Linguistic Institute Participation Questionnaire

Information collected from the responses to this survey will help the Society as it organizes future Linguistic Institutes.  Thank you for taking the time to respond.

Please indicate which of the following Institutes you attended and your status at the Institute:

____  1999 University of  Illinois-Champaign/Urbana

           _____ Undergraduate Student   _____ Graduate Student             _____ Institute Faculty

_____ 1997 Cornell University

           _____ Undergraduate Student   _____ Graduate Student             _____ Institute Faculty

_____1995 University of New Mexico

           _____ Undergraduate Student   _____ Graduate Student             _____ Institute Faculty

_____1993 Ohio State University

           _____ Undergraduate Student   _____ Graduate Student             _____ Institute Faculty

_____1991 University of California-Santa Cruz

           _____ Undergraduate Student   _____ Graduate Student             _____ Institute Faculty

If you were a student, please answer the following questions:

1.  Did you receive financial support to attend?   _____   Yes      _____  No

                If yes, please indicate source of support:

                                _____  department

                                _____  LSA

                                _____  NSF

                                _____  other; please note: __________________________

2.  Did you enroll in Institute courses for credit?   _____  Yes     _____  No

                If yes,

                a.  How much credit did you receive?  _______________

                b.  Did you apply the credit you received from the Institute courses to the degree program you were  enrolled in at the time?  ___  Yes   ___  No

                c.  Have you ever needed to contact an Institute host institution to request an official transcript of your  Institute course credits?     _____  Yes     _____  No

3.  If the Institute had offered a certificate of participation listing Institute credits and grades but not offered university transcripts and credit for courses, would you still have wanted to attend?     _____  Yes     _____  No

If you were an Institute Faculty member, please answer the following questions:

1.  Approximately what proportion of those attending your class were enrolled for credit?                                   __________

2.  If the Institute had offered students a certificate of participation rather than university credits for courses, would you still have wanted to teach?     _____  Yes     _____  No

Please complete and return this questionnaire to: Linguistic Society of America, 1325 18th St., NW, Suite 211, Washington, DC 20036-6501 by 1 October 2001.