

September 16, 2025 | Topics: HR Data & Analytics | Learning Frameworks: Core, Strategic Leadership

About the Webinar

Recorded September 16, 2025

During times of change and uncertainty in higher education, it is even more important to rely on data to help you make important decisions about changes in the workforce environment. CUPA-HR collects the workforce data that institutions rely on to inform strategic decision making amid budget cuts, department reconfigurations, shifts in priorities and changing policies. When you participate in CUPA-HR surveys, you contribute to the most comprehensive and reliable source of data on compensation, composition, benefits, workforce structure and employee experience for higher ed faculty and staff. In addition, you receive generous discounts on DataOnDemand for any survey you complete.

Data uploads start on November 3. Now is the time to start planning for participation. This webinar outlines everything you need to know to complete CUPA-HR’s surveys accurately and on time. Join the CUPA-HR research team to learn about the critical steps in the participation process and what’s new for the 2025-26 data collection cycle. Topics we’ll cover include:

How to manage and update your data providers
Critical planning dates to make participation as easy as possible
How to match positions
Changes to our surveys
What data you should start gathering now
Where to get answers to your questions during the collection cycle
How your institution benefits from participating in our surveys
How to order and access survey results

Members of the research team will answer your questions about the survey process in real time.

CUPA-HR is a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization of HR professionals serving our nation’s institutions of higher education. The content and discussions in this webinar are intended to be educational in nature. They do not constitute legal advice or counsel, and they shall not promote partisan positions on the issues discussed. To that end, we request that participants refrain from promoting partisan positions during this webinar as well.