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V:II
German Language and
literature Programs
In this chapter 48 research-doctorate programs in German language
and literature are assessed. These programs, according to the
information supplied by their universities, have accounted for 616
doctoral degrees awarded during the FY1976-80 period--approximately
97 percent of the aggregate number of German language and literature
doctorates earned from U.S. universities in this five-year span.t
On the average, 15 full-time and part-time students intending to earn
doctorates were enrolled in a program in December 1980, with an
average faculty size of 9 members .2 Only three of the programs were
initiated since 1970, and no two programs are located in the same
university. In addition to the 48 institutions represented in this
discipline, another 5 were initially identified as meeting the
criteria3 for inclusion in the assessment:
Boston College
University of California--Riverside
Columbia University
University of Kentucky
Syracuse University
German programs at these five 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
Data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 636
research doctorates in German language and literature were awarded by
U.S. universities between FY1976 and FY1980.
2 See the reported means for measures 03 and 01 in Table 7.2.
3 As mentioned in Chapter I, the primary criterion for inclusion was
that a university had awarded at least 4 doctorates in German during
the FY1976-78 period.
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have a research-doctorate program in German or failed to provide the
information requested by the committee.
Before examining individual program results presented in Table 7.1,
the reader is urged to refer to Chapter II, in which each of the 12
measures used in the assessment is discussed. Summary statistics
describing every measure are given in Table 7.2. For eight of the
measures, data are reported for at least 45 of the 48 German programs.
For measures 04-07, which pertain to characteristics of the program
graduates, data are presented for less than two-thirds of the programs;
the others had too few graduates on which to base statistics.4
Intercorrelations among the 12 measures {Pearson product-moment
coefficients) are given in Table 7.3. Of particular note are the high
positive correlations of the measures of faculty size (01), number of
recent program graduates (02), and library index (12) with reputational
survey ratings (08, 09~. Figure 7.l illustrates the relation between
the mean rating of the scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) and
the number of faculty members (measure 01) for each of 48 programs in
German. Figure 7.2 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 posi-
tive correlation between program size and reputational rating, it is
quite apparent that some of the smaller programs received high mean
ratings and that some of the larger programs received low mean ratings.
Table 7.4 describes the 95 faculty members who participated in the
evaluation of German programs. These individuals constituted 63 per-
cent of those asked to respond to the survey in this discipline and 21
percent of the faculty population in the 48 research-doctorate programs
being evaluated.5 Only one-fifth of the survey participants had
earned their highest degree since 1970, and almost two-thirds were
full professors.
To assist the reader in interpreting results of the survey evalua-
tions, estimated standard errors have been computed for mean ratings
of the scholarly quality of faculty in 48 German programs (and are
given in Table 7.1~. For each program the mean rating and an associ-
ated "confidence interval" of 1.5 standard errors are illustrated in
Figure 7.3 (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
4 As mentioned in Chapter II, data for measures 04-07 are not reported
if they are based on the survey responses of fewer than 10 FY1975-79
program graduates.
ssee Table 2.3 in Chapter II.
6 See pp. 28-30 for a discussion of the interpretation of mean ratings
and associated confidence intervals.
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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 usu-
ally based on fewer survey responses.
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in German Lang. & Lit.
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
001. Brown University 8 9 7 NA NA NA NA
German 4 7 45 41
002. Bryn Mawr College 5 5 6 NA NA NA NA
German 40 39 40
003. CUNY-Graduate School 8 7 12 NA NA NA NA
Germanic languages and Literature 47 42 46
004. California, University of-Berkeley 16 23 34 .23 9.2 .46 .32
German 66 65 69 46 48 44 55
005. California, University of-Davis 8 7 3 .10 NA . 30 .10
German and Russian 4 7 42 3 7 35 30 39
006. California, University of-Irvine 7 5 11 NA NA NA NA
German * 45 39 45
007. California, University of-Los Angeles 20 11 28 .17 8.8 .58 .42
Germanic Languages 75 47 63 41 51 57 62
008. California, University of-San Diego 4 1 10 NA NA NA NA
Literature* 38 33 44
009. California, University of-Santa Barbara 6 6 9 NA NA NA NA
Germanic & Slavic Languages & Literatures 42 40 43
010. Chicago, University of 6 11 14 .50 8.8 .46 .09
Germanic Languages and Literatures 42 47 49 68 51 44 39
011. Cincinnati, University of 8 11 22 .12 9.8 .71 .29
German 47 47 57 37 44 68 54
012. Colorado, University of 5 10 3 .36 8.0 .40 .10
Germanic Languages and Literatures 40 46 37 57 57 39 39
013. Connecticut, University of-Storrs 8 11 5 .31 8.3 .54 .15
Germanic and Slavic Languages 47 47 39 52 54 52 43
014. Cornell University-Ithaca 13 13 19 .38 6.4 .53 .33
Germanic Studies 59 50 54 58 68 52 56
015. Harvard University 6 21 23 .25 7.9 .36 .21
Germanic Languages and Literatures 42 62 58 47 57 35 48
016. Illinois, University-Urbana/Champaign 11 14 16 .33 8 .0 .64 .43
Germanic Languages and Literatures 54 52 51 54 57 62 63
017. Indiana University-Bloomington 18 26 30 .32 11.3 .68 .13
Germanic Languages 71 69 65 53 33 66 42
018. Iowa, University of-Iowa City 10 4 12 NA NA NA NA
German 52 3 7 46
019. Johns Hopkins University 4 19 15 .44 8.8 .56 .13
German 38 59 50 63 51 55 41
020. Kansas, University of 9 8 26 NA NA NA NA
Germanic Languages and Literatures 49 43 61
* 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 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in German Lang. & Lit.
University Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (08) (09) (10) (11)
001. 3.0 1.8 1.0 1.2 -1.1 .09 .07 .08 .06
51 52 54 51 35
002. 1.9 1.1 1.0 0.9 NA .12 .10 .06 .07
40 38 53 41
003. 2.4 1.3 0.7 0.9 NA lo nc
45 41 41 42
004. 4.3 2.4 0.9 1.7 2.2 .07 .05 .07 .06
65 64 49 64 66
005. 2.3 1.4 0.9 1.0 0.6 11 na n.
43 44 49 44 5i
006. 3.0 1.8 1.0 1.3 NA .08 .06 .09 .0.
51 51 53 54
007. 3.5 2.1 1.1 1.2 2.0 .07 .04 .06 .06
57 57 58 51 64
008. 1.9 0.9 0.7 0.9 -0.0 .12 .09 .06 .07
40 35 42 42 45
009. 3.4 1.8 1.1 1.4 -0.1 .09 .06 .03 .07
55 51 57 55 44
010. 2.6 1.6 0.5 1.0 0.9 .11 .08 .07 .06
47 48 33 43 54
011. 2.6 1.7 0.8 1.2 -0.2 .10 .07 .07 .07
47 49 46 49 43
012. 1.5 1.0 0.4 0.9 -0.9 .11 .08 .06 .07
35 35 25 40 37
013. 2.3 1.5 0.9 1.1 -0.5 .09 .09 .05 .07
44 46 49 47 41
014. 4.1 2.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 .08 .06 .06 .06
63 60 74 60 61
015. 3.7 2.1 0.6 1.7 3.0 .08 .05 .07 .06
59 57 36 63 7
016. 3.5 2.2 1.0 1.3 2.0 .09 .06 .06 .07
57 59 52 52 64
017. 4.3 2.5 1.0 1.7 0.9 .07 .06 .06 .05
65 66 54 64 54
018. 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.3 .10 .08 .06 .06
36 35 50 36 48
019. 2.7 1.8 0.7 1.1 -0.4 .10 .08 .09 .07
48 51 41 48 41
020. 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.1 .10 .08 .07 .07
41 43 48 41 4d
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 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in German Lang. & Lit.
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
021. Massachusetts, University of-Amherst
Germanic Languages and Literature
022. Michigan, University of-Ann Arbor
Germanic Language and Literature
023. Minnesota, University of
German
024. Nebraska, University of-Lincoln
Modern Languages and Literatures
025. New York University
Germanic Languages and Literatures
026. North Carolina, University of-Chapel Hill
Germanic Languages
027. Northwestern University
German Language and Literature
028. Ohio State University-Columbus
German
029. Oregon, University of-Eugene
German Languages and Literatures
030. Pennsylvania State University
German
031. Pennsylvania, University of
Germanic Languages and Literatures
032. Pittsburgh, University of
Germanic Languages and Literatures
033. Princeton University
Germanic Languages and Literatures
034. Rice University
German and Russian
035. Rutgers, The State University-New Brunswick
German
036. SUNY at Albany
Germanic Languages and Literature*
037. SONY at Buffalo
Modern Languages and Literatures
038. SUNY at Stony Brook
German Language and Literature *
039. Southern California, University of
German
040. Stanford University
German Stud ies
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
Program Size
(01) (02) (03)
17 22
68 63
21 17
78 56
7 12
45 49
5 11
40 47
8 20
47 60
8 17
47 56
10 10
52 46
13 17
59 56
8 13
47 50
8 9
47 45
7
45
45
9
49
6
42
12
56
7 7
45 42
7 5
45 39
6 5
42 39
5 17
40 56
9 24
49 66
Characteristics of
Program Graduates
(04) (05) (06) (07)
15 .14
50 35
10 .29
44 51
9 .36
43 57
5 NA
39
9
43
.08 9.
