The Graduate College Handbook - 2009
F. Survey of Earned Doctorates
The University of Illinois participates in a long-standing national survey of doctoral students conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago for the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and other supporting institutions.
All doctoral students are required to complete the survey and submit it to the Graduate College at the time of final deposit. Students may decline to answer any or all of the questions by indicating refusal with the word “refused” for each question they decline to answer.