Team8 People For
University Academics: Faculty, Program Coordinators & Researchers
Enhance your university curriculum, research, and student career readiness with industry-recognized behavioral and emotional intelligence assessments used across professional sport, business, education, and tactical environments worldwide. University faculty prepare students for careers where the people side matters as much as the technical side.
Team8 People’s Academic Partnership Program gives faculty across business, education, health, applied sciences, and interdisciplinary programs the assessments, teaching resources, applied methodology, and research collaboration options to build career-ready graduates and support meaningful behavioral research.
Who This Is For
University faculty, program coordinators, course directors, and researchers across business, education, health sciences, applied social sciences, sport, and interdisciplinary programs. Whether you’re integrating behavioral content into a single course or building it across a curriculum, the Academic Partnership Program is designed for how universities actually operate.
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Faculty Teaching Applied Programs
For faculty teaching business, HR, management, leadership, coaching education, teacher education, health sciences, social work, applied psychology, sport management, and other career-focused programs where students need applied behavioral capability alongside theoretical foundations.
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Program Coordinators & Course Directors
For program coordinators, course directors, and curriculum leaders designing and refreshing university programs. Integrating applied, industry-recognized tools into the curriculum can strengthen student career readiness and program differentiation.
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Researchers & Graduate Supervisors
For academic researchers, postgraduate supervisors, and applied research teams conducting behavioral, leadership, coaching effectiveness, teacher development, healthcare communication, or organizational psychology research. Structured behavioral assessment can provide a foundation for meaningful applied research.
How University Academics Partner with Team8 People
Benefit from a partnership framework that integrates applied behavioral assessments into your curriculum, delivers career-ready graduates, and supports faculty development and research collaboration.
Research & Applied Studies
Use Team8 People’s assessments as part of your research work:
- Behavioral studies
- Coaching effectiveness research
- Teacher development research
- Applied leadership studies
- Interdisciplinary applied psychology research
Research partnership options are also available for faculty conducting applied behavioral research.
Cross-Disciplinary & Interdisciplinary Programs
For programs spanning multiple disciplines:
- Sport management combined with business
- Teacher education combined with leadership
- Health sciences combined with organizational communication
The full Team8 People range under one Academic Partnership enables consistent applied methodology across disciplines.
Faculty Professional Development
Team8 People’s DISC Accreditation is open to university faculty who want to deepen their applied use of the tools in the following areas:
- Teaching
- Consulting practice
- Professional development
Personal accreditation complements the institutional Academic Partnership.
Curriculum Integration Across Disciplines
Integrate Team8 DISC, TeacherDISC, sport-specific DISC, or the wider Team8 People assessment range into your existing curriculum, either as dedicated modules or woven through:
- Applied leadership
- Communication
- Health
- Coaching
- Professional practice courses
Faculty also receive support to embed the assessments into learning objectives and assessment structures.
Student Career Readiness
Give students hands-on experience with the same behavioral assessments used across the professional environments they are preparing to enter:
- Professional teams
- Corporate organizations
- Schools
- Health systems
- Specialized services worldwide
Students graduate with practical familiarity with the industry tools they’ll be expected to encounter and use in their future careers.
Recommended Pathway for University Academics
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Academic Partnership Program
Academic Partnership Program
The primary pathway for university academics wanting to integrate DISC and applied behavioral assessments across their curriculum. The Academic Partnership Program provides university faculty with the assessments, teaching resources, applied methodology, and ongoing support to embed behavioral development across university programs.
Includes access to:
- The full Team8 People assessment range at partnership rates
- Student access at student-appropriate rates
- Faculty resources for curriculum integration
- Options for research collaboration and industry engagement.
DISC Accreditation for University Faculty
DISC Accreditation for University Faculty
For faculty wanting personal DISC Accreditation for teaching depth, consulting practice, or professional development. One-on-one accreditation with Team8 People’s consultants with over 30 years of applied practice in behavioral development across:
- Business
- Sport
- Education
- Tactical environments.
Accreditation includes the full DISC range (Team8 DISC plus the sport, education, and tactical variants) plus wholesale pricing on all assessments for use across your teaching, research, or consulting.
What's Included:
- One-on-one training, tailored to your role and intended use
- A package of DISC Profiles to get started
- Training and facilitation materials, plus full ongoing mentoring support
- Co-branded reports and account platform
- Exclusive wholesale pricing
- Administration and marketing support
- Access to our Global Consultant Network to connect with others in your field
Optional: Add Emotional Intelligence Accreditation
Extend your applied teaching and research capability and become accredited in the Emotional Intelligence 360 at the same time. Combined DISC & EI Accreditation gives you access to our full range of DISC Profiles plus the EI 360, which are commonly used together in leadership curriculums, applied psychology, and health sciences education.
