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Cello 1 ar/Molecular Biology Programs
In this chapter 89 research-doctorate programs in cellular/molecu-
lar biology are assessed. These programs, according to the information
supplied by their universities, have accounted for 1,871 doctoral de-
grees awarded during the FY1976-80 period. Because cellular and
molecular biology programs transcend the boundaries of many other bio-
logical science disciplines and because these programs may be found in
a variety of different institutional settings (including biology de-
partments, medical school departments, etc.), the committee encoun-
tered difficulty in identifying a comprehensive set of research-doctor-
ate programs that have produced graduates in this discipline. On the
average, 34 full-time and part-time students intending to earn doctor-
ates were enrolled in a program in December 1980, with an average fac-
ulty size of 26 members.2 Roughly half of the 89 programs, listed in
Table 5.1' are located in departments of biology or biological sciences
and one-fourth in departments of cellular or molecular biology. The
remainder are in departments of anatomy, genetics, and other biological
sciences. Eighteen programs were initiated since 1970. Each of six
institutions--Florida State University, University of Pittsburgh, SUNY
at Buffalo, Tufts University, University of Utah, and Washington Uni-
versity (St. Louis)--has two cellular/molecular biology programs in-
cluded in the assessment. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine has
three programs evaluated and the University of Chicago has four. In
addition to the 78 institutions represented in this discipline, another
17 were initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion
in the assessment:
data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 199
research doctorates in cytology, 773 in molecular biology, and 952 in
general biology were awarded by U.S. universities between FY1976 and
FY1980. Since the NRC figure is based on field of degree and not de-
partment, it may exclude some doctorates included in the numbers re-
ported by the institutional coordinators.
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 10 doctorates in cellular/molec-
ular biology during the FY1976-78 period.
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University of California--Davis
University of California--San Francisco
Colorado State University--Fort Collins
Cornell University--Ithaca
Dartmouth College
University of Florida--Gainesville
Fordham University
Idaho State University--Pocatello
Illinois Institute of Technology
University of Iowa--Iowa City
University of Kentucky
University of Louisville
University of Miami--Florida
University of New Mexico--Albuquerque
New York University
Saint John's University
College of William and Mary
Saint John's University chose not to participate in the assessment in
any discipline. Cellular/molecular biology programs at the other 16
institutions have not been included in the evaluations in this discz-
pline, since in each case the study coordinator either indicated that
the institution did not at that time have a research-doctorate program
in cellular/molecular biology or failed to provide the information re-
quested by the committee.
Before examining the 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 eight of the mea-
sures, data are reported for at least 77 of the 89 cellular/molecular
biology programs. For measures 04-07, which pertain to characteristics
of the program graduates, data are presented for only approximately
two-thirds of the programs; the other 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 63 programs; for
measure 14, the total university expenditures for research in the bio-
logical sciences, data are available for 67 programs. The programs not
evaluated on measures 12 and 14 are typically smaller--in terms of fac-
ulty size and graduate student enrollment--than other cellular/ molec-
ular biology programs. Were data on these two measures available for
all 89 programs, it is likely that their reported means would be appre-
ciably lower (and that some of the correlations of these measures with
others would be higher). With regard to reputational survey measures
09 and 10, results were not reported for any programs with fewer than
15 ratings.
Intercorrelations among the 16 measures (Pearson product-moment
4As 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.
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coefficients) are given in Table 5.3. Of particular note are the high
positive correlations of the reputational survey ratings (08,-09) with
measures of publication records (15, 16) and total research expendi-
tures (14~. Figure 5.1 illustrates the relation between the mean rat-
ing of the scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) and the number of
faculty members (measure 01) for each of 86 programs in cellular/molec-
ular biology. Figure 5.2 plots the mean rating of program effective-
ness (measure 09) against the total number of FY1976-80 program gradu-
ates (measure 02~. Although in both figures there is a significant
positive correlation between program size and reputational rating, it
is quite apparent that many of the smaller programs received high mean
ratings.
Table 5.4 describes the 139 faculty members who participated in the
evaluation of cellular/molecular biology programs. These individuals
constituted 52 percent of those asked to respond to the survey in this
discipline and 6 percent of the faculty population in the 89 research-
doctorate programs being evaluated.5 Approximately two-thirds of the
evaluators identified themselves as cellular or molecular biologists,
with the remainder split among biochemistry, genetics, and other bio-
logical science disciplines. A majority of the survey participants had
earned their highest degree prior to 1970, and almost half held the
rank of full professor.
One exception should be noted with regard to the survey evaluations
in this discipline. In the program listing on the survey form, New
Mexico State University at Las Cruces was identified as being located
in Alamogordo, where there is another branch of the same university
system not offering the research doctorate. Since a large majority of
faculty evaluators indicated that they were unfamiliar with this pro-
gram and it is quite possible that some of them were misled by the in-
accurate identification of this institution, the committee has decided
not to report the survey results for this program.
