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Geoscience Programs
In this chapter 91 research-doctorate programs in the geosciences--
including geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and general earth
sciences--are assessed. These programs, according to the information
supplied by their universities, have accounted for 1,747 doctoral
degrees awarded during the FY1976-80 period--approximately 93 percent
of the aggregate number of geoscience doctorates earned from U.S.
universities in this five-year span. On the average, 25 full-time
and part-time students intending to earn doctorates were enrolled in
program in December 1980, with an average faculty size of 16
members.2 The 91 programs, listed in Table 5.1, represent 82
different universities. The University of California {Berkeley),
University of Missouri (Rolla), Ohio State University (Columbus),
Princeton University, and Texas A&M University each have two
geoscience programs included in the assessment, and Pennsylvania State
University and Stanford University each have three. All but 5 of the
91 geoscience programs were initiated prior to 1970. In addition to
the 82 universities represented in this discipline, another 5 were
initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion in the
assessment:
University of California--San Diego
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
North Carolina State University--Raleigh
University of Rochester
The Colorado School of Mines chose not to participate in the study in
any of the disciplines. Geoscience programs at the other four
iData from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 1,871
research doctorates in geosciences were awarded by U.S. universities
between FY1976 and FY1980.
2 See the reported means for measures 03 and 01 in Table 5.2.
3As mentioned in Chapter I, the primary criterion for inclusion was
that a university had awarded at least 7 doctorates in the geosciences
during the FY1976-78 period.
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institutions have not been included in the evaluations in this
discipline, since in each case the study coordinator either indicated
that the institution did not at that time have a research-doctorate
program in geosciences or failed to provide the information requested
by the committee.
Before examining individual program results presented in Table 5.1,
the reader is urged to refer to Chapter II, in which each of the 16
measures used in the assessment is discussed. Summary statistics
describing every measure are given in Table 5.2. For nine of the
measures, data are reported for at least 89 of the 91 geoscience
programs. For measures 04-07, which pertain to characteristics of the
program graduates, data are presented for only two-thirds of the
programs; the other one-third had too few graduates on which to base
statistics.4 For measure 12, a composite index of the size of a
university library, data are available for 69 programs; for measure
14, total university expenditures for research in this discipline,
data are available for 73 programs. With respect to the measure 14,
it should be noted that the reported data include expenditures for
research in atmospheric sciences and oceanography as well as in the
geosciences. The programs not evaluated on measures 12 and 14 are
typically smaller--in terms of faculty size and graduate student
enrollment--than other geoscience programs. Were data on measures 12
and 14 available for all 91 programs, it is likely that the reported
means for these two measures would be appreciably lower (and that some
of the correlations of these measures with others would be higher).
With respect to measure 13, the fraction of faculty with research
support from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes
of Health, and the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health
Adminstration, data are reported for 72 programs that had at least 10
faculty members.
Intercorrelations among the 16 measures (Pearson product-moment
coefficients) are given in Table 5.3. Of particular note are the high
positive correlations of the measures of the numbers of doctoral
graduates and students (02, 03) with measures of publication records
(15-16) and reputational survey ratings (08, 09, and 11~. Figure 5.1
illustrates the relationship between the mean rating of the scholarly
quality of faculty (measure 08) and the number of faculty members
(measure 01) for each of the 91 geoscience programs. Figure 5.2 plots
the mean rating of program effectiveness (measure 09) against the
total number of FY1976-80 program graduates (measure 02~. Although in
both figures there is a significant positive correlation between
program size and reputational rating, it is quite apparent that some
of the smaller programs received high mean ratings and some of the
larger programs received low mean ratings.
Table 5.4 describes the 177 faculty members who participated in
the evaluation of geoscience programs. These individuals constituted
4 As mentioned in Chapter IT,
reported if they are based on
FY1975-79 program graduates.
s see Table 2.3 in Chapter II.
,
data for measures 04-07 are not
the survey responses of fewer than 10
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65 percent of those asked to respond to the survey in this discipline
and 12 percent of the faculty population in the 91 research-doctorate
programs being evaluated.S More than one-third of the survey
participants were geologists, and approximately two-thirds held the
rank of full professor. Almost three-fourths of them had earned their
highest degree prior to 1970.
