GSC/WEST Survey Introduction

Dear Graduate Student:

This survey will gauge the opinions of Caltech graduate students on a range of topics impacting their quality of life. As graduate students ourselves, we realize your time is very valuable; however, we believe your opinions are even more valuable. Your participation in this survey should require 10 to 20 minutes. Everyone completing the survey will receive:

 
  • A $3 gift certificate to the Red Door
  • An opportunity to enter a random drawing for $250 cash and multiple other prizes
  • Our commitment to strict confidentiality
  • A future voice in administrative decisions
  • The satisfaction of knowing they are helping current and future grad students
 

This survey has been designed and will be administered and analyzed by a joint committee of graduate students from the Graduate Student Council (GSC) and Women in Engineering, Science and Technology (WEST). Data collected from this survey will be strictly confidential.

 
  • Responses will be automatically removed to a secure server.
  • Data analysis will not be performed in any manner in which a survey respondent might be identified by demographic data.
  • The Steering Committee members of GSC and WEST will retain the sole ownership of all raw data.
  • Access to raw data will be tightly restricted to only those individuals directly involved in data analysis.
  • For more information on our confidentiality policy, click here.
 
A final report on the survey results will be made public during the coming school year and will be available for download at http://www.its.caltech.edu/~survey/results.html. The GSC and WEST Steering Committees plan to present our findings to the graduate student body, the Faculty Board, the President’s Office, and Student Affairs. We anticipate that this survey might also generate interest beyond the Caltech community.
 
Thank you for your participation! If you have any questions or concerns, contact any of the members of the joint survey committee.
Magdalena Bak Sarah Heilshorn
Cynthia Collins Marissa Mock
Heather Cox Steve Pracko

Members of the Caltech community are bound to abide by the Honor System, which states that one must never take unfair advantage of any other member of the Caltech community.


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