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Record Nr.

UNINA9910160352203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2010

ISBN

0-309-22479-9

0-309-45460-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 304 p.) : ill. ; + 1 CD-ROM

Altri autori (Persone)

National Research Council (U. S.)

OstrikerJ. P

KuhCharlotte V

VoytukJames A

Disciplina

378.2

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Study and teaching (Graduate) - United States - Evaluation

Research - United States - Evaluation

Doctor of philosophy degree - United States - Evaluation

Science - Study and teaching (Graduate) - United States - Evaluation

Humanities - Study and teaching (Graduate) - United States - Evaluation

Engineering - Study and teaching (Graduate) - United States - Evaluation

Social sciences - Study and teaching (Graduate) - United States - Evaluation

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

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

Health Care

Educational Measurement

Education, Graduate

Universities

Research Support as Topic

Evaluation Studies as Topic

Social Sciences

Theory & Practice of Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes report, methodology, and data tables.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.