Part I

What year did you enter the program?

Do you have a master's degree?

If yes, where from? UT Other institution

If other, please specify where:

The following questions are aimed at determining graduate students' decision to pursue academia (or an alternative career).

Do you plan to pursue a career in academia? Yes No Undecided

What type of academic position do you plan to pursue? Part-time Adjunct Full-time

At what type of institution do you most see yourself? Research University Teaching College Community College University Hospital Medical Center Other

If other, please specify where:

 

If you plan to pursue a career in academia, please complete this section, otherwise skip to the next section.

Please rate on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 -Not relevant, 5 -Very relevant) the following reasons for your choice to pursue a career in academia:

	Not relevant 1	2	Somewhat relevant 3	4	Very Relevant 5
Salary:
Teaching:
Training students:
Flexible schedule:
Job security:
Prestige:
Diversity of professional experiences:
Other (please specifiy):

 

If you DO NOT plan to pursue a career in academia, please complete this section, otherwise skip to the next section.

Please rate on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 - Not relevant, 5 - Very relevant) the following reasons for your choice to NOT pursue a career in academia:

	Not relevant 1	2	Somewhat relevant 3	4	Very Relevant 5
Tenure process:
Quality of family life:
Prefer direct contact with clients:
Bureaucracy:
Salary:
Don't like teaching:
Don't feel prepared:
Other (please specify):

If you are NOT planning to pursue a career in academia, what career path do you plan to take?

Please share your ideas on what faculty, in school psychology programs, can do to encourage and prepare students for academia:

There has been a decrease in the number of students pursuing academic careers in School Psychology. Why do you believe that this is the case? Do you believe that gender plays a role, and if so, what role does it play?

Part II

We are interested in hearing about your perceptions of how our program prepares students to obtain a career in academia (regardless of whether or not you plan to pursue one). Please rate the following on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 - None, 5 - Many) on how many opportunities you feel you personally have been given:

	None 1	2	Some 3	4	Many 5
Opportunities for teaching:
Publishing opportunities:
To provide clinical supervision to other graduate students:
Receive clinical supervision by faculty:
Clinical pratica:
Professional development classesclasses (e.g., teaching methodology, etc):
Opportunities for mentoring:
Received mentoring from a faculty member::
Nomination to a student editorial board of a journal:
Ongoing research:
Opportunities for independent research:
Other (please specify):

 

Regardless of your interest to pursue a career in academia, please rate the following, on a scale from 1 to 5 (1 – Not at all, 5 – Very), on how important you believe the experiences to be in preparation for an academic career:

	Not at all 1	2	Some 3	4	Very 5
Opportunities for teaching:
Publishing opportunities:
To provide clinical supervision to other graduate students:
Receive clinical supervision by faculty:
Clinical pratica:
Professional development classesclasses (e.g., teaching methodology, etc):
Opportunities for mentoring:
Received mentoring from a faculty member::
Nomination to a student editorial board of a journal:
Ongoing research:
Opportunities for independent research:
Other (please specify):

 

We are interested in finding out about your publishing contributions. Please identify the number of scholarly works you co-authored for each of the following:

Book chapter:		Conference presentation(s):
Journal article:		Manual:
Conference poster:		Workbook:
Symposium presentation(s):		Other (please specify):

 

Which of the following are you currently working on:

Book chapter:		Conference presentation(s):
Journal article:		Manual:
Conference poster:		Workbook:
Symposium presentation(s):		Other (please specify):

In which capacity did you have the opportunity to co-author a scholarly work? (Check all that apply)

Professor directly asked me		Offer was extended to all members of my research team
Another graduated student asked me to collaborate with him/her		Offer was extended to all students in my class
I approached a professor		Offer was extended to all members of my cohort
General offer was extended to graduate students		Other (please specify):

 

Please rank order of importance the reasons for choosing to enroll in the School Psychology program at your institution:

Location:		Funding:
Faculty research interests:		Only offered a doctoral level degree:
Training:		Faculty to student ratio:
Reputation:		Evidence of alumni in academia:
Other (please specify):