An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States

Biological Sciences

Author: Coggeshall, Porter E.; Lindzey, Gardner; Jones, Lyle V.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309033404
eISBN Pdf: 9780309569491
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1982
Month: January
Pages: 263
DDC: 378
Language: English

An Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
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 Biochemistry Programs
IV Botany Programs
V Cellular/Molecular Biology Programs
VI Microbiology Programs
VII Physiology Programs
VIII Zoology Programs
IX Summary and Discussion
- SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS
- CORRELATIONS AMONG MEASURES
- 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
    - Faculty Who Do Not Hold Ph.D. Degrees From U.S. Universities
    - 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
  - VII. THE INFLUENCE METHODOLOGY
    - A. Introduction
    - B. Development of the Weighting Scheme
- APPENDIX G CONFERENCE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY OF GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
  - Participants
  - SUMMARY
- 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