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Summary Description As part of the research strand of the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID), two surveys -- one each to graduate students and faculty -- were administered by Carnegie staff to doctoral students and graduate faculty in the participating departments of the CID (84 departments and programs at 44 universities). Graduate Student Survey The Carnegie Graduate Student Survey was administered to all doctoral students in participating departments in the spring and summer of 2004, and was readministered to the departments at two universities in the spring of 2005. In all, 2,176 students from 76 departments at 40 universities responded. The survey includes 45 questions, six of which are open-ended free response questions. Graduate Faculty Survey The Carnegie Graduate Faculty survey was administered to faculty in participating departments in the spring of 2005. In all, 668 faculty members in 63 departments at 32 universities completed the survey. The survey includes 33 questions, nine of which are open-ended free response questions.
Overview of surveys
Summary of survey goals and overview of tables and graphs.
Table 1: Student survey sample
Table 2: Faculty survey sample
Table 3: Top items my program should pay attention to
Chart 4a: Number of advisors
Chart 4b: Frequency of meetings with advisees
Chart 5a: Frequency of feedback
Table 5b: Frequency of feedback, by discipline
Chart 6a: Intellectual Community Perceived
Chart 6b: Participation in Intellectual Community
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