Assessing Research-Doctorate Programs : A Methodology Study,9780309090582

Assessing Research-Doctorate Programs : A Methodology Study

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ISBN13: 9780309090582
ISBN10: 030909058X
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-12-01
Publisher(s): Natl Academy Pr
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Summary

How should we assess and present information about the quality of research-doctorate programs? In recommending that the 1995 NRC rankings "(Assessing the Quality of Research-Doctorate Programs: Continuity and Change) be updated as soon as possible, this study presents an improved approach to doctoral program assessment which will be useful to administrators, faculty, and others with an interest in improving the education of Ph.D.s in the United States. It reviews the methodology of the 1995 NRC rankings and recommends changes, including the collection of new data about Ph.D. students, additional data about faculty, and new techniques to present data on the qualitative assessment of doctoral programs. It also recommends revision of the taxonomy of fields from that used in the 1995 rankings.

Table of Contents

Executive Summary 1(9)
Introduction
9(6)
How The Study Was Conducted
15(4)
Taxonomy
19(6)
Quantitative Measures
25(6)
Student Education And Outcomes
31(4)
Reputation And Data Presentation
35(26)
General Conclusions And Recommendations
61(4)
References
65(4)
Appendixes
Biographical Sketches: Committee and Panels
69(10)
Program-Initiation Consultation with Organizations
79(4)
Meetings and Participants
83(22)
Sample Questionnaires
105(1)
Institutions
106(3)
Programs
109(5)
Faculty
114(4)
Students
Admitted-to-Candidacy Students
118(5)
Five-Seven Years Post-Ph.D. Students
123(6)
Taxonomy of Fields and Their Subfields
129(4)
Fields for Ph.D.s Granted During 1996-2001
133(4)
Technical and Statistical Techniques
Alternate Ways to Present Rankings: Random Halves and Bootstrap
137(9)
Correlates of Reputation Analysis
146

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