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A major survey is underway on quality of life issues for MIT faculty and staff, being conducted under the auspices of the MIT Council on Family and Work. Launched in mid-October, the survey is available online at http://web.mit.edu/surveys/qualityoflife and all faculty members are urged to respond before the deadline of November 2nd.
The MIT Council on Family and Work has developed the survey as part of a broad assessment of the MIT community’s needs and issues with regard to integrating a fulfilling and productive professional life with a fulfilling personal and/or family life.
In his letter encouraging full participation from the faculty, President Vest wrote:
"Two years ago, I reestablished the MIT Council on Family and Work and requested advice on how to make MIT a better place to work and study. Our goal is to provide an environment that promotes personal and professional growth for everyone….The Council on Family and Work is about to begin an assessment of the quality of life at MIT, and I urge you to participate. This survey will give us an understanding of the factors affecting the well-being of faculty and staff and will help the Council to formulate its recommendations."
The survey project is being guided by the Council’s Quality of Life Task Force, co-chaired by Roy Welsch, professor, Statistics and Management Science, Sloan School of Management, and Vicky Diadiuk, assistant director, Operations, Microsystems Technology Labs, in collaboration with the consulting firm WFD, Inc.
The survey takes approximately 20 - 30 minutes to complete. Participation is completely voluntary, and the information provided will be strictly confidential. No one from MIT will see individual survey results; WFD, Inc. will analyze the data and provide results in summary form. Following a period of data gathering and analysis, results and recommendations will be presented to the Council by WFD, Inc. in early 2002.
Anyone having difficulty with any aspect of the survey or seeking further information can send an email to qualityoflife@mit.edu or call the survey help line at 617-452-4971 from off- campus, 2-4971 from on-campus.
Co chairs of the Council on Family and Work are Claude Canizares, Associate Provost, and Rae Simpson, Co-Administrator, Family Resource Center. Other members of the Council’s Quality of Life Task Force are: R. John Hansman, Jr., Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Director, MIT International Center for Air Transportation, and Co-Chair, Council on Family and Work’s Task Group on Faculty Issues; Terry W. Knight, Associate Professor, Architecture, and Co-Chair, Council on Family and Work’s Task Group on Faculty Issues; Elizabeth A. Reed, Director, Office of Career Services and Preprofessional Advising, and Chair, Council on Family and Work’s Task Group on Workplace Flexibility; Lotte Bailyn, T. Wilson Professor of Management, Sloan School of Management; Noramay J. Cadena, Mechanical Engineering, Class of 2003; Regina Caines, Director, Affirmative Action/EEOC & Diversity Programs; Christopher D. Coldren, Postdoctoral Fellow, Biology; Ellen Williams, Executive Director, Gender Equity Project; and Joyce D. Yaffee, Director, Human Resources, Lincoln Laboratory.
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