An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States

Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309032995
eISBN Pdf: 9780309563840
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1982
Month: January
Pages: 256
DDC: 378
Language: English

An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Preface
Contents
I Origins of Study and Selection of Programs
- PRIOR ATTEMPTS TO ASSESS QUALITY IN GRADUATE EDUCATION
- DEVELOPMENT OF STUDY PLANS
- SELECTION OF DISCIPLINES AND PROGRAMS TO BE EVALUATED
II Methodology
- PROGRAM SIZE
- CHARACTERISTICS OF GRADUATES
- REPUTATIONAL SURVEY RESULTS
- UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SIZE
- RESEARCH SUPPORT
- PUBLICATION RECORDS
- ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION OF THE DATA
III Chemistry Programs
IV Computer Science Programs
V Geoscience Programs
VI Mathematics Programs
VII Physics Programs
VIII Statistics/Biostatistics Programs
IX Summary and Discussion
- SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS
- ANALYSIS OF THE SURVEY RESPONSE
- INTERPRETATION OF REPUTATIONAL SURVEY RATINGS
- COMPARISON WITH RESULTS OF THE ROOSE-ANDERSEN STUDY
- FUTURE STUDIES
Minority Statement
Appendixes
- APPENDIX A LETTER TO INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATORS
  - INSTRUCTIONS
    - General Instructions
    - List of Faculty Members (as of December 1, 1980)
    - Nomination of Faculty to Serve as Program Evaluators (Column 3 of Faculty Roster)
    - Faculty Who Do Not Hold Ph.D. Degrees From U.S. Universities (Column 4 of Faculty Roster)
    - Nomination of Additional Programs
- APPENDIX B SURVEY OF EARNED DOCTORATES
- APPENDIX C LETTER TO EVALUATORS
  - INSTRUCTIONS
- APPENDIX D THE ARL LIBRARY INDEX
- APPENDIX E FACULTY RESEARCH SUPPORT
  - R&D EXPENDITURES
- APPENDIX F DATA ON PUBLICATION RECORDS
  - VI. OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
    - A. Basics of Publication and Citation Analysis
      - 1. Type of Publication
      - 2. Time Spans
      - 3. Comprehensiveness of Source Coverage
      - 4. Multiple Authorships and Affiliations
      - 5. Completeness of Available Data
      - 6. Support Acknowledgements
      - 7. Subject Classification
      - 8. Citation Counts
  - VII. THE INFLUENCE METHODOLOGY
    - A. Introduction
    - B. Development of the Weighting Scheme
      - 1. The Citation Matrix
      - 2. Influence Weights
- APPENDIX G CONFERENCE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
  - SUMMARY
    - Report of the Conference
    - Recommendations
- APPENDIX H PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE STUDY OF THE QUALITY OF RESEARCH-DOCTORATE PROGRAMS
- APPENDIX I REGION AND STATE CODES FOR THE UNITED STATES AND POSSESSIONS