MEMORANDUM

September 21, 2006

To:	Dean, Director, or Chair
From:	Timothy W. Sineath

Subj:	Confidential Faculty Questionnaire

	As we have done for the past several years the editors of the ALISE statistics are distributing the confidential part of the faculty survey that gathers salary and other faculty data along with the other parts of the ALISE statistical questionnaire.  As in the past confidentiality will be preserved and the editors will forward all of the confidential data to me separate from the other parts of the survey.  In order to preserve confidentiality, I am following the practice of the past in gathering salary and other faculty data. COA requires that this report be submitted along with the rest of the ALISE statistics as your report to COA but they do not require the salary figures.  Only I will see these data.  I have enclosed the form on which you are asked to record information that pertains to faculty.  Please note that your report should show your anticipated full-time faculty strength on January 1, 2007.  Guidelines for the completion of the report as well as a sample form are enclosed. Please read them carefully and respond accordingly.

	Thank you for your continuing support of this project. ALISE now has published salary and other faculty data for more than a decade, and its value is evident to all who have occasion to use it. So it is essential that we have full reporting from all schools.  This could not be done without your help, so thank you in advance for your assistance, and be assured that the confidentiality of these data will be preserved.

Editors Note:

Please remember to send the completed form to the survey editors at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a separate envelope from the rest of the survey by Dec. 1, 2006.  Also remember to send a separate copy directly to COA.

If you have questions about data recording please contact Tim Sineath.
	859-257-8100          email: tsineath@uky.edu               fax: 859-257-4205

For questions about submitting the form please contact Jerry D. Saye.
	919-962-8073          email: saye@ils.unc.edu          fax: 919-962-8071