UCR Doctoral Exit Survey Question Title * 1. Name (last name, first name) Question Title * 2. SID: Question Title * 3. Graduation Quarter and Year (e.g. Spring 2015) Question Title * 4. How do you rate your satisfaction with your department's advising and guidance from the faculty? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 5. How do you rate your satisfaction with your department's advising and guidance from the staff? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 6. How do you rate your satisfaction with your department's overall quality of instruction? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 7. How do you rate your satisfaction with your professional relationship with your doctoral committee chair (major professor)? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 8. How do you rate your satisfaction with the level of financial assistance (including employment)? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 9. How do you rate your satisfaction with faculty assistance in finding professional employment? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 10. How do you rate your satisfaction with the overall quality of faculty mentoring? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 11. How do you rate your satisfaction with resources provided you for research and scholarship? 1-Satisfied 2-Very Satisfied 3-Dissatisfied 4-No Opinion Question Title * 12. How often did you have contact with your committee chair on the selection of a dissertation topic? 1-One or more times a week 2-Several times a quarter 3-Once a quarter 4-Very Infrequently 5-Cannot remember Question Title * 13. How often did you have contact with your committee chair when writing your dissertation proposal? 1-One or more times a week 2-Several times a quarter 3-Once a quarter 4-Very Infrequently 5-Cannot remember Question Title * 14. How often did you have contact with your committee chair when preparing for your oral qualifying exam 1-One or more times a week 2-Several times a quarter 3-Once a quarter 4-Very Infrequently 5-Cannot remember Question Title * 15. How often did you have contact with your committee chair when doing dissertation research? 1-One or more times a week 2-Several times a quarter 3-Once a quarter 4-Very Infrequently 5-Cannot remember Question Title * 16. How often did you have contact with your committee chair when writing your dissertation? 1-One or more times a week 2-Several times a quarter 3-Once a quarter 4-Very Infrequently 5-Cannot remember Question Title * 17. How do you rate the amount of time you spent with your committee chair (major professor)? 1-More than enough 2-About right 3-Adequate 4-Less than adequate Question Title * 18. If you were to start your graduate career over would you attend UCR again? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 19. If you were to start your graduate career over would you select the same field of study? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 20. If you were to start your graduate career over would you select the same advisor? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 21. Did you work off campus during your program of study (excluding summers)? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 22. If you worked off campus, indicate the number of years you worked: 1 year or less 2 years 3 years 4 years 5 years or more Question Title * 23. If you worked off campus was this work primarily part time or full time? 1-Full time 2-Part time 3-Both Question Title * 24. If you worked off campus was it related to your field or program (e.g., teaching at a local college)? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 25. Do you think the financial support in your program was distributed fairly? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 26. Do you agree or disagree that your major professor was willing to spend the time necessary to advise you on academic matters? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 27. Do you agree or disagree that your major professor insisted that you discuss your research on a regular basis? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 28. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor was easy to approach? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 29. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor was knowledgeable about formal degree requirements? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 30. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor was interested in your goals and projects? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 31. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor could be relied upon to give you constructive criticism of your work? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 32. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor returned your work promptly? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 33. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor made an effort to secure financial support for you? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 34. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor explained the strategies of survival in graduate school? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 35. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor explained the strategies of survival of the dissertation process? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 36. Would you agree or disagree that your major professor encouraged and supported your research ideas? 1-Strongly agree 2-Agree 3-Disagree 4-Strongly disagree Question Title * 37. Does your department have organized seminars or colloquia at which graduate students can present their research? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 38. If yes, did you ever present research at such a seminar or colloquium? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 39. Did you ever receive funding from your department to attend a national meeting? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 40. If you attended scholarly meetings how many times did you go? 1-Once 2-Twice 3-Three to five times 4-Six or more times Question Title * 41. Did you ever deliver academic papers at a national scholarly meeting? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 42. Were you encouraged to publish? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 43. How many articles have you published alone? 1-None 2-One or two 3-Three or four 4-Five or six 5-More than six Question Title * 44. How many articles have you co-authored with faculty on campus? 1-None 2-One or two 3-Three or four 4-Five or six 5-More than six Question Title * 45. Please rate the time it took you to complete your PhD 1-About what was expected 2-Less than expected 3-Much longer than expected Question Title * 46. Do you think the level of graduate course offerings in your program is adequate? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 47. Do you think graduate courses were offered enough? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 48. Do you think the size of faculty in each specialized field is adequate? 1-Yes 2-No Question Title * 49. Would you recommend your program to others? 1-Yes 2-No If no, you may comment here Question Title * 50. If you have accepted a position please indicate what type it is below. Postdoc Tenure Track Faculty Non-tenure track faculty Research position in a university Administrative position in a university Research position in a research institution Research position in private industry Professional services offered to individuals Faculty position in education but not at a university Administrative position not at a university Administrative position in private industry Question Title * 51. If you have accepted a position, what is the name of your employer? Question Title * 52. If you have accepted a position, what is the title of your job? Question Title * 53. If you have accepted a position, what is the name of the city and state (or country) in which you will be located? Question Title * 54. Is there anything you would like to comment on or want us to know? Question Title * 55. Please list a non-UCR email address where you may be reached in the future. Next