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1 Jodi L. Tims, Ph.D. September 16, 2011 ACM Education Council Meeting Denver, CO

2  Explain the survey and present preliminary results  Obtain feedback from this group for: ◦ Improving the survey ◦ Determining to whom the survey is of most interest and where it is best published ◦ Finding a sponsoring organization for the survey going forward so that it can continue

3  Survey developed Spring 2010  Administered Fall 2010-Spring 2011  Two additional co-authors ◦ Susan Williams, Ph.D., Georgia Southern University ◦ Michael Goldweber, Ph.D., Xavier University (OH)  Modeled closely after the Taulbee survey  Some significant differeinces from the Goldweber version published in Inroads, June 2011

4  2009-2010 survey included: ◦ Work environment concerns  Teaching load  Publication expectations ◦ Degree production history  2010-2011 survey included: ◦ Invitations to broader scope of schools ◦ More types of programs (CS, CE, IS, IT vs. CS) ◦ ABET accreditation information ◦ Graduates entering Ph.D. ◦ Undergraduate research info ◦ Enrollment history

5  IPEDS database was queried for schools that had computing related programs – 1272 hits  Initial letter announcing the survey, its purpose, and how to access it was sent to all schools in October, 2010 ◦ Multiple letters went to some schools if programs were in different colleges/divisions (~2500 total)  A reminder postcard was mailed about one month later  An announcement to the SIGCSE listserv was posted around Thanksgiving  Targeted emails to 250 respondents of Goldweber pilot, those with partial responses, and about 250 other randomly selected schools in April

6  65 schools offering 119 undergraduate (24 ABET accredited) and 19 graduate computing programs  17 public, 48 private  Mean undergraduate enrollment of all schools is 4054 (min of 500, max of 17340)  Mean graduate enrollment of 43 schools having some type of graduate program is 1237 (783 reported in computing masters programs)  Geographic distribution – 16 Northeast, 12 Southeast, 15 Midwest, 2 Southwest, 20 West

7 Average programs per institution: 1.2Average programs per institution: 1.

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28 * Taulbee non-TT data includes teaching and research faculty and post-doctorates

29  Dissemination of 2010-2011 results  Prepare for next survey administration ◦ Database creation ◦ Email distribution of invitation ◦ Modify/add questions  Find TauRUs a permanent home and administrator  http://mcs.bw.edu/Taurus/Survey.pdf

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