To assist the reader in interpreting results of the survey
evaluations, estimated standard errors have been computed for mean
ratings of the scholarly quality of faculty in 91 geoscience programs
(and are given in Table 5.1~. For each program the mean rating and an
associated "confidence interval" of 1.5 standard errors are illustrated
in Figure 5.3 (listed in order of highest to lowest mean rating). In
comparing two programs, if their confidence intervals do not overlap,
one may conclude that there is a significant difference in their mean
ratings at a .05 level of significance.6 From this figure it is
also apparent that one should have somewhat more confidence in the
accuracy of the mean ratings of higher-rated programs than lower-rated
programs. This generalization results primarily from the fact that
evaluators are not as likely to be familiar with the less prestigious
programs, and consequently the mean ratings of these programs are
usually based on fewer survey responses.
6 See pp. 29-31 for a discussion of the interpretation of mean
ratings and associated confidence intervals.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit tOl) (02) tO3) (04) (05) (06) (07)
001. Alaska, University of 52 6 11 NA NA NA NA
Geophysical Insti tote 95 41 43
002. Arizona State University-Tempe 19 8 15 .27 6.8 .64 .46
Geology* 54 42 45 51 52 39 67
003. Arizona, University of-Tucson 26 27 40 .30 8.8 .52 .13
Geosciences * 63 55 5 7 53 30 29 43
004. Boston University 6 9 1 .00 9.8 .58 .00
Geol ogy 3 8 43 3 8 30 18 34 33
005. Brown University 16 20 43 .32 6.5 . 81 .38
Geol ogical Sciences 51 51 59 54 55 54 62
006. California Institute of Technology 28 60 69 .33 6.5 .64 . .36
Geological and Planetary Sciences 65 78 71 55 55 39 60
007. California, University of-Santa Cruz 10 16 31 .06 5.8 .94 .29
Earth Sciences 43 48 53 35 63 65 55
008. California, University of-Berkeley 11 25 29 .16 6.1 .74 .26
Geology 44 S4 52 42 59 47 53
009. California, University of-Berkeley 5 16 21 .21 6.3 .79 .29
Geophysics 37 48 48 46 57 52 55
010. California, University of-Davis 12 14 21 NA NA NA NA
Geol ogy 46 46 4 B
011. California, University of-Los Angeles 39 58 68 .24 6.9 .70 .30
Earth and Space Sciences 79 77 71 48 51 44 56
012. California, University of-Riverside 8 7 7 NA NA NA NA
Earth Sciences 41 42 41
013. California, University of-Santa Barbara 18 18 42 .17 7.7 .92 .33
Geol ogical Sciences 53 49 5 8 43 42 63 5 8
014. Case Western Reserve University 7 12 7 .62 6.8 .69 .23
eat ogical Sciences 39 45 41 77 52 44 51
015. Chicago, University of 20 16 24 .36 5.7 .86 .43
Geophysical Sciences
016. Cincinnati, University of 11 13 11 .15 7.3 .92 .08
Geol ogy 44 46 43 42 46 63 40
017. Colorado, University of 19 35 39 .25 7.5 .81 .16
Geol ogical Sciences 54 61 S 7 49 44 54 45
018. Columbia University 28 55 108 .22 6.7 .85 .37
Geological Sciences 65 75 90 47 53 57 61
019. Cornell University-Ithaca 18 16 42 .36 5.8 .82 .46
Geological Sciences 53 48 58 58 63 54 67
020 . Delaware, University of-Newark
Geol ogy
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
10 14 9
43 46 42
.36 7.5
57 44
.79
52
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean ~ 50 and
standard deviation ~ 10. GNAW indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
.00
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survev Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
001. 2.5 1.4 1.4 0.3 NA .58 25987 56 .18 .16 .14 .05
45 41 58 35 55 99 5348
002. 3.1 1.9 1.6 1.1 -0.3 .58 898 32 .08 .06 .08 .07
52 53 66 55 44 55 43 4748
003. 3.7 2.2 1.8 1.2 0.9 .62 10111 72 .08 .06 .05 .07
59 60 74 60 55 57 64 57 63
