To: From: Daniel Hastings Subject: MIT PULSE Survey: Share Your Views Dear [Student's First Name], I invite you to take a short survey to share your views about various aspects of your academic and student life experiences at MIT. Surveys like this give students an opportunity to make their voices heard. The faculty and administrators pay close attention to this information since it is vital to MIT's future and our commitment to excellence. This survey is sponsored by the Provost and the Dean for Undergraduate Education and is being administered simultaneously at a number of peer institutions, allowing us to make valuable comparisons. I am asking you to help MIT have a strong representation in the data that are analyzed in this project. The survey is entirely voluntary. You may answer as few or as many questions as you wish. The data will be treated as confidential, no one will be personally identified, and all results will be reported in summary format. The survey consists of seven short linked sections and takes 5-10 minutes to complete. To access the survey, please go to the following personal web link: [INSERT LINK] Thank you very much for your help with this project. Yours truly, Daniel Hastings Dean for Undergraduate Education To: From: Jag Patel Subject: Feedback on your MIT Undergraduate Experiences Dear [name], Last week you received an invitation from Dan Hastings asking you to share your views about various aspects of your academic and student life experiences at MIT. If you haven't already completed the survey, we hope you will take a few minutes to respond by visiting [url] Most students have needed between 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. The survey is entirely voluntary. You may answer as few or as many questions as you wish. The data will be treated as confidential, no one will be personally identified, and all results will be reported in summary format. Thanks for your input! --Jag Patel '97 Institutional Research, Office of the Provost To: From: "Lydia Snover" Subject: Your MIT Undergraduate Experience Dear [name], Recently Dean Dan Hastings and Jag Patel asked you to share your views about various aspects of your academic and student life experiences at MIT. Your input on surveys such as this one is taken seriously, and we hope you will take 5-10 minutes to participate before the survey closes on March 15. To respond to the survey, please visit your personal survey link at [url] The survey is entirely voluntary. You may answer as few or as many questions as you wish. The data will be treated as confidential, no one will be personally identified, and all results will be reported in summary format. Summaries of previous student surveys are available from http://web.mit.edu/ir/surveys/ and the results of this survey will also be posted there in early May. Thanks for your input! Lydia Snover, Director of Institutional Research Office of the Provost, MIT