The results now include questionaire results received after the
meeting.

The results of a couple of questions need to be put in some more
sensible form before I can add them.

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		Survey Results for Astronomy Chairs Meeting
		     (All dollar figures in $1,000's)

Put an x under the appropriate amount

   I have tabulated PhD schools and 4 years schools separately:
       Results shown as PhD(4yr)
     
1. Starting academic year salary of assistant professors

   Salary  41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 66-70 >70
           2(3)  3(2)  7(1)  7     4     3(1)   2


2. Number of applicants for assistant professor positions

   Number  51-75 76-100 101-125 126-150 >150
           11(2)  7(3)    3       4       1

3. Hard cash start-up funding

   A. Instrument builders

      Amount  <200 201-300 301-400 401-500 >500
                2     8      2       1       2

   B. Observers

      Amount  <100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 >500
               4(1)  9(2)     5      2        0     1
   C. Theorists

      Amount  <100 101-200 201-300 301-400 401-500 >500
              5(1)  9(1)    1
   D. Liberal Arts/teaching

      Amount  <25 26-50 51--100 101-200 201-300 >300
               2
4a. How big is your school funded teaching faculty?
       I need to organize this still
 4b. How many courses or sections are taught by adjuncts?

 4c. How much are adjuncts paid to teach one class?

      Amount <3  3-4 4-5 5-6 6-7 7-8 >8
             3(3) 2   1   3  4(1) 3   3
      Do you pay more for large classes?  Yes  No
                                          2(2) 14(3)
 4d. Beyond office staff, how many school funded support staff do you
   have?

 4e. How many grant funded PhD research staff do you have?


The rest of the questions apply primarily to the research universities

5. Postdoc salaries

   A. Local `Prize' Postdocs

      Amount  We don't have any  <40 41-45  46-50 51-55 56-60 >60
                   13(2)          2    5      4     1
      Number of applicants: <10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 >60
                                  2     1     3           1    4
   B. `Normal' postdocs, e.g. grant funded

      Amount  We don't have any  <30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 >61
                     2(1)              1   12(1)   9     1           1
      Number of applicants: <10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 >61
                             1    6     6     2     5     1    3
6. Benefits for postdocs

                       Yes   No
   Health               27   1
   Retirement-TIAA       5   15
   Retirement-other     10   13

7. May "limited-term" postdocs serve as grant P.I.'s?

                       Yes   No
                        18    8
8. Graduate applicants
              
            Last 2 years   Last 5 years  Last 10 years
              up  down       up down        up down
Number       20    3
Quality      12    4
US/non-US     6    6

9a. Academic year (excluding summer) TA/RA salaries, with
    tuition/fees paid from other funds.

      Amount      <10 11-12 13-14 15-16 17-18 19-20 >20
                        2   9(1)    6     5          4
9b. Is summer support guaranteed?

      Yes    No
      15(1)  11
9c. Health insurance for TA/RA appointments as part of appointment.
   
      Yes    No
      18(1)  7
9c. Do you pay `signing bonuses' to entering grad students?
   
      Yes No
      12  12

9d. How much does a grant (or other source) have to pay for tuition
    and fees? The answer to this may not be simple, so I have not done
    as a check-off. Rough numbers ok.

      I need to write a summary of this.

10. Median years to complete Ph.D.

    Years    4  5  6  7  8  >8
             1  4  14 4  2