33
7 .18
41 42
8 NA
42
23
58
9
43
36
16 23
55 58
3 6
36 40
15 17
53 52
8 14
43 49
8 41
43 77
25
60
9
43
15
50
23
58
20
55
9.3
47
10.5
38
11.8
29
NA
44
8.9
50
NA
.32 10.0
53 42
.54 8.7
71 52
NA NA
.19 9.3
42 47
NA NA
.43
42
.50
49
.64
62
NA
.39
38
.45
44
NA
.61
59
.50
49
NA
.39
38
NA
.39 6.5 .62
58 68 60
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
.36 9.5
56 46
.30 8.9
52 50
.10
39
.19
46
.27
52
NA
.08
38
.10
39
NA
.39
60
.42
62
NA
.08
38
NA
.54
71
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
54 .15
52 43
67 .38
65 60
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 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in German Lang. & Lit.
Prog
No. (08)
021. 3.5
57
022. 3.4
56
023. 3.0
51
024. 1.4
35
025. 2.6
47
026. 3.1
52
027. 3.3
54
028. 3.2
53
029. 2.4
· 45
030. 2.2
43
031. 3.3
55
032. 2.1
42
033. 4.5
67
034. 1.8
39
035. 1.8
38
036. 3.2
53
037. 2.7
48
038. 1.8
38
039. 1.8
38
040. 4.1
63
Survey Results
(09) (10)
2.0 1.0
56 54
2.1 1.0
57 52
1.9 1.1
54 60
1.0 0.9
35 49
1.6 0.8
47 45
1.9 1.0
54 53
1.8 0.8
51 45
2.0 0.9
56 49
1.6 1.0
47 53
1.4 0.9
44 51
2.0 0.8
55 44
1.1 0.7
39 43
2.5 1.4
66 71
1.3 0.8
41 45
1.2 0.8
40 45
1.7 1.4
50 71
1.5 0.9
45 48
1.1 0.7
38 41
1.3 0.5
41 31
2.4 1.2
64 64
(11)
1.5
59
1.3
52
1.3
52
0.7
35
1.0
43
1.3
52
1.4
56
1.3
53
0.9
41
1.0
43
1.4
55
1.0
44
1.8
67
0.9
40
0.9
40
1.4
56
1.1
47
0.8
38
0.8
39
1.6
62
University Survey Ratings
Library Sit ^n~l~rd Error
(12)
—0.7
38
1.8
62
1.2
56
—0 . 5
40
0.5
50
1.0
55
0.3
48
0.9
54
—O. . 9
36
0.7
52
0.7
52
0.1
46
0.9
54
—1.4
31
0.8
53
-1.0
36
0.3
48
—0 . 6
39
0.4
49
2.0
65
(09)
.08 .06
.09 .05
.09 .06
.11 .08
.10 .07
(10) (11)
.07 .06
.08 ,07
.08 .07
.05 .07
.09 .07
.08 .05 .06 .06
.09 .07 .06 .06
.08 .06 .09 .06
.10 .08 .04 .07
.11 .08 .08 .07
.08 .06 .08 .06
.10 .08 .06 .07
.07 .06 .07 .04
.12 .09 .09 .07
.11 .09 .08 .07
.09 .07 .07 .06
.08 .07 .05 .06
.13 .09 .09 .07
.13 .10 .08 .07
.08 .06 .07 .05
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 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in German Lang. & Lit.
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
041. Tennessee, University of-Knoxville
Germanic and Slavic Languages
042. Texas, University of-Austin
Germanic Languages
043. Vanderbilt University
Germanic and Slavic Languages
044. Virginia, University of
Germanic Languages and Literature
045. Washington University-Saint Louis
German Languages and Literature
046. Washington, University of-Seattle
Germanics
047. Wisconsin, University of-Madison
German
048. Yale University
Germanic Languages and Literatures
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
Program Size
(01) (02) (03)
11 NA
47
20 34
68 60 69
7 12
45 49
14 6
61 40
11 34
54 80
13 26
59 69
13 19
59 59
39
9
43
10 36
45 46 72
13
47
NA
18
53
Characteristics of
Program Graduates
(04) (05) (06) (07)
.20 11.5 .50
43 31 49
.45 8.5
64 53
.46 7.0
64 64
NA NA
.23 10.0
46 42
.11 8.0
36 57
.21 6.3
44 69
.39
38
.46
44
NA
.50
49
.56
54
8.5 .42
53 41
.64
62
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. "NAB indicates that the value for a measure is not available.
.10
39
.28
52
.18
NA
.50
68
.22
48
.26
51
.43
63
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TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in German Lang. & Lit.
University Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (08) (09) (10) (11)
041. 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 -0.4 .12 .09 .07 .06
31 31 40 32 41
042. 4.2 2.5 1.0 1.6 1.6 .06 .06 .06 .06
63 65 54 62 61
1.3 1.0 0.8 0.5 -0.7 .11 .08 .07 .06
33 36 44 29 38
044. 4.0 2.2 1.4 1.7 0.7 .08 .06 .07 .05
62 59 74 65 52
045. 3.4 2.0 0.8 1.5 -0.4 .08 .06 .07 .06
55 55 44 58 41
046. 3.5 2.1 1.0 1.4 1.5 .08 .05 .05 .07
57 57 54 54 59
047. 4.5 2.6 1.2 1.9 1.6 .07 .06 .05 .04
67 67 62 69 60
048. 4.5 2.6 0.9 1.8 2.1 .07 .05 .05 .04
67 68 52 67 65
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 7.2 Summary Statistics Describing Each Program Measure--German Language & Literature
Number
of
Programs Standard D E C ~ L E S
Measure Evaluated Mean Deviation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Program Size
01 Raw Value 48 9 4 5 6 7 7 8 8 10 13 16
Std Value 48 50 10 40 42 45 45 47 47 52 59 66
02 Raw Value 48 13 7 5 7 8 10 11 13 17 19 22
Std Value 48 50 10 39 42 43 46 47 50 56 59 63
03 Raw Value 46 15 10 5 7 9 10 13 15 19 23 29
Std Value 46 50 10 39 41 43 44 47 50 54 58 64
Program Graduates
04 Raw Value 30 .28 .12 .11 .16 .19 .23 .29 .32 .36 .38 .45
Std Value 30 50 10 36 40 43 46 51 53 57 58 64
05 Raw Value 29 8.9 1.4 11.3 10.0 9.6 9.2 8.8 8.7 8.5 8.0 7.0
Std Value 29 50 10 32 42 45 48 51 51 53 56 64
06 Raw Value 30 .51 .10 .39 .40 .45 .46 .50 .54 .56 .62 .64
Std Value 30 50 10 38 39 44 45 49 53 55 61 63
07 Raw Value 30 .25 .14 .09 .10 .13 .15 .21 .27 .32 .39 .43
Std Value 30 50 10 39 39 41 43 47 51 55 60 63
Survey Results
08 Raw Value 48 2.9 .9 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.6 4.2
Std Value 48 50 10 36 39 44 47 51 53 55 58 64
09 Raw Value 48 1.7 .5 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.4
Std Value 48 50 10 36 40 44 48 52 54 56 58 64
10 Raw Value 48 .9 .2 .7 .7 .8 .9 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2
Std Value 48 50 10 41 41 45 50 50 55 55 55 64
11 Raw Value 48 1.2 .3 .8 .9 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.7
Std Value 48 50 10 38 41 44 44 50 53 56 59 64
University Library
12 Raw Value 45 .5 1.0 -.9 -.5 -.4 .1 .4 .7 .9 1.6 2.0
Std Value 45 50 10 37 40 41 46 49 52 54 61 64
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.
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TABLE 7.3 Intercorrelations Among Program Measures on 48 Programs
in German Language & Literature
Measure
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
Program Size
01 .44 .41 -.16 -.02 .14 .25 .62 .64 .43 .54 .52
02 .32 -.24 .03 .08 -.05 .58 .66 .12 .52 .51
03 -.05 -.19 .21 .42 .41 .44 .06 .40 .34
Program Graduates
04 .20 .15 .17 -.14 -.09 -.06 -.19 -.17
05 -.10 .32 .24 .20 .21 .21 .18
06 .52 .24 .29 .36 .20 .10
07 .50 .51 .52 .46 .31
Survey Results
08 .98 .60 .97 .65
09 .56 .94 .66
10 .57 .25
11 .58
University Library
12
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 7.1 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) versus number of faculty members
(measure 01)--48 programs in German language & literature.
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Measure 02 (square root scale)
FIGURE 7.2 Mean rating of program effectiveness in educating research scholars/scientists (measure 09)
versus number of graduates in last f ive years (measure 02) --48 programs in
German language & literature.
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TABLE 7.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in
German Language & Literature
Respondents
N
Field of Specialization
German Language and Literature 84
Other/Unknown 11
Faculty Rank
%
88
12
Professor 63 66
Associate Professor 24 25
Assistant Professor 8 8
Year of Highest Degree
Pre-1950 6 6
1950-59 26 27
1960-69 42 44
Post-1969 19 20
Unknown 2 2
Evaluator Selection
Nominated by Institution 83 87
Other 12 13
Survey Form
With Faculty Names 89 94
Without Names 6 6
Total Evaluators 95 100
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5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0,0
Mean Survey Rating (Measure 08)
FIGURE 7.3 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty in 48 programs in German language & literature.
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:
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