Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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. IntroductionB. 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