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PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NAMED TOP ACADEMIC WORKPLACE IN AMERICA Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Selected in Top 20 According to The Scientist Magazine, there are certain places where you expect research to be happening—prestigious universities, world renowned hospitals and institutions—many of them among the top 40 Best Places to Work in Academia of 2010. Princeton University was selected as the top U.S. institution to work in 2010 for its strengths in tenure and promotion as well as its robust peer network. Children's Hospital of Philadelphia was selected as one of the top 20 institutions for its strong peer network and research resources. A web-based survey form was posted on the web using Infopoll software from September 9, 2009 - March 8, 2010. The results were collected and collated automatically. E-mail invitations were sent to readers of The Scientist and registrants on magazine's web site who identified themselves as life scientists with a permanent position in an academic, hospital, government, or research organization. Reponses were also solicited via advertising on The Scientist web site and through other electronic promotions. 2,302 useable and qualified responses were received. Responses were rejected if the respondent did not identify him or herself as a life scientist with a permanent position in an academic, hospital, government, or research organization, if the respondent's institution was not identified or identifiable, if the response was a duplicate based on e-mail address and other criteria, or if the response showed other signs of unacceptability. Respondents were asked to assess their working environment according to 38 criteria in 8 different areas by posing positive statements with which the respondent was asked to agree or disagree. Answers were scored on a 1 - 5 scale with 5 = "Strongly agree", 1 = "Strongly disagree" and 3 = "Neither agree nor disagree". Respondents were also asked to rank how important each factor was important to them. |
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