National Research Council's Survey of Universities Includes The University of Texas at Austin

AUSTIN, Texas - The National Research Council (NRC) has released the ITS Third Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs, Data Collected in 2006 for 20 key variables That Reflect CHARACTERISTICS of Research Programs at the doctoral More Than 5.000 doctoral Programs at 212 Universities in the United States, Including The University of Texas at Austin. 

Unlike Previously Published rankings, "Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States" is a data-intensive and complex Thurs Approach for Assessing research doctoral Programs resulting in "ranges of rankings" For Each Program Rather Than a Single Number. An online database is available to view the ranges, along with the full set of data used in the analysis. 

More than half of the university's doctoral Research Programs were included in the study, But Did not the study include Any Professional Programs or Programs, Not That were Middle East, Africa at Least 25 Similar Programs across the country. The NRC last conducted a survey of doctoral Programs in 1995, But it was largely a reputational study and Did not include the Quantitative and Qualitative Measures used in the latest appraisal. 

The NRC AlaSCORE ™ data is what it Determined To Be 20 key variables, Including faculty publications, citations and grants, graduate student academic performance and support, and diversity. 

"The quality of doctoral Programs is a multi-dimensional and the report provides a Broad Range of information, Including Scholarly Productivity, Student Support and Diversity of the academic environment," said Victoria Rodriguez, Vice Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies at the university. 

Rodriguez said the NRC Because the data were AlaSCORE ™ in 2006 the survey's principal value will Be to enable Institutions Thurs monitor progress since time in Areas That They Consider notice Thurs Their Institutions. 

The university participated in the study by Providing institutional faculty and student data to the NRC, as well as through faculty questionnaires. The NRC Additional data obtained from outside sources, Such as the National Academies of Science and the National Science Foundation. The study was funded through support from Participating universities....