Administrators from 30 of the conta

Administrators from 30 of the contacted universities
expressed an interest in participating in the study. On April
30, 1986, 468 survey packets were mailed to the 30 program
administrators in the amount each requested. Each packet
contained a cover letter to the program administrator (Appendix
D), the questionnaire, a postage-paid return envelope, and a joint
memo from the researcher and the Head of Cooperative Education,
Oregon State University (Appendix E). The purposes of this memo
were to expedite distribution of the questionnaire by alleviating
program administrators at respondent universities from the
necessity of developing their own explanatory memo, to motivate
respondents to complete and return the questionnaire, and to
assist respondents in the completion of the survey.