004. 1.3 0.9 0.8 0.4 - 0.4 NA NA 11 .12 .09 .10 .06
30 29 39 38 43 42 41
005. 3.7 2.1 1.4 1.4 -1.1 .88 1479 35 .09 .06 .08 .07
59 59 59 65 37 69 44 48 50
006. 4.9 2.8 1.2 1.7 NA .64 6414 145 .04 .05 .06 .05
74 73 54 73 58 56 76 77
007. 3.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 NA .70 855 17 .08 .06 .07 .07
52 53 54 54 61 43 43 44
008. 4.1 2.2 0.8 1.4 2.2 .73 2232 110 .07 .06 .07 .07
64 61 36 65 68 62 46 67 71
009. 3.5 2.1 0.9 0.8 2.2 NA 2232 110 .12 .07 .10 .09
57 57 40 49 68 46 67 71
010. 2.9 1.8 1.2 1.0 0.6 .67 597 34 .09 .06 .09 .07
50 52 53 53 53 59 42 48 48
011. 4.5 2.4 1.4 1.5 2.0 .54 5359 171 .06 .06 .06 .06
69 65 59 69 66 53 53 83 85
012. 2.0 1.4 0.7 0.8 - 1.0 NA 716 27 .12 .07 .09 .07
38 41 35 47 37 42 46 45
013. 3.7 2.2 1.6 1.3 -0.1 .50 2883 35 .08 .06 .07 .07
59 60 67 63 46 51 47 48 49
014. 2.2 1.3 0.3 0.7 - 1.3 NA NA 14 .11 .09 .08 .07
41 41 20 46 34 42 44
015. 4.3 2.3 1.2 1.4 0.9 .85 2186 80 .08 .07 .06 .07
66 61 54 63 55 68 46 59 63
016. 2.8 1.7 1.3 0.9 -0.2 .27 NA 10 .10 .07 .09 .07
48 48 56 51 44 41 41 42
017. 3.1 2.0 1.3 1.0 -0.9 .32 3977 79 .09 .05 .08 .06
52 55 54 54 38 43 50 59 56
018. 4.3 2.4 1.0 1.5 1.7 .71 13637 167 .08 .06 .07 .06
67 65 44 68 63 61 73 82 78
019. 4.0 2.3 1.7 1.4 1.6 .39 2887 84 .07 .06 .05 .06
63 62 70 66 62 46 4 7 60 63
020. 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.5 NA .30 3086 33 .14 .11 .14 .07
37 39 51 39 42 48 47 d7
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean a 50 and
standard deviation = 10. NINA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
021. Florida State University-Tallahassee
Geol ogy
022. George Washington University
Geol ogy
023. Harvard University
Geol ogical Sciences
024. Hawaii, University of
Geol ogy and Geophysics
025. Houston, University of
Geol ogy *
026. Idaho, University of-Moscow
Geol ogy
027. Illinois, University-Urbana/Champaign
Geol ogy
028. Indiana University-Bloomington
Geol ogy
029. Iowa State University-Ames
Earth Sciences
030. Iowa, University of-Iowa City
Geol ogy
031. Johns Hopkins University
Earth and PI anetary Sciences
032. Kansas, University of
Geol ogy
033. Kentucky, University of
Geol ogy
034. Lehigh University
Geol ogical Sciences
Louisiana State University-Baton Rouge
Geol ogy
036. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Earth and PI anetary Sciences
037. Massachusetts, University of-Amberst
Geol ogy and Geography
038. Miami, University of-Florida
Marine Geol & Geophys/ Marine & Atmos Chem
039. Michigan State University-East Lansing
Geol ogy
040 . Michigan, University of-Ann Arbor
Geol ogical Sciences
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
Program Size
(01) (02)
10 11
43 44
10 11
43 44
13 50
47 71
33 21
72 51
14 2
48 38
13 21
47 51
20 32
55 59
23 25
59 54
18 6
53 41
14 19
48 50
11 27
44 55
18 17
53 48
9 5
42 40
9 7
42 42
17 9
52 43
25 87 107
62 97 90
16 18 25
51 49 50
17 14 25
52 46 50
14 11 9
48 44 42
20 20 10
55 51 43
Characteristics of
Program Graduates
(03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
16
46
14
45
36
55
22
49
26
50
NA
.19
45
64 .24
69 48
16 .16
46 42
9 NA
42
68
71
41
58
18
47
7
41
4
40
83 .20
78 45
NANA
.098.5
3733
.426.2
6259
.318.3
5435
NANA
.317.0
5450
.445.5
6466
.147.3
4046
NA NA
NANA
.216.0
4661
.198.3
4435
NA NA
.297.0 1
5250
.337.0
5550
7.3 .65
47 40
6.8 .79
52 52
5.9 .81
62 54
NA NA
8.5 NA
33
NA NA
NA NA
.76 .36
49 60
.56 .19
33 47
NA NA
.15
45
.30
56
.38
61
NA
.72 .28
46 54
.89 .44
60 66
.82 .18
54 47
NA NA
NA NA
NA
.77 .37
50 61
.75 .13
49 43
NA NA
,.00 .29
70 55
.80 .33
53 58
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. NINA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
Prog
No.
