Re: Inventory of faculty interests Dolores Brzycki 19 Apr 2007 22:04 EST
I would like to see the responses, too. On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 21:52:20 -0500 Robert Meyer <xxxxxx@MCCOMBS.UTEXAS.EDU> wrote: > Can you share your responses, please? > > ________________________________ > >From: Research Administration List on behalf of Edmund Brackett > Sent: Thu 4/19/2007 5:05 PM > To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org > Subject: [RESADM-L] Inventory of faculty interests > > > I would like to develop an inventory of faculty interests. The >information I obtain will be used to more effectively inform the >faculty of upcoming funding opportunities. A cursory review of >information available on the Internet produced minimal and >unsatisfying results. The most common approach appears to be posting >a survey containing open-ended, e.g., "Briefly describe your research >interests," on a web page of the office responsible for research >administration/sponsored programs on the institutional web site. > > I have a couple of concerns with this approach: 1) it would generate >a poor response and 2) it would produce data that would not easily >lend itself to analysis, i.e., require more time and resources than >are available to a small Office of Sponsored Programs. > > I would be most grateful if anyone who has been involved in the >successful development and use of a faculty interests inventory would >share information about the instrument(s) and methodology they used. > > > Edmund Brackett > Director of Sponsored Programs > Park University > 8700 N.W. River Park Drive, Box 51 > Parkville, MO 64152-3795 > > ====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org <http://www.hrinet.org/> > (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > ________________________________ > > Check Out the new free AIM(R) Mail ><http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100122638x1081283466x1074645346/aol?redir=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eaim%2Ecom%2Ffun%2Fmail%2F> > -- 2 GB of storage and industry-leading spam and email virus >protection. > > > ====================================================================== >Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including >subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available >via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") >====================================================================== > > > > ====================================================================== > Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including > subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available > via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv >Lists") > ====================================================================== ====================================================================== Instructions on how to use the RESADM-L Mailing List, including subscription information and a web-searchable archive, are available via our web site at http://www.hrinet.org (click on "Listserv Lists") ======================================================================