Subject: The Importance of the Senior Survey
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:48:21 -0400
From: Ruth J. Simmons <Institutional_Research@Brown.edu>
To: Jagruti S Patel <jag@mit.edu>

Dear Jag,

As you graduate and embark on a new phase of your life, I hope you
will take advantage of an opportunity to reflect upon your Brown
experience and share your views in order to shape Brown's future.
Decisions regarding our academic mission and campus life are greatly
informed by feedback from students, and your assessments and insights
are particularly important during this phase of significant change and
renewal at the University.

On March 19th, in your Brown email account, you will receive a link to
the Senior Survey, designed by the Consortium on Financing Higher
Education (COFHE) and hosted by MIT.  Brown's Office of Institutional
Research will administer the survey in cooperation with COFHE and
MIT.  Complete confidentiality is assured.

The Senior Survey seeks information about your satisfaction with many
aspects of undergraduate life: your intellectual and social growth,
your experience within your concentration, and your aspirations.
Brown will be participating in this survey along with other private
colleges and universities.  This joint survey administration will
provide us with the opportunity to examine the Brown experience in
comparison to similar institutions, including but not exclusive to
members of the Ivy League.

You can offer an invaluable perspective on issues of great importance
to Brown.  Most importantly, your assessment of your Brown experience
will guide our planning over the next several years.  Thank you for
your help.

Sincerely,

Ruth J. Simmons