What's Included:
- Everything in the DISC Accreditation Program
- Two extra training sessions to build EI into your program
- A package of EI 360 Assessments
- Specific EI 360 training and facilitation materials
Research Partnership Opportunities
Research Partnership Opportunities
For university academics conducting behavioral, coaching effectiveness, teacher development, applied leadership, or organizational psychology research. Team8 People supports research partnerships that use our assessments as part of academic study, with data access considerations, publication support, and collaboration on applied research questions of mutual interest.
Industry Engagement & Guest Speaker Program
Industry Engagement & Guest Speaker Program
Team8 People consultants can deliver guest lectures, industry masterclasses, or applied case-study sessions for your students, bringing three decades of applied experience across sport, business, education, and tactical environments into the classroom.
Cross-Disciplinary Program Integration
Cross-Disciplinary Program Integration
For programs spanning multiple disciplines or faculties, the Academic Partnership Program supports cross-disciplinary integration:
- Teacher education plus sport coaching
- Business plus applied psychology
- Health sciences plus organizational communication.
One partnership, multiple disciplines, consistent applied methodology.
Underpinned by Key Tools Created for University Curriculum & Applied Academic Use
Team8 DISC Behavioral Profile
Team8 DISC Behavioral Profile
TeacherDISC Behavioral Profile
TeacherDISC Behavioral Profile
Sport-Specific DISC Range (AthleteDISC, CoachDISC, Sports ManagerDISC)
Sport-Specific DISC Range (AthleteDISC, CoachDISC, Sports ManagerDISC)
TacticalDISC Behavioral Profile
TacticalDISC Behavioral Profile
Team8 Leadership 360
Team8 Leadership 360
EI 360
EI 360
DISC AI Coach Functionality
DISC AI Coach Functionality
DISC Card Game
DISC Card Game
Why University Academics Choose Team8 People
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Industry-Recognized, Not Academic-Only
Team8 People’s assessments are used by professional teams, corporate organizations, schools, health systems, defense forces, and emergency services worldwide. Your students graduate with applied familiarity in the same tools they will encounter and use in industry, rather than academic-only assessments they need to translate later.
Purpose-Built for Applied Contexts, Not Adapted From Theory
Team8 DISC, TeacherDISC, the sport DISC range, and TacticalDISC are built for the environments students will enter, with language, examples, and applied strategies directly relevant to their future professional contexts. This reduces the need to translate theoretical foundations into industry-ready application.
Student-Appropriate Pricing & Access
The Academic Partnership Program includes student access to the full DISC range at rates appropriate for university student use:
- Supporting whole-cohort deployments
- Semester-long assessment work
- Student career preparation
A Partnership, Not a Transaction
We genuinely value our relationship with our academic partners and believe our success lies in the success of your students and graduates, which is why we’ll never surprise you with hidden fees or paywalls to access resources.
With Team8 People, there are:
- No annual reaccreditation, licensing, or hidden administration fees.
- No paywall between you and the facilitation resources you need to actually use the assessments effectively.
- No additional costs for supporting capabilities such as the Team Dynamic Report or the DISC AI Coach.
The Academic Partnership includes access to the full assessment range at partnership rates, plus all supporting curriculum and faculty resources as part of the service.
Applied Experience Across Three Decades & Multiple Sectors
Team8 People’s assessments and methodology are underpinned by three decades of applied behavioral and emotional intelligence experience across sport, business, education, and tactical environments worldwide.
This brings applied experience from multiple sectors into university teaching, rather than academic theory adapted for professional contexts.
Research & Industry Engagement Supported
The Academic Partnership Program includes options for research collaboration, guest lectures, and industry connections through Team8 People’s global network. Your program and students can benefit from the applied network and experience that sit around the assessments themselves.
Beyond DISC: Build the Applied University Curriculum Toolkit.
DISC is where most university academics start with Team8 People. Sequence into the 360 range for advanced leadership and applied programs, layer the EI 360 into graduate emotional intelligence curricula, and extend into research partnerships and industry engagement. All are available through one Academic Partnership, with partnership pricing across the range.
For universities with cross-disciplinary programs, such as business plus sport, teacher education plus coaching, health sciences plus applied psychology, or other interdisciplinary applied programs, the same partnership extends across the full Team8 People range.
One partnership, multiple disciplines, consistent applied methodology.
Hear from a university academic using Team8 People:
“All the additional resources, including the human resources, that go towards making sure that students can really maximize the utility of it. We oftentimes see faculty utilize some sort of assessment once, and then students will put it on a shelf and not use it. It’s hard to do that with the volume of information that students are provided with the Team8 DISC Assessment as well as with all the supplementary materials.”