021.2.2
41
022.1.6
33
023.4.1
65
024.2.9
50
025.2.2
42
026.1.6
34
027.3.2
53
028.3.2
53
029.2.2
41
030.2.4
44
031.3.6
58
032.2.9
49
033.2.1
40
034.2.1
40
035.2.5
44
036.4.8
72
037.3.0
51
038.3.1
52
039.2.4
44
040.3.5
57
Survev Results
(08)(09)(10) (11)
1.41.0
4245
1.00.9
3440
2.40.9
6442
1.61.3
4756
1.11.3
3655
1.11.1
3548
1.90.9
5442
2.01.3
5756
1.21.2
3752
1.71.2
4851
2.11.0
5943
1.81.0
5044
1.01.3
3355
1.20.9
3841
1.71.3
4854
2.71.5
7261
1.81.4
5258
1.91.2
5253
1.51.0
4545
2.11.2
5951
0.7
44
0.3
33
1.5
68
0.9
51
0.6
41
0.3
35
1.0
54
0.9
51
0.4
38
0.6
41
1.0
53
0.8
49
0.6
41
0.6
44
0.6
44
1.6
70
1.0
53
0.8
48
0.7
46
1.2
59
3.0
75
-0.1
45
-0.9
38
NA
University Research
Library Support
(12) (13)(14)
_o .4 .302610
43 4247
NA .20738
3842
.852324
6846
.529001
5262
.07610
3242
.08846
3243
.307160
4257
.44NA
48
2.0
65
O .9
56
-0 .5
42
0.3
49
-0 .4
43
0.1
48
-0.1
46
NA
-0.3
44
-0 .3
44
-0.7
40
NA
0.3
50
1.8
64
Publ ished
Articles
(15) (16)
37
48
10
41
96
63
48
51
25
45
3
40
53
52
28
46
.33 1082 13
44 43 42
.14 NA 64
35 55
21
44
23
45
5
40
8
41
25
45
147
77
38
49
41
49
18
43
102
65
.822656
6647
.332945
4448
NA638
42
NANA
.296501
4256
.928537
7161
.442734
4947
.65 11765
58 68
.212535
38 47
.75 12188
6369
44
41
70
53
42
41
51
44
42
51
46
44
41
42
44
78
50
50
43
61
Survey Ratings
Standard Error
(08) (09) (10) (11)
.10 .09 .10 O07
.14 .14
.08 .06
.11 .08
.11 .08
.12 .05
.08 .06
.08 .07
.08 .06
.12 .08 .06
.08 .06 .10 .07
.09 .07 .07 .08
.10 .13 .10 .06
.15 .10 .10 .07
.08 .07 .08 .07
.08 .06 .06 .07
.09 .09 .15
.13 .09 .09
.11 .09 .11
.05 .05
.09 .07
.11 .07
.10 .08
.09 .05
.07
.06
.07
.07 .06
.08 .07
.10 .07
.09 .07
.08 .07
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second~line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation s 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
041. Minnesota, University of 21 20 22 .13 7.8 .71 .08
Geology and Geophysics 57 51 49 40 40 45 40
042. Missouri, University of-Columbia 8 5 6 NA NA NA NA
Geol ogy 41 40 41
043. Missouri, University of-Rolla 4 2 5 NA NA NA NA
eol ogical Engineering 36 3 8 40
044. Missouri, University of-Rolla 8 9 4 NA NA NA NA
Geol ogy/Geophysics 4 ~
045. Montana, University of-Missoula 13 8 6 .20 6.0 .80 .10
Geology 47 42 41 45 61 53 41
046. New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology 24 12 9 .18 7.5 .73 .00
Geoscience 60 45 42 44 44 47 33
047. New Mexico, University of-Albuquerque 14 16 NA NA NA NA NA
Geology 48 48
048. North Carolina, University of~hapel Hill 15 19 7 .11 6.5 .84 .21
Geol ogy 49 50 41 3 8 55 56 49
049. North Dakota, University of-Grand Forks 8 10 18 . NA NA NA NA
Geol ogy 41 44 4 7
050. Northwestern University 13 14 18 .20 6.8 .87 .27
Geol ogical Sciences 4 7 46 4 7 45 52 59 53
051. Ohio State University-Columbus 4 14 27 .07 7.3 .50 .14
Geodetic Science 36 46 51 35 46 27 44
052. Ohio State University-Columbus 26 23 29 .26 7.4 .70 .17
Geol ogy and Mineral ogy 63 53 52 50 46 44 46
053. Oklahoma, University of-Norman 13 5 11 NA NA NA NA
Geol ogy and Geophysics 4 7 40 43
054. Oregon State University-Corvallis 12 9 10 .50 7.5 .70 .10
