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National Research Council (NRC) Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs
at CU-Boulder

Updated May 2, 2011; new material is highlighted

• Data Shell of NRC Column/Variable Names: Used in reading NRC's download of rankings and other stats, ResDocTableWin.xls, into SAS. Updated 5/2/2011 Excel
• PBA checked the April 21 2011 NRC re-release (v2) and did notify depts of noteable changes. NRC then re-re-released on April 29 (V3). V4 may come. We will be in touch with depts. For update on doings nationally see http://aaude.org/nrc.

Findings and results -- Rankings, peer lists, program values, comparisons, for CU-Boulder and beyond, with links to interactive data exploration facilities -- last update 10/7/10 

Background on the study and CU-Boulder participation

• CU-Boulder Programs - Based on the criteria and taxonomy established by NRC, 33 CU-Boulder PhD programs are ranked.  Link lists each, links to further detail, discusses programs not participating, and lists programs at other Colorado universities.
  
• Faculty lists - Information about CU-Boulder faculty, with listings, sources, "allocation," how NRC used the information, and more. Includes info on faculty turnover since the fall 2006 NRC time point. 
• Methods and measures:  Measures and ranking methods, with sources, time points, CU-Boulder processes, and more.            Post-release issues including March 2011 convocation presentation
• 1995 NRC study, including results for CU-Boulder programs and changes in program configurations since 1995.   

Key contacts for CU-Boulder

• John Stevenson, dean of the Graduate School (interim) - John.Stevenson@Colorado.EDU
• Lou McClelland, institutional coordinator for the NRC study - Lou.McClelland@Colorado.EDU
• Chairs, graduate directors, others - Contact list (Excel)

Resources

• NRC site: Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs main page
                     NRC 2010 report and results   ||  Press release 
  • Best short description of the study and methods: Charlotte Kuh presentation to CGS July 2010. Scroll down the NRC homepage to the first listing of presentations and select the link on the changes to the report and Methodology Guide at the 2010 CGS New Deans Institute and Summer workshop.
• PhDs.org:  (http://www.phds.org/) - This site is the primary outlet for NRC data for prospective students
• AAUDE NRC site: (http://aaude.org/nrc)  - public site, of the AAU data exchange
• Presentation to atmospheric scientists at 10-7-10 annual meeting in Boulder
• Presentation to program chairs, 9/23/10, Lou McClelland -- Overview of some of the material on this website and what was to follow.
• CU-Boulder NRC assessment material originally posted, through 2007
• List of all 5004 programs by field, as issued by NRC 9/14/10 and 9/20/10, plus IPEDS ID, N of programs ranked, and other info. Revised 9/20/10 11:30 a.m. MDT   Excel - SAS dataset (see Excel for definitions)

   

Last revision 05/02/11