The following information was paraphrased from a National Research Council study titled Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change (Appendix L, pp. 311-313).

Field Descriptions

Institution

• Institution: Name of participating university.
  
  • Source: 1993 NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty.
    

Ratings

• Quality Rating (1993): Trimmed mean for scholarly quality of program faculty. The trimmed mean is obtained by dropping the two highest and two lowest scores on the survey before computing the average. For purposes of analysis, scores were converted to a scale of O to 5, with O denoting "Not sufficient for doctoral education" and 5 denoting "Distinguished."
  
  • Source: 1993 NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty.
    
  • CS Adjusted Response Rate.
    
  • CS Survey Response by Faculty Rank.
• Effectiveness Rating (1993): Trimmed mean for program effectiveness in educating research scholars and scientists. The trimmed mean is obtained by dropping the two highest and two lowest scores on the survey before computing the average. For purposes of analysis, scores were converted to a scale of O to 5 with O denoting "Not Effective" and 5 denoting "Extremely Effective."
  
  • Source: 1993 NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty.
    
  • CS Adjusted Response Rate.
    
  • CS Survey Response by Faculty Rank.
• 5-Year Change Rating (1993) : Trimmed mean for change in program quality in the last five years. The trimmed mean is obtained by dropping the two highest and two lowest scores on the survey before computing the average. For purposes of analysis, scores were converted to a scale of -1 to 1 with -1 denoting "Poorer than 5 years ago" and 1 denoting "Better than 5 years ago."
  
  • Source: 1993 NRC National Survey of Graduate Faculty.
    
  • CS Adjusted Response Rate.
    
  • CS Survey Response by Faculty Rank.

Faculty

• Total Faculty (Fall 1992): Total number of faculty participating in the program.
  
  • Source: Institutional Coordinators.
• Percentage Faculty who are Full Professors (Fall 1992): Percentage of total program faculty who are full professors.
  
  • Source: Institutional Coordinators.
• Percentage Faculty with Research Support (1986-92): Percentage of total program faculty with research support in the period 1986 to 1992.
  
  • Source: Federal Agencies.
• Percentage Faculty who Published (1988-92): Percentage of total program faculty publishing in the period 1988 to 1992.
  
  • Source: Institute of Scientific Information.
• Ratio of Publications to Faculty (1988-92): The ratio of the total number of program publications in the period 1988 to 1992 to total program faculty.
  
  • Source: Institute of Scientific Information.
• Gini Coefficient for Publications (1988-92): Gini coefficient for program publications, 1988-1992. The Gini coefficient is an indicator of the concentration of publications on a small number of the program faculty during the period 1988 to 1992. The largest possible value, or maximum concentration, is 100 (only one individual in the program registered a positive count); the smallest value, or minimum concentration, is 100/total faculty (all the faculty in the program contribute equally).
  
  • Source: Institute of Scientific Information.
• Ratio of Citations to Faculty (1988-92): The ratio of the total number of program citations in the period 1988 to 1992 to total program faculty.
  
  • Source: Institute of Scientific Information.
• Gini Coefficient for Citations (1988-92): Gini coefficient for program citations, 1988-1992. The Gini coefficient is an indicator of the concentration of citations on a small number of the program faculty during the period 1988 to 1992. The largest possible value, or maximum concentration, is 100 (only one individual in the program registered a positive count); the smallest value, or minimum concentration, is 100/total faculty (all the faculty in the program contribute equally).
  
  • Source: Institute of Scientific Information.

Students

• Total Students (Fall 1992): The number of full- and part-time graduate students enrolled in the Fall of 1992.
  
  • Source: Institutional Coordinators.
• Percentage of Female Students (Fall 1992): The percentage of full- and part-time female graduate students enrolled in the Fall of 1992.
  
  • Source: Institutional Coordinators.
• PhDs Produced (1987-92): The number of Ph.D.'s produced by that program from academic years 1987-1988 to 1991-1992.
  
  • Source: Institutional Coordinators.

Doctoral Recipients

• Note: The data below drawn from a different source than the field "PhDs Produced (1987-92)" described above in the "Students" category.
• Percentage of Ph.D.'s Awarded to Females (1986-92): The percentage of Ph.D.'s awarded to women during the period July 1986 to June 1992.
  
  • Source: Doctorate Records File.
• Percentage of Ph.D.'s Awarded to Minorities (1986-92): The percentage of Ph.D.'s known to be awarded to underrepresented minorities (only U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents) during the period July 1986 to June 1992.
  
  • Source: Doctorate Records File.
• Percentage of Ph.D.'s Awarded to US Citizens & Residents (1986-92): The percentage of Ph.D. known to be awarded to U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents during the period July l986 to June l992.
  
  • Source: Doctorate Records File.
• Percentage of Ph.D.'s Supported by Research Assistantships (1986-92): The percentage of Ph.D.'s having research assistantships who reported their primary form of support.
  
  • Source: Doctorate Records File.
• Percentage of PhDs Supported by Teaching Assistantships (1986-92): The percentage of Ph.D.'s having teaching assistantships who reported their primary form of support.
  
  • Source: Doctorate Records File.
• Median Years to PhD (see pitfall): Median time lapse in years from entering any post-BA/BS educational institution to the receipt of Ph.D. This is a distributed median with multiple degrees awarded in the median year proportioned over the year.
  
  • Source: Doctorate Records File.