Several administrators--including President Neil L. Rudenstine--have already agreed to look at the census results, which Driskell says she and Burton will compile over the summer. But whether Rudenstine and others lend them much weight is less clear.
Shumsky isn't optimistic.
"Whether or not the administration accepts the results is probably going to be a function of the degree to which they agree with them," he says.
Survey Says...
On the question about the quality of intercultural interactions, Driskell says she expects to see responses break down along racial lines.
She says she also thinks the census will expose major student concern about the lack of gender, ethnic and racial diversity in the Faculty, as well as deep dissatisfaction with the quality of academic advising and course selection in the Core.
Driskell's biggest dream, she says, is to create a concert commission to bring musical acts to campus--and she hopes that census data will show that students agree with her.
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