Since the Canadian University Survey Consortium – Consortium canadien de recherche sur les étudiants universitaires (CUSC-CCREU) began in 1994, member institutions have been guided by an agreement that they will not publish survey results identifying any other institution or use the data in such a way that it could harm the reputation of another institution. Institutions also safeguard the anonymity of students who responded to the surveys. This was formalized in a Data Licensing and Membership Agreement (DL&MA) after CUSC-CCREU was incorporated in 2007 as a not-for-profit corporation under federal law.
Institutions that participate as members in surveys receive master data files containing responses to closed‐ended survey questions from all participating member institutions. The DL&MA describes the responsibilities that members of the Corporation have to each other. CUSC-CCREU members must complete and abide by the DL&MA.
The DL&MA must be signed by someone who has signing authority for your institution, e.g. President, Provost, Registrar, Vice President Finance. This may require consulting your institution’s legal counsel.
The signed and sealed DL&MA is in effect forever. There is no need to renew it each year; see DL&MA clause Term 16. and clause Survival 18.
DL&MA process
- Click on the link below to download the DL&MA template (Word document).
- The institution applying for CUSC-CCREU membership replaces the underlining with the appropriate information on the first page, completes the section “To the member” in clause 15., and completes the section “Signed for: Member Institution” on the last page.
- Email the document to admin@cusc-ccreu.ca
- The CUSC-CCREU President will complete the “Signed for CUSC-CCREU” section on the last page and affix the corporate seal.
- CUSC-CCREU will email an electronic copy and mail a paper copy of the fully signed DL&MA to the institution.