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# A short survey to measure academic/practitioner attitudes

> The following two surveys will capture the thoughts and attitudes that Tech Comm practitioners and academics have towards each other as members of the same field. The survey takes approximately 1 minute to complete and consists only of 7 selections about whether you agree or disagree (along a scale). Your answers are anonymous. The responses here will be compared to a similar survey administered at a later time.

**July 17, 2018 update: The surveys are no longer active. See [Results from my Academic/Practitioner Attitudes surveys now available](https://idratherbewriting.com/2018/07/17/interpreting-results-of-academic-practitioner-survey/)**.

Take the survey that corresponds to your role. (If you perform both roles, you can take both surveys.)

*Take this survey if you’re a practitioner — e.g., employed as a tech writer for a company*.

*Take this survey if you’re an academic — e.g, employed by a college to do research or teach TC courses*.

Thanks for participating in the survey! I’ll be discussing some challenges related to academics and practitioners in an upcoming podcast, so stay tuned.