Purdue, Gallup to Release Index

Results of the initial Gallup-Purdue Index National Report are slated to be unveiled Tuesday in Washington D.C. The index focuses on career engagement, earnings and performance of college and university graduates. May 2, 2014

News Release

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University President Mitch Daniels will join executives from Gallup and Lumina Foundation on Tuesday (May 6) as results are presented from the initial Gallup-Purdue Index National Report, a comprehensive, nationally representative study of college graduates with Internet access living in the United States.

The event, scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Eastern time at Gallup headquarters in Washington, D.C., will be webcast. The final report will be available at this link, which will become active at 3 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday (May 6).

Speakers will include Daniels; Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup; Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of Lumina Foundation; Brandon Busteed, executive director of Gallup education; and John Pryor, senior research scientist with Gallup higher education.

The survey, measuring the most important outcomes of higher education – great jobs and great lives – is a study of 30,000 U.S. college graduates.

Results of the national report will be available from Gallup on May 6. Purdue will launch a survey of its own alumni in early summer.

Source: Purdue University