Survey of Earned Doctorates Preliminary Data: 2012

Survey of Earned Doctorates Preliminary Data: 2012
THESE DATA ARE CONFIDENTIAL. These data are Federal government data protected from disclosure by the
National Science Foundation Act of 1950, as amended, section 14(i), 42 USC 1873(i). Your institution is granted access
to data from your own graduates, provided that you use these data internally for statistical and institutional research
purposes only, as authorized by the National Science Foundation Act, as amended. Your institution shall not
release, distribute, or share any of these micro-data records, in any format, with individuals or agencies outside of your
institution. The NSF Act includes serious penalties for breach of confidentiality and for unauthorized use. We are
requiring the signature of your institution’s graduate dean (or other appropriate official empowered to enter into
this legal agreement) on this form to affirm your institution’s commitment to safeguard the confidentiality of
these data. If you wish to use statistical research results in presentations or reports outside your institution, you must
forward the results to NSF for assurance that they do not disclose individually identifiable data; you may also need to
consult with your institution’s IRB. These data you receive may also be protected by the FERPA and should be handled
with appropriate security measures. The following statement shall appear in all reports or presentations that use these
data: “The use of NSF data does not imply NSF endorsement of the research methods or conclusions.”
DATA NOTE: Per the agreement between the Survey of Earned Doctorates and your institution, these data are
preliminary and are subject to change. The Survey of Earned Doctorates staff performs a number of data verification
and cleaning steps to preliminary data prior to entering those data into the Doctorate Records File. Data cleaning may
result in some of the data elements in this file being changed in the final Doctorate Records File. The verification
process may result in some of the records that are present in this data file being excluded from the final Doctorate
Records File. The Survey of Earned Doctorates accepts no responsibility for conclusions that may be drawn from
preliminary data.
By signing your name you are affirming that your institution will
use the data for statistical and institutional research purposes
only and will not share data outside of your institution.

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AUTHORIZED NAME (PRINT)
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Institution

SIGNATURE (GRADUATE DEAN or EQUIVALENT)

Date

DELIVERY NAME (PRINT)
Institution

Street Address

City, State, Zip Code

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Telephone

Please return the agreement to: Kristy Webber, NORC
Webber-kristy@norc.org or (312) 759-4004