Geol ogy 46 43 43 68 44 44 41
055. Oregon, University of-Eugene 13 11 15 .46 6.5 .82 .18
Geol ogy 4 7 44 45 65 55 54 4 7
056. Pennsylvania State University 17 8 33 .17 6.6 .77 .26
Geochemistry and Mineralogy 52 42 54 43 54 50 53
057. Pennsylvania State University 14 33 27 .37 6.1 .85 .18
Geology 48 60 51 58 60 57 47
058. Pennsylvania State University 7 5 15 NA NA NA NA
Geophysics 39 40 45
059. Pittsburgh, University of 12 17 12 .13 8.8 .63 .25
Geology and Planetary Science 46 48 44 40 30 38 52
060. Princeton University 17 28 40 .32 5.9 .91 .23
Geol ogical and Geophysical Sciences 52 56 5 7 54 62 62 50
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures tRaw and Standardized Values) in {geosciences
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey ResultsLibrary Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09)(10) (11) (12) (13)(14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
041. 3.3 2.01, 1 1.1 1.2 .622617 65 .08 .05 .06 .06
54 5548 56 5B 5747 5553
042. 2.2 1.40.8 0.5 -0.2 NANA 19 .13 .09 .11 .06
41 4139 40 45 4443
043. 1.3 0.7NA 0.2 NA NANA 10 .24 .20 NA .05
30 26 31 4142
044. 1.8 1.10~.9 0.4 NA NANA 10 .19 .16 .09 .06
36 3541 36 4142
045. 2.2 1.51.2 0.6 NA .23NA 0 .11 .11 .11 .07
41 4551 42 39 3940
046. 2.5 1.61.3 0.6 NA .211962 12 .11 .10 .09 .07
44 4756 43 3845 4242
047. 2.7 1.71.3 0.8 -1.0 .14892 19 .09 .07 .09 .07
47 4856 48 37 3543 4443
048. 2.9 1.91.4 0.9 1.0 .473087 17 .10 .05 .08 .07
50 5358 51 56 5048 4344
049. 1.4 0.80.9 0.3 NA NA703 1 .15 .14 .15 .06
31 2741 35 42 3940
050. 3.6 2.10.8 1.2 0.3 .77NA 32 .08 .05 .08 .06
58 5736 58 50 64 4749
051. 3.2 1.7NA 0.2 0.9 NA1320 54 .29 .16 NA .05
53 49 32 55 44 5346
052. 2.9 1.81.1 0.8 0.9 .501320 54 .10 .07 .08 .07
50 5150 49 55 5144 5346
053. 2.6 1.50.8 0.8 -0.6 .233117 10 .11 .08 .08 .07
46 4337 47 41 3948 4141
054. 2.6 1.61.2 1.0 NA .509024 52 .09 .07 .07 .07
45 4751 52 5162 5252
055. 3.0 1.91.1 1.0 -0.9 .62617 14 .09 .05 .07 .07
50 5347 53 38 5742 4243
056. 3.9 2.21.2 1.0 0.7 .596180 54 .09 .08 .09 .08
62 6051 54 53 5655 5354
057. 3.3 2.00.9 0.8 0.7 .366180 54 .10 .07 .08 .07
54 5542 49 53 4555 5354
058. 3.0 1.81.2 0.5 0.7 NA6180 54 .13 .08 .08 .07
51 50.52 41 53 55 5354
059. 2.3 1.41.0 0.5 0.1 .331044 24 .12 .10 .11 .06
42 4244 40 47 4443 4544
060. 4.0 2.31.1 1.5 0.9 .712832 48 .07 .06 .07 .05
63 6248 69 55 6147 5153
NATE;: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation ~ 10. GNAT indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
061. Princeton University 17 9 12 NA NA NA NA
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 52 43 44
062. Purdue University-West Lafayette 22 19 15 .36 7.8 .70 .00
Geosciences 58 50 45 58 41 44 33
063. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 7 8 8 .31 6.3 1.00 .00
Geology 39 42 42 54 5 8 70 33
064. Rice University 11 33 25 .27 5.5 .76 .10
Geology 44 60 50 50 67 49 41
065. SUNY at Albany 8 6 29 NA NA NA NA
Geological Sciences* 41 41 52
066. SUNY at Binghamton 10 12 11 .36 7.5 .70 .20
Geological Sciences 43 45 43 58 44 44 48
067. SUNY at Stony Brook 25 25 28 .16 7.0 .94 .33
