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A data-based assessment of research-doctorate programs in the United States / Committee on an Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs ; Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Charlotte V. Kuh, and James A. Voytuk, Paul W. Holland, editors ; Board on Higher Education and Workforce, Policy and Global Affairs, National Research Council of the National Academies.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
National Research Council (U. S.) Committee on an Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs.
Ostriker, J. P.
Kuh, Charlotte V.
Voytuk, James A.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Universities and colleges--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States--Evaluation.
Universities and colleges.
Research--United States--Evaluation.
Research.
Doctor of philosophy degree--United States--Evaluation.
Doctor of philosophy degree.
Science--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States--Evaluation.
Science.
Humanities--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States--Evaluation.
Humanities.
Engineering--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States--Evaluation.
Engineering.
Social sciences--Study and teaching (Graduate)--United States--Evaluation.
Social sciences.
Doctor of philosophy degree--Evaluation--United States.
Universities and colleges--Graduate work--Evaluation--United States.
Universities and colleges--Ratings and rankings--United States.
Research--Evaluation--United States.
Educational surveys--United States.
Educational surveys.
Schools.
Education.
Financial Support.
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms.
Investigative Techniques.
Education, Professional.
Quality of Health Care.
Economics.
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
Health Care Economics and Organizations.
Delivery of Health Care.
Educational Measurement.
Education, Graduate.
Universities.
Research Support as Topic.
Evaluation Studies as Topic.
Medical Subjects:
Schools.
Education.
Financial Support.
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms.
Investigative Techniques.
Education, Professional.
Quality of Health Care.
Economics.
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation.
Health Care Economics and Organizations.
Delivery of Health Care.
Educational Measurement.
Education, Graduate.
Universities.
Research Support as Topic.
Evaluation Studies as Topic.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 304 p.) ill. ; 1 CD-ROM.
Place of Publication:
Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2010.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
"A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States provides an unparalleled dataset collected from doctoral programs, doctoral faculty and public sources that can be use to assess the quality and effectiveness of doctoral programs based on measures important to faculty, students, administrators, funders, and other stakeholders. The committee collected 20 measures that include characteristicsof the faculty, such as publications, citations, grants, and diversity; and characteristics of the students, such as their GRE scores, financial support, publications, and diversity; anc characteristics of the program, such as number of Ph.D.s granted over five years, time to degree, percentage of student completion, and placement of students after graduation. The data were collected for the academic year 2005-2006 from more than 5,000 doctoral programs at 212 universities. these observations span 62 fields and the research productivity data are based typicaly on a five-year interval. Some datasets (such as publications and citations) go as far back as 1981. Information on enrollments and faculty size were also collected for 14 emerging fields ... Accompanying the report are Data tables and a detailed explanation of the methodology used to collect data and calculate ranges of rankings--Summary.
Contents:
Introduction
Context and motivation
Study design
The methodologies used to derive two illustrative rankings
Some uses of the data
The data and principal findings
Looking ahead
Appendixes.
Notes:
Includes report, methodology, and data tables.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contains:
Revised guide to the methodology of the data-based assessment of research-doctorate programs in the United States.
Data-based assessment of research-doctorate programs in the United States data tablesl.
ISBN:
0-309-22479-9
0-309-45460-3

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