Dr. Jim Strode, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and O’Bleness Professor, Ohio University College of Business
Hear from other university academics:
“I thoroughly enjoyed the process of becoming an accredited DISC facilitator through Team8. The training was insightful, reflective, and empowering. My deepened understanding of DISC will not only enhance how I connect with and support others in my professional role but also help individuals leverage their behavioral strengths for greater success. I now feel more equipped and am excited to integrate DISC into my career coaching and workshop initiatives to drive meaningful outcomes. The experience of working with the Team8 team was equally outstanding! The logistics and coordination of the training sessions was seamless, and Temika’s responsiveness and support made the process smooth from start to finish. Bo delivered engaging, thoughtful, and well-structured sessions that made the learning process both enjoyable and impactful. I highly recommend this accreditation to any professional looking to expand their skill set and apply DISC with confidence and clarity in their work.”
“Using DISC has been instrumental to our leadership programming. It has provided common language, tools for improving communication, and ultimately a road map for our students to grow and develop. We are able to slowly unpack the DISC to help students grow in understanding and awareness. With this tool, they understand themselves, their teammates and their coaches better. We have also been able to have some conversations about how DISC can help with mental health. Students acknowledged that understanding themselves and understanding their teammates helped them better understand how to provide support to a struggling teammate.”
“Working with Team8 People (formerly Athlete Assessments) has been a great partnership and I know our students benefit from the service and follow-up. The team has been outstanding.”
How to Get Started
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Inquire
Tell us about your program, your curriculum, and how you’d like to integrate applied behavioral development into your teaching, research, or student career preparation.
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We Confirm Fit
Together we’ll identify how the Academic Partnership Program can integrate into your specific curriculum, including modules where it can be embedded, student pathways to support, and any relevant research or industry engagement opportunities.
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Onboard Faculty & Set Up Student Access
We provide faculty familiarization with the assessments and applied methodology, along with student access setup at partnership rates. Faculty accreditation is also available for those wanting to go deeper.
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Integrate Across Your Curriculum
Begin using the assessments in your teaching across business, teacher education, coaching, sport management, health sciences, or interdisciplinary programs. Faculty resources and ongoing support are included.
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Ongoing Partnership
Continued partnership support, access to updates and new capabilities, opportunities for research collaboration, and connections through Team8 People’s global network for industry engagement.
Ready to bring Team8 People into your university program?
Whether you’re teaching business, teacher education, coaching, sport management, health sciences, or interdisciplinary applied programs, Team8 People’s Academic Partnership Program gives you the industry-recognized behavioral toolkit to build career-ready graduates.
Academic Partnership Program FAQs
How does the Academic Partnership Program work?
The Academic Partnership Program is Team8 People’s structured partnership for university faculty. It includes access to:
- The full assessment range for teaching and student use
- Faculty resources for curriculum integration
- Applied methodology support
- Student access at student-appropriate rates
- Options for faculty accreditation and research collaboration.
Is there student pricing?
Yes. The Academic Partnership Program includes student access to DISC Profiles at rates designed for whole-cohort use, semester-long integration, and student career preparation. Specific rates are confirmed as part of the partnership setup.
Can I use DISC and other Team8 People assessments for research?
Yes. Team8 People supports research partnerships with university academics across:
- Behavioral studies
- Coaching effectiveness research
- Teacher development research
- Applied leadership studies
- Health communication research
- Organizational psychology
Research collaboration options are agreed as part of the Academic Partnership.
Which DISC Profile should I use with university students?
The right DISC Profile depends on the course and student context. Team8 DISC is commonly used across business, leadership, and general studies; TeacherDISC supports teacher education; Sports ManagerDISC and CoachDISC support sport and coaching programs; and TacticalDISC can be used in relevant emergency services, defense, and operational programs. We work with faculty to select the most appropriate DISC assessment during program setup.
Can students access reports for their career preparation?
Yes. Students who complete Team8 People assessments during their studies retain access to their reports, carrying their applied behavioral toolkit with them into industry.
Can I use the DISC AI Coach in my teaching?
Yes, with administrative access. Faculty with Academic Partnership access can use the DISC AI Coach to support their teaching by adding context to individual or group results, preparing for class discussions, and exploring case-study applications. The DISC AI Coach is a practitioner tool for administrators; individual students receive their DISC reports rather than direct AI Coach access.
Does this replace what I'm already teaching?
No. The Academic Partnership Program complements existing curriculum rather than replacing it. Most faculty integrate the assessments into specific applied modules, career preparation components, or research-adjacent coursework while retaining the theoretical foundations already in the curriculum.
What's the difference between the Academic Partnership Program and DISC Accreditation?
The Academic Partnership Program is for the university and its students, providing curriculum-integrated access to Team8 People’s assessments and resources. DISC Accreditation is for individual faculty wanting to deepen their applied use of DISC for teaching, consulting, or professional practice. Faculty can hold personal accreditation alongside an institutional Academic Partnership.
How do I get started?
Talk to an Education Specialist on our team. Share your program details and curriculum priorities, and we’ll walk you through what the Academic Partnership Program could look like for your specific context.