E-Mails Suggest Paterno Role in Silence on Sandusky

[DrPhil]

The Paterno items on the longass survey are still a bit strange. Perhaps necessary. Still strange. If I was given a longass survey, I would want them to get straight to the point. When they finally got to the Paterno items, I would be like "oh, THAT is what this is about...you don't have to waste my time to ask whether the Paterno stuff has made me drop Penn State."

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I was tempted to comment again..

But I won't. It's over.

I'm jusping over to another thread that has nothing to do with Penn State.

::flounce::

I'm disappointed in you. Flouncing?! How dare you!!

[KSig RC]

Think about it like this: why would the school only poll alumni?

What would be gained by getting this information - and why would that be a better use of (estimate) $50k for this type of study than simply doing a statistically-valid study of the nation at large? Is there any useful way for the Board or administration to integrate what they've learned (again, only about alumni)?

It smacks of onanism.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Think about it like this: why would the school only poll alumni?

So they can get a sense as to whether or not their fundraising would be affected? Also, we don't know that they didn't or don't intend to poll current students and/or recent graduates on the same issue - alumni survey results are more likely to be made public than graduate or student surveys.

I don't have issues with alumni surveys - in some cases it's an accreditor requirement. For non-profit and public institutions it's a good way to know where you stand with your largest pool of donors.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I'm disappointed in you. Flouncing?! How dare you!!

Hey, you have no room to talk DrPh'lounce. Besides, I'm too busy taking the longest survey in the world to bother with a silly thread like this!


Seriously, though... I stopped reading that survey halfway through it. Ridiculously long and drawn out. And trying to line up all the results and comprehend what exactly all of it means was giving me a headache.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Hey, you have no room to talk DrPh'lounce.

LOL. You are evil.

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Besides, I'm too busy taking the longest survey in the world to bother with a silly thread like this!


Seriously, though... I stopped reading that survey halfway through it. Ridiculously long and drawn out. And trying to line up all the results and comprehend what exactly all of it means was giving me a headache.

Survey FAIL?

Can I type that without you Penn Staters attacking and saying that Penn State surveys are some unique misunderstood misrepresented beast?