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The Special Advisory Committee of the Purdue University Senate invites your
recommendations on the desired leadership skills and experiences of candidates for the
next President of our University and for the issues that the new President should give
high priority. This survey will be open until October 21, 2011.
At the end of this survey you will find information on how to nominate candidates for the
presidency. Please take this opportunity to do so if you wish.
----------------------------Qualtrics Survey: New Presidential Search Criteria
For questions 1-2 please check the response that best reflects your opinion.
1. Please rank the importance of the new President having academic credentials
equivalent to being a tenured, full professor at Purdue.
a. essential
b. very important
c. somewhat important
d. not important
2. Please rank the importance of the new President having administrative expertise in
leading a large and complex institution.
a. essential
b. very important
c. somewhat important
d. not important
For questions 3-5 please place your responses in the text boxes provided. (500 character
limit, 100 characters per line)
3. Please list up to five of the most important challenges (one per line) facing the
University as a whole that the new President should address?
Please answer the part of question 4 that is most appropriate to your status at Purdue.
4a. If you are a Purdue faculty member: Please list up to five of the most important issues
in your work environment (one per line) that need the new President's attention.
4b. If you are a Purdue staff member: Please list up to five of the most important issues
in your work environment (one per line) that need the new President's attention.
4c. If you are a Purdue student: Please list up to five of the most important issues in your
education (one per line) that need the new President's attention.
5. Other comments.
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Note: Demographic data are being collected for the sole purpose of assessing the breadth
of sampling in this survey.
6. My campus affiliation at Purdue is:
a. Calumet
b. Fort Wayne
c. Indianapolis
d. North Central
e. West Lafayette
7. My current affiliation at Purdue is: (Please choose the one most appropriate category.)
a. Staff (CSSAC)
b. Staff (APSAC)
c. Undergraduate Student
d. Graduate Student
e. Faculty: Assistant Professor
f. Faculty: Associate Professor
g. Faculty: Professor
h. Faculty: Distinguished/Chaired Professor
i. Administrator
j. County Extension Educator
k. Other (please describe)
l. I prefer not to indicate
8. Purdue Employment history:
a. 0-5 years
b. 5-10 years
c. more than 10 years
d. I prefer not to indicate
9. Gender:
a. male
b. female
c. I prefer not to indicate
10. Race/ethnicity:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
African American
Asian American
Caucasian American
International
Latino/Hispanic American
More than one or a mixture of the groups above
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g. Native American/Pacific Islander
h. I prefer not to indicate
------------------For Nominations:
If you wish to make specific nominations for the next President of Purdue University,
please send the name of the nominee to: [email protected].
You may also place your nomination at the Presidential Search website:
http://www.purdue.edu/presidentialsearch/