>From bpender@vt.edu Fri Dec 6 18:12:25 1996 Received: (from mailadm@localhost) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA02136 for fox@fox.cs.vt.edu; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 18:12:18 -0500 Received: from [128.173.119.111] (bpender.dos.vt.edu [128.173.119.111]) by sable.cc.vt.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA11769; Fri, 6 Dec 1996 18:12:16 -0500 Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 18:12:16 -0500 X-Sender: bpender@mail.vt.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: happy@vt.edu, fox@vt.edu From: bpender@vt.edu (Barbara Pendergrass) Subject: Re: Self-study =46YI >Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 15:28:05 -0500 >X-Sender: mcbride@mail.vt.edu >Mime-Version: 1.0 >To: bpender (Barbara Pend=7Fergrass) >From: mcbride@mail.vt.edu (Jim McBride) >Subject: Re: Self-study >Cc: malone@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu > >>The self study committee would like to receive a summary of the survey tha= t >>you administered to employees in 1990. Please drop a copy in the mail to >>me. Also, the commitee would like to know the following about the survey >>that will be administered in the Spring: > >I'll put the summary of the 1990 study in the mail today along with a copy >of the instrument. > >>When will the survey be administered? > >After our recruiters have completed their 1996-97 Recruiting Season -- >generally in May, but preferably early June. Through the Spring, they are >very busy with on-campus recruiting, on-site recruiting, and hiring and >relocation. > >>Is it possible to administer the >>survey earlier or to collect data from employees through a different sourc= e >>such as via email? > >I would not recommend administering the survey earlier for the reasons cite= d >above. It could be done, but the response rate may be adversely affected. > >There's another problem. As you know, we're on the cycle to undergo >comprehensive program review beginning in the summer. In this regard, I >have scheduled 3 different research studies to take place this year. The >first, the Student Career Needs Assessment, is currently underway. The >second, the Student/User Qualitative Outcomes Assessment is scheduled to be >conducted in the mid-March to late-April timeframe. Both of these studies >must be conducted while students are here on campus. Additionally, I've >made a commitment to work with one of Don Creamer's graduate students on th= e >Student/User Qualitative Outcomes Assessment study. > >As for e-mail, even though it is growing among employers, you would probabl= y >be surprised at the number of employers who do not have access to e-mail, o= r >if they do, their access is limited to internal communications. To give yo= u >an example, last year there were 80 employer members in the Virginia >Association of Colleges and Employers, and only one (1) had an accessible >e-mail address. Additionally, I'm afraid if I used e-mail addresses, the >sample would be skewed towards larger, predominately technical employers. > >>Description and size of the sample to receive the survey. > >Don't know, I'm not sure what my budget will look like at that time. More >than likely, it will be some random sample of the employers who participate >in both our On-Campus Interviewing and Candidate Referral Service programs. >We may stratify the sample if we find under-represented employers of >particular types of academic majors. > >>What types of questions will be asked? ( This probably will be answered = in >>the 1990 summary data.) > >Don't know for sure, but I wouldn't assume from looking at the 1990 summary >data that the survey will be necessarily similar in content. For that >project I secured outside funding which required that I collect information >that could be, and was, used extensively by other members of the >professional association which supported it. The 1997 administration is >being done primarily for our benefit. Furthermore, much has changed in our >office regarding the services we provide (expecially since the merger) and >the ways in which we deliver them. > >>Also, the committee would like to see the 1995-96 copy of recruiting trend= . >>Can you provide the committee with a copy? > >I do not have it, but have copied Jim Malone on this note to see if he has = one. > >Hope this helps. I'll be out of town most of next week and part of the >following week. > > > Jim McBride > Employer Services > Virginia Tech > PH (540) 231-6241 > FAX (540) 231-8018 > e-mail mcbride@vt.edu > Barbara Pendergrass Associate Dean of Students 107 Brodie Hall 0255 1-3797 "The joy of living is giving"