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Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Policy Implications of International Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Scholars in the United States Other Related Titles A Guide to the Methodology of the National Research Council Assessment of Doctorate Programs (2009) Board on Higher Education and Workforce (BHEW) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 175   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More Page 175 Front Matter (R1-R10) 1 Introduction (1-4) 2 The Data and How They Were Obtained (5-10) 3 Ratings in Specific Dimensions: The Dimensional Measures (11-13) 4 The Overall Rating of Program Quality (14-18) 5 An Example (19-32) APPENDIX A A Technical Discussion of the Process of Rating and Ranking Programs in a Field (33-52) APPENDIX B Questionnaires (53-164) APPENDIX C Number of Programs by Field (165-168) APPENDIX D Institutions and Programs in a Field (169-170) APPENDIX E List of Variables (171-174) APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures (175-176) APPENDIX G Dimensional Ranges of Rankings for Programs in Economics and the Overall Ranges (177-180) APPENDIX H Number of Ratings for Programs in Each Field (181-184) APPENDIX I Committee Biographies (185-191)

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APPENDIX F Weights and Variables for the Dimensional Measures Weights Used to Calculate the Dimensional Measures Table 3a Research Activity Awards Average Percent faculty with per publications per Average citations/ grants faculty Average Weights faculty* publication Biological Sciences 0.30 0.21 0.36 0.13 Health Sciences 0.35 0.16 0.37 0.11 Engineering 0.29 0.25 0.29 0.17 Physical Sciences 0.28 0.26 0.29 0.17 Agricultural Sciences 0.34 0.18 0.34 0.13 Social Sciences 0.36 0.26 0.22 0.16 Humanities 0.53 0.15 0.32 * For the humanities, the measure is of books per allocated faculty member. Student Table 3b Support and Outcomes Program Time to degree Placement of collects full and part students outcomes Percent w/ full Average cohort time data Average Weights support completing in 6 years* Biological Sciences 0.26 0.26 0.14 0.17 0.17 Health Sciences 0.24 0.29 0.14 0.16 0.16 Engineering 0.34 0.20 0.10 0.18 0.18 Physical Sciences 0.29 0.23 0.12 0.18 0.18 Agricultural Sciences 0.28 0.23 0.12 0.18 0.18 Social Sciences 0.27 0.24 0.12 0.18 0.18 Humanities 0.29 0.25 0.11 0.17 0.17 *For the humanities, the completion time is 8 years 175 PREPUBLICATION COPY—UNEDITED PROOFS

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Table 3c Diversity of the Academic Environment Percent core or new Percent students Percent Percent faculty Percent core or underrepresented students students underrepresented new faculty female minority female international minority Average Weights Biological Sciences 0.14 0.23 0.30 0.25 0.09 Health Sciences 0.24 0.14 0.38 0.18 0.07 Engineering 0.13 0.16 0.26 0.27 0.18 Physical Sciences 0.10 0.20 0.20 0.29 0.21 Agricultural Sciences 0.15 0.17 0.30 0.22 0.15 Social Sciences 0.22 0.20 0.26 0.17 0.16 Humanities 0.21 0.24 0.20 0.18 0.16 176 PREPUBLICATION COPY—UNEDITED PROOFS