Earth and Space Sciences 62 54 51 42 50 65 58
068. Saint Louis University 5 10 17 NA NA NA NA
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences 37 44 46
069. South Carolina, University of-Columbia 20 45 20 .08 6.2 .87 .32
Geology 55 68 48 36 58 58 57
070. Southern California, University of- 13 19 26 .18 7.8 .92 .31
Geological Sciences 47 50 50 43 40 63 56
071. Southern Methodist University 10 11 14 .80 6.8 NA NA
Geological Sciences 43 44 45 91 52
072. Stanford University 10 26 23 .26 6.9 .87 .10
Applied Earth Sciences* 43 55 49 50 51 59 41
073. Stanford University 14 54 45 .23 7.3 .83 .19
Geology 48 74 60 48 47 56 48
074. Stanford University 8 33 39 .41 5.3 .82 .19
Geophysics 41 60 5 7 61 69 54 4 7
075. Syracuse University 9 20 11 .33 8.0 .61 .00
Geology 42 51 43 55 39 3 7 33
076. Tennessee, University of-Knoxville 9 9 8 NA NA NA NA
Geological Sciences 42 43 42
077. Texas A & M University 17 10 14 .18 6.2 .82 .09
Geology 52 44 45 44 59 54 40
078. Texas A & M University 14 11 11 .30 7.5 .60 .00
Geophysics 48 44 43 53 44 36 33
079. Texas, University of-Austin 37 33 50 .36 7.6 .80 .20
Geological Sciences 77 60 62 58 43 53 48
080. Texas, University of-Dallas 12 17 35 .13 6.7 .71 .43
Geosciences 46 4 8 55 40 53 45 65
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. NINA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survev ResultsLibrarv Support Articles Standard Error
No.(08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13)(14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
061.4.2 2.2 1.2 0.6 0.9 .472832 48 .11 .11 .11 .07
65 61 51 43 55 5047 5153
062.2.8 1.7 1.5 0.8 -0.5 .36776 29 .10 .07 .10 .07
49 49 64 47 42 4542 4648
063.2.4 1.4 1.0 0.7 NA NANA 14 .11 .08 .07 .07
44 43 45 46 4243
064.2.6 1.6 0.5 1.0 -1.4 .27NA 34 .08 .08 .08 .07
47 47 27 54 33 41 4848
065.3.5 1.8 1.2 1.2 -1.0 NA2528 29 .11 .07 .06 .08
57 52 50 60 37 47 4647
066.2.6 1.6 0.9 0.8 NA .50NA 11 .09 .08 .07 .06
46 46 40 49 51 4242
067.3.7 2.1 1.2 1.2 -0.6 .603096 40 .08 .06 .08 .07
59 58 52 58 41 5648 4950
068.2.1 1.5 1.0 0.4 NA NA672 17 .21 .11 .12 .07
39 45 43 38 42 4343
069.2.9 1.7 1.7 0.9 -0.4 .501626 23 .11 .09 .07 .08
50 50 70 51 43 5144 4543
070.3.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 0.4 .623284 23 .08 .05 .07 .07
52 54 56 55 50 5748 4544
071.2.5 1.6 1.2 0.8 NA .40NA 5 .09 .07 .08 .07
45 46 51 49 47 4041
072.3.4 2.1 0.8 0.9 2.0 .402790 123 .12 .09 .09 .07
56 57 38 51 66 4747 7067
073.3.7 2.3 0.6 1.4 2.0 .502790 123 .09 .06 .08 .07
60 62 29 63 66 514 7 706 7
074.4.2 2.5 1.4 1.1 2.0 NA2790 123 .07 .08 .07 .08
66 66 59 57 66 47 7067
075.2.3 1.5 0.9 0.6 -0.3 NANA 2 .10 .10 .08 .07
42 44 42 43 43 3940
076.2.0 1.3 1.1 0.7 -0.4 NA689 15 .09 .08 .09 .06
39 40 48 44 43 42 4345
077.3.0 1.8 1.3 0.9 -0.5 .245745 54 .10 .07 .08 .07
50 50 56 50 42 3954 5350
078.3.1 1.8 1.5 0.8 -0.5 .295745 54 .11 .07 .10 .07
53 50 61 4 8 42 4254 5350
079. 3.8 2.2 1.4 1.4 1.6 .32 10789 62 .08 .05 .06 .06
60 60 60 64 62 43 66 55 50
080. 2.6 1.7 1.2 0.8 NA .75 652 NA .09 .07 .09 .07
46 49 52 49 63 42 NA
NOTE On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each m-ncllr" ;'r" Tar
