You will receive periodic updates regarding the survey timeline via email, and our website is rich with resources and instructions, specifically the Registered Institutions page and tab in the top menu of the website.

Instructions for generating and submitting your email list are available on the Important Forms & Documents page. All emails will be uploaded by the Primary Contact through the Administrative Portal, which will be available after registration closes in early February.

It typically takes about 18-22 minutes to complete the survey. Survey takers can exit the survey and return to it at another time, using their username and unique password provided by ModernThink in their email survey invitation.

Yes, many institutions choose to go beyond basic participation in the program to add specific questions, modify demographics and include additional survey takers. Once our core survey is tailored to your institution, it can further meet your needs as a key metric used for climate study, leadership transition, accreditation documentation, etc. Applicants can customize some Read More »

The IQ is designed to target specific areas of interest. This information enables us to examine which benefits and programs are most effective, identify best practices and compile benchmark data based on different categorizations of the program participants. It is designed to be an audit of policies and management practices. The first time completing the Read More »

There is not a specific response rate needed to be eligible for consideration. Instead, ModernThink reviews confidence levels and confidence intervals to ensure statistical significance. ModernThink reserves the right to eliminate a school when we believe there is not statistical validity from the survey data.

On the IQ, ModernThink reserves the right to eliminate a school from recognition potential when there is not substantive completion of the questionnaire.

In order to ensure a level playing field for all participants, incentives of any kind are strictly prohibited. The same is true for any penalties.

All institutions will be notified in advance of publication as to whether they are recognized and if so, in which categories. These institutions are revealed with the release of the Recognized Institutions List and published as a special insert in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Those that do not receive recognition will not be made Read More »

This is not an issue. We make no distinction between union and non-union employees. Union employees must be included in the random selection for the survey process.