2001 NATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT/POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW SURVEY RESULTS

WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY?

NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS CONTACTED: 46

NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENTS: 15

CALGARY

CONCORDIA

MANITOBA

MCMASTER

MEMORIAL

MONCTON

RYERSON

SASK

SFU

TORONTO

UBC

VICTORIA

WATERLOO

YORK

NUMBER OF PRIMARILY UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENTS NOT PARTICIPATING IN SURVEY: 11

PARTICIPATION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS: 18%

PARTICIPATION OF POST-DOCS: 4%

WHICH CHEMISTRY SOCIETIES ARE STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS MEMBERS OF?

Summary:

• Most graduate students are not members of any chemical society.
• Membership to the CIC is greater than that to the ACS among graduate students.
• Post-docs tend to be members of foreign chemical societies (outside North American) which is consistent with foreign post-docs comprising the greatest proportion of the post-doc population.

WHICH CHEMISTRY NEWS PUBLICATIONS DO STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS READ?

Summary:

• Chemical & Engineering News is the highest read publication across the board.

• ACCN readership decreases substantially as students progress through graduate school.

HOW OFTEN DO STUDENTS AND POST-DOCS READ THE CHEMISTRY LITERATURE?

Summary:

• Students' attention to the literature increases as they progress through graduate school.