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 86 cellular/molecular biology
programs (and are given in Table 5.1~. For each program the mean rat-
ing 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 confi-
dence 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 pro-
grams are usually based on fewer survey responses.
5 See Table 2.3 in Chapter II.
6 See pp. 31-33 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 Cellular/Molecular Biol.
Prog
No. Univers ity - Department/Academic Unit
001. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Anatomy
002. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Cell Biology
003. Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Molecular Biology
004. Arizona, University of-Tucson
Cellular and Developmental Biology*
005. Atlanta University
Biology
006. Baylor College of Medicine-Houston
Cell Biology*
007. Boston University
Biology
008. Bowling Green State University
Biological Sciences
009. Brandeis University
Biology
010. Brown University
Biology and Medicine
O. 11. cualy-Graduate School
- Biology
012. California, University of-Irvine
Molec & Biochem/Biol Chem/Dev & Cell/Micro
013. California Institute of Technology
Biology
014. California, University of-Berkeley
Molecular Biology
015. California, University of-Los Angeles
Molecular Biology
016. California, University of-Riverside
Biology
017. California, University of-San Diego
Biology
018. California, University of-Santa Barbara
Biological Sciences
019. Case Western Reserve University
Anatomy/Biochem/Biol/Micro/Pathol/Physiol*
020. Chicago, University of
Biology
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
Program Size
(01) (02) (03)
8 2
42 40
18 10
47 44
8 11
42 44
11 1
43 40
10 29
43 53
30 21
52 49
18 18
47 48
29 18
52 48
16 19
46 48
24 18
49 48
111 85
89 80
26 16
50 47
23 48
49 62
14 41
45 59
42 27
58 52
21 21
48 49
46 74
59 74
49 75
61 75
33 3
53 41
8 18
42 48
Characteristics of
Program Graduates
(04) (05) (06) (07)
11
43
NA NA
19 .80 NA
45 58
16
44
10
43
26
48
30
49
35
50
32
49
44
53
25
47
114
75
43
53
47
54
33
50
35
50
19
45
50
55
98
70
24
47
14
44
NA NA
NA NA
.83 6
59
.46 5.3
45 61
.27 7.3
38 34
.31 7.0
39 38
.69 6.1
54 50
.67 6.0
53 52
.25 8.5
37 18
.60 4.5
50 72
.81 6.1
58 50
.77 5.7
57 56
.69 5.4
54 60
.40 7.8
43 28
.91 6.2
62 49
.18 6.8
34 41
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
NA NA
6.0 .83 .17
52 53 24
.85 .54
54 48
.46 .27
18 31
.60 .07
3? 17
.88 .69
57 58
.88 .69
57 58
.77 .43
47 41
.87 .67
56 57
.90 .63
59 55
.86 .57
55 50
.74 .58
45 51
.80 .50
50 46
.83 .73
53 61
.70 .30
41 33
NA NA
NA NA
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 (Raw and Standardized Values) in Cellular/Molecular Biol.
Prog Survey Results
No. (08) (09) (10) (11)
001.
002.
003.
004.
005.
2.8 1.3
49 36
3.5 2.0
56 53
2.9 1.7
50 45
2.0 1.1
40 30
NA NA
006. 3.6
57
007. 2.6
46
008. 1.5
35
009. 3.6
57
010. 3.1
52
011. 2.4
44
012. 3.2
53
013. 4.8
70
014. 4.2
64
015. 3.8
60
016. 2.6
47
017. 4.3
64
018. 3.2
52
019. 2.7
47
020. 3.4
55
1.5
62
1.0
42
1.1
46
1.2
49
.NA
2.1 1.5
56 62
1.4 0.9
38 36
NA NA
2.2 1.1
59 44
l.9 1.2
50 51
1.5 1.0
-41 41
1.9 1.2
51 51
2.8 1.1
72 47
2.3 1.2
61 48
2.2 1.6
57 66
1.6 1.1
42 44
2.5 1.5
66 60
2.0 1.1
52 46
1.5 0.8
40 31
1.9 1.0
51 41
University
Library
(12)
0.7 NA
49
1.0 NA
56
0.7 NA
50
0.4 0.9
42 56
0.1 NA
36
1.1
59
0.4
43
0.1
36
1.2
60
0.9
53
0.4
42
0.9
55
1.6
71
1.5
68
1.2
62
0.4
42
1.4
66
0.7
50
0.5
44
0.9
53
NA
—0.4
44
NA
NA
-1.1
37
NA
NA
NA
2.2
69
2.0
67
—1 .0
38
—0.0
47
—O . 1
47
-1 .3
35
0.9
56
_
56 56
.50 NA
44
.21 NA
31
.88 5487
61 43
.63 NA
49
.24 NA
32
.85 6547
59 44
.91 5446
62 43
.8 6 18977
60 63
.8 6 15581
60 58
.38 6232
38 44
.74 8706
54 48
.59 NA
48
.70 7721
53 46
NA 17589
61
Research Published
Supoor t Art icles
(13) (14) (15) (16)
NA 9184 234
48 58
