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, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ostriker, J. P., editor.

Kuh, Charlotte V., editor.

Voytuk, James A., editor.

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on an Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Doctor of philosophy degree--United States--Evaluation.

Doctor of philosophy degree.

Universities and colleges--United States--Graduate work--Evaluation.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Ratings and ranking--United States.

Research--United States--Evaluation.

Research.

Educational surveys--United States.

Educational surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 304 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, [2010]

Summary:

Doctoral education, a key component of higher education in the United States, is performing well. It educates future professors, researchers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. It attracts students and scholars from all over the world and is being emulated globally. This success, however, should not engender complacency. A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States provides an unparalleled dataset that can be used to assess the quality and effectiveness of doctoral programs based on measures important to faculty, students, administrators, funders, and other stakeholders. This report features analysis of selected findings across six broad fields: agricultural sciences, biological and health sciences, engineering, physical and mathematical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and humanities, as well as a discussion of trends in doctoral education since the last assessment in 1995, and suggested uses of the data. It also includes a detailed explanation of the methodology used to collect data and calculate ranges of illustrative rankings.

Contents:

Intro

Front Matter

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Context and Motivation

3 Study Design

4 The Methodologies Used to Derive Two Illustrative Rankings

5 Faculty Values as Reflected in the Two Illustrative Rankings

6 Some Uses of the Data

7 The Data and Principal Findings

8 Looking Ahead

A Committee Biographies

B Taxonomy of Fields

C Participating Institutions

D Questionnaires

E List of Variables

F R and S Coefficients by Field

G Correlation for Median R and S Rankings by Broad Field

H Detail for the Rating Study

I Count of Ranked and Unranked Programs by Field.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-15005-1

OCLC:

972291909