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean = 50 and
standard deviation = 10. "NA. indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (flaw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
Characteristics of
Prouram Size Prooram Graduates
(01) (02) (03)
(04) (05)
(06) (07)
081. Tulsa, University of 5 7 14 NA NA NA NA
Geosciences 37 42 45
082. Utah, University of-Salt Lake City
Geol ogy and Geophysics
083. Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ
Geol ogical Sciences
084. Virginia, University of
Environmental Sciences
085. Washington State University-Pullman
Geol ogy
086. Washington University-Saint Louis
Earth and PI anetary Sciences
087. Washington, University of-Seattle
Geol ogical Sciences
088. West Virginia University
Geol ogy and Geography
089 . Wisconsin, University of-Madi~on
Geol ogy and Geophysics
090. Wyoming, University of
Geol ogy
091. Yale University
Geol ogy and Geophysics
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
24 20
60 51
22
~8
26 17
63 4B
10 13
43 46
12 4
46 40
17 41
52 65
16 12
51 45
19 33
54 60
18
49
23 33
59 60
30
52
13 12
46 44
25
50
9
42
18
47
16
46
5
40
45
60
22
49
40
57
.21 7~5
46 44
NA NA
.18 7.8
44 41
NA NA
NA NA
.29 6.2
52 58
NA NA
.22 6.4
47 57
.39 7.0
59 50
6.1
60
.64 .07
39 39
NA NA
.46 .09
23 40
NA NA
NA NA
.73 .40
46 63
NA NA
.87 .27
59 53
.69 .15
44 45
.83 .53
56 73
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean ~ 50 and
standard deviation ~ 10. SNAG indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
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T ~ 5.1 Progra ~ sures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Geosciences
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Survev Results Library support Articles Standard Error
(Q8) (093(lO) (}1) (12) (13) (14) (15)(16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
081.1.0 0.70~7 0.3 NA NA NA ~.15 .11 .19 .05
26 2533 34 4141
082.3.0 1~91.4 Q.8 -~.6 .33 3853 29 .10 .05 .09 .07
51 536a 49 41 44 50 4646
083.3.7 2~1le6 1.3 -0.0 .59 2586 48 04)8 o06 .07 .07
5g 5866 61 46 56 47 5150
084.2.3 1.41.4 0.` 0.7 .27 1394 13 .15 .12 .19 .06
43 4259 36 54 41 44 4245
085.2.1 1.31.0 0.5 - 0.:1 .10 NA 14 .12 .10 .07 .07
40 4046 39 44 33 4243
086.2.? 1.81.7 0.6 -0.4 .50 830 19 .13 .10 .09 .08
4 7 5070 43 43 51 43 4444
087. 3.3 2.0 1.2 1.2 1.5 .47 13047 90 .08 .05 .07 .07
55 56 50 58 61 50 71 62 65
088. 2.1 1.3 1.1 0.4 NA .06 644 9 .1S .12 .12 .06
40 40 49 36 31 42 41 42
089. 3.7 2.3 1~1 1.2 1.6 .74 11910 86 .08 .06 .07 .07
60 62 48 60 62 63 68 61 55
090. 2.8 1.8 1.3 O.8 NA .47 2474 21 .08 .07 .09 .07
48 50 55 48 50 46 44 44
091. 4.1 2.3 0.8 1.5 2.1 .78 715 36 .08 .07 .07 .06
64 62 37 68 67 65 42 48 51
NOTE: On the first line of data for every program, raw values for each measure are reported;
on the second line values are reported in standardized form, with mean ~ 50 and
standard deviation a 1Q. ANAL indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
Since the scale used to compute measure (16) is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for thin measure.
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TABLE 5.2 Summary Statistics Describing Each Program Measure--Geosciences
Number
of
ProgramsStandard D E C I L E S
Measure Evaluated Mean Deviation123456789
Program Size
01 Raw Value 91 16 8 7 9 10 12 14 17 18 20 25
Std Value 91 50 10 39 42 43 46 48 52 53 55 62
02 Raw Value 91 19 15 6 9 11 12 16 18 20 27 33
Std Value 91 50 10 41 43 44 45 48 49 51 55 60
03 Raw Value 89 25 21 7 9 12 15 18 24 28 39 45
Std Value 89 50 10 41 42 44 45 47 50 51 57 60
Program Graduates
04 Raw Value 66 .26 .13 .12 .16 .18 .21 .24 .28 .31 .36 .39
Std Value 66 50 10 39 42 44 46 48 52 54 58 60
05 Raw Value 66 7.0 .9 8.3 7.7 7.5 7.3 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.2 5.9
Std Value 66 50 10 35 42 44 46 51 53 55 59 62
06 Raw Value 63 .77 .12 .60 .68 .70 .74 .79 .81 .82 .86 .92
Std Value 63 50 10 36 43 44 48 52 53 54 58 63
07 Raw Value 63 .22 .13 .00 .10 .14 .18 .21 .27 .30 .34 .39
Std Value 63 50 10 33 41 44 47 49 54 56 59 63
Survey Results
08 Raw Value 91 2.9 .8 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.7 4.1
Std Value 91 50 10 39 41 45 47 50 52 55 59 64
09 Raw Value 91 1.8 .4 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.3
Std Value 91 50 10 35 42 44 49 51 53 56 58 63
10 Raw Value 89 1.1 .3 .8 .9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Std Value 89 50 10 37 41 45 49 52 52 56 60 63
11 Raw Value 91 .9 .4 .4 .5 .6 .8 .8 .9 1.0 1.2 1.4
Std Value 91 50 10 37 40 43 48 48 51 54 59 65
University Library
12 Raw Value 69 .4 1.0 -1.0 -.6 -.4 -.3 .0 .7 .9 1.5 2.0
Std Value 69 50 10 37 41 43 44 47 53 55 61 66
Research Support
13 Raw Value 72 .47 .22 .20 .27 .32 .38 .47 .50 .60 .66 .75
Std Value 72 50 10 38 41 43 46 50 51 56 59 63
14 Raw Value 73 3996 4279 677 840 1320 2250 2637 2873 3341 6180 9785
Std Value 73 50 10 42 43 44 46 47 47 48 55 64
Publication Records
15 Raw Value 90 44 39 9 13 17 23 32 38 54 64 102
Std Value 90 50 10 41 42 43 45 47 49 53 55 65
16 Std Value 90 50 10 41 42 43 44 46 49 51 54 67
NOTE: Standardized values reported in the preceding table have been computed from exact values
of the mean and standard deviation and not the rounded values reported here. Since the
scale used to compute measure 16 is entirely arbitrary, only data in standardized form
are reported for this measure.
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TABLE 5.3 Intercorrelations Among Program Measures on 91 Programs in Geosciences
Measure
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Program Size
01 .42 .40 -.06 -.08 -.14 .21 .45 .42.47 .39.22 .18 .61 .39 .36
02 .72 -.01 .29 .05 .36 .64 .67.06 .67.43 .40 .25 .73 .74
03 -.04 .16 .06 .45 .61 .62.17 .59.30 .33 .28 .66 .64
Program Graduates
04 .24 .00 .04 .08 .10-.10 .17-.01 .09 .22 .03 .07
05 .51 .49 .50 .51 -.09 .44 .26 .38 -.05 .27 .31
06 .30 .24 .29 -.13 .35 .10 .20 -.04 .01 .00
07 .58 .58 .05 .59 .31 .61 .06 .33 .39
Survey Results
08 .97 .29 .87 .58 .72 .27 .75 .77
09 .29 .87 .58 .72 .25 .73 .75
10 .19 -.08 .02 .13 .09 .09
11 .43 .70 .18 .66 .70
University Library
12 .36 .33 .66 .66
Research Support
13
14
Publication Records
15
16
.20
.
45 .51
.42 .35
.97
NOTE: Since in computing correlation coefficients program data must be available for both of the measures
being correlated, the actual number of programs on which each coefficient is based varies.
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Measure 01 ( square root scale)
FIGURE 5.1 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) versus number of faculty members
"measure 01)--91 programs in geosciences.
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FIGURE 5.2 Mean rating of program effectivene~s in educating research scholars/scientists (measure 09 )
ver~us number of graduates in last f ive years (measure 02)--91 programs in geosciences.
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TABLE 5.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in Geosciences
Respondents
N%
Field of Specialization
Geochemistry 1810
Geology 6637
Geophysics 2916
Mineralogy/Petrology 3118
Paleontology 137
Other/Unknown 2011
Faculty Rank
P rofessor 11565
Associate Professor 3620
Assistant Professor 2112
Other/Unknown 53
Year of Highest Degree
Pre-1950 85
1950-59 5129
1960-69 7040
Post-1969 4827
Evaluator Selection
Nominated by Institution 15487
Other 2313
Survey Form
With Faculty Names 15789
Without Names 2011
Total Evaluators 177100
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Mean Survey Rating (Measure 08 )
FIGURE 5.3 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty in 91 programs in geosciences.
NOTE: Programs are listed in sequence of mean rating, with the highest-rated program appearing at the
top of the page. The broken lines (---) indicate a confidence interval of +1.5 standard errors
around the reported mean (x) of each program.
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Representative terms from entire chapter:
raw value
