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Process: Culture
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Asking questions about image, identity, culture

Through focus groups, discussions, and online surveys, the MIT I.D. Team surveyed hundreds of people over a one-year period from 1999 to 2000.

The MIT I.D. Team talked to

  • MIT students
  • high school students
  • alumni
  • faculty and staff
  • the Cambridge community
  • media professionals

They asked people to talk about

MIT's identity and culture

  • mission
  • core values and goals
  • students, faculty, and staff
  • education
  • research
  • life and work
  • community
  • environment
  • history and future
  • role in Cambridge
  • role in the world
  • actual strengths and weaknesses

MIT's image

  • visibility and reputation
  • ranking among universities
  • messages in the press
  • perceived strengths and weaknesses
  • world's view
  • general public's view
  • view of other universities and research institutions
  • view of the business world
  • government's view
  • view of the local Cambridge community
  • view of MIT students, faculty, and staff

MIT's communications tools for

  • recruitment
  • fundraising
  • community outreach
  • public relations
  • including
    • letters
    • brochures
    • newsletters
    • websites
    • press kits

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