Forty-Year History of the Survey Research Laboratory Survey Research Laboratory CHICAGO OFFICE 412 S. Peoria Street, 6th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60607 (312) 996-5300 Fax (312) 996-3358 [email protected] URBANA-CHAMPAIGN OFFICE 505 E. Green Street, Suite 3 Champaign, Illinois 61820 (217) 333-4273 Fax (217) 244-4408 [email protected] www.srl.uic.edu January 2005 Forty-Year History of the Survey Research Laboratory 1964–2004 iv Forty-Year History of the Survey Research Laboratory Contents List of Tables .............................................................................................................................................. xii List of Figures ............................................................................................................................................ xiii Preface ......................................................................................................................................................... ix Chapter 1: The Founding of the Survey Research Laboratory .............................................................. 1 The Place of Polls in American Society in the Early 1960s .................................................................. 1 The University of Illinois in the Early 1960s......................................................................................... 1 The Founders ......................................................................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2: The Early Days ........................................................................................................................ 5 SRL Is Organized ................................................................................................................................... 5 Projects ................................................................................................................................................... 6 The Data Repository .............................................................................................................................. 7 Budgets ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Staff ........................................................................................................................................................ 7 Organizational Issues ............................................................................................................................ 7 Chapter 3: SRL Becomes an All-University Organization .................................................................... 9 Organizational Changes ....................................................................................................................... 9 Birth Pangs in the Chicago Office......................................................................................................... 9 Changes in the Role of the Executive Committee .............................................................................. 10 Staff ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Projects ................................................................................................................................................. 11 Young Married Couples Panel ...................................................................................................... 11 Chicago Housing Studies .............................................................................................................. 12 Intergenerational Economic Relationships ................................................................................... 12 Omnibus Surveys ........................................................................................................................... 12 Methodological Research .............................................................................................................. 13 Summary ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Advising and Instructional Activities ................................................................................................. 13 Survey Research Newsletter ................................................................................................................. 14 Chapter 4: The Growth of SRL ............................................................................................................... 15 Budget .................................................................................................................................................. 15 Organizational Changes ..................................................................................................................... 15 Major Projects ...................................................................................................................................... 16 Health Studies ................................................................................................................................ 16 Economics ...................................................................................................................................... 17 Agriculture and Rural Development ............................................................................................ 17 Recreation Studies ......................................................................................................................... 18 The Status of Women .................................................................................................................... 18 Education ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Other Social Science Research ...................................................................................................... 18 Methodological Research .............................................................................................................. 19 Sociology Practicums ..................................................................................................................... 19 Advising, Workshops, and Internships .............................................................................................. 19 Survey Research Newsletter ................................................................................................................. 20 1964–2004 v Data Archive ........................................................................................................................................ 20 Financial Problems ............................................................................................................................... 20 The End of an Era ................................................................................................................................ 21 Chapter 5: Robert Ferber ......................................................................................................................... 23 Chapter 6: The Warnecke Era ................................................................................................................. 27 Finances ................................................................................................................................................ 27 University Restructuring in Chicago .................................................................................................. 27 Staff and Reorganization .................................................................................................................... 28 Offices ................................................................................................................................................... 29 Projects ................................................................................................................................................. 30 Health Studies ................................................................................................................................ 30 Economics ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Policy Research .............................................................................................................................. 31 Methodological Studies ................................................................................................................. 31 Service and Educational Activities ..................................................................................................... 32 Survey Research Newsletter ................................................................................................................. 32 The Faculty Linkage Model ................................................................................................................. 33 Summing Up ........................................................................................................................................ 33 Chapter 7: SRL Enters the New Millenium .......................................................................................... 35 Finances ...............................................................................................................................................