Ruth, I think that would work. You seem to have a good handle on this;
would you be willing to draft a survey following your outline? And maybe
put it on the web also, using Survey Monkey? (What a great name!) I think
we'd all be grateful and in your debt.
Regards, Bill
At 02:32 PM 7/1/2004, you wrote:
>Bill,
>
>I wasn't sure how to handle that either. Maybe:
>
>hiring range for research administrator
>years of experience desired
>current high and low [or average?] of salary for research administrators
>current high and low [or average?] years of experience for current research
> administrators
>
>Ruth
>
>Bill Campbell wrote:
>
> > I think this is a great idea. I suggest adding one further category
> > matched to salary level: something like years of experience, though I'm not
> > sure that's the right wording. On the face of it, a new director with 5
> > yrs total experience should make much less than a grizzled veteran director
> > with similar responsibilities at the same kind of place; the survey should
> > enable a user to distinguish the two.
> >
> > Regards, Bill
> >
> > At 11:35 AM 7/1/2004, you wrote:
> > >Good Afternoon,
> > >
> > >So many people have contacted me as a result of my request for salary
> > >information that I think we as a list serve should do an informal survey
> > >every year and share the results via a posting on the NCURA and SRA
> > >websites. It would be "unofficial" but very useful, I think, especially
> > >if we put our collective heads together in designing it. I suggest
> > >using something like Survey Monkey. It could be anonymous if people
> > >preferred.
> > >
> > >Following is the list of things that I would like to know:
> > >
> > ># of students
> > ># of faculty
> > >$$$ in research funding
> > >Medical school or not
> > >Region of the country (west coast, west, mid-west, southwest, etc.)
> > >Urban, suburban, or small college town.
> > >Organizational Structure
> > > Pre and post separate or combined
> > > reporting lines
> > ># FTE professional in pre and post or combined
> > ># FTE support staff in pre and post or combined
> > ># FTE professional departmental administrators
> > >Title/level for reporting structure
> > > for example: Vice provost for research, director, assistant
> > >director, research administrator, support staff
> > >Salary range for each title/level
> > > I think this should be the hiring range if the position would be
> > >vacated
> > > or maybe both: hiring range and level of current occupant
> > >
> > >What do you think? (or have I had too much sun?)
> > >
> > >Ruth Tallman
> > >Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
> > >Lehigh University
> > >526 Brodhead Avenue
> > >Bethlehem, PA 18015
> > >Phone: (610)758-3024
> > >FAX: (610)758-5994
> > >E-mail: xxxxxx@lehigh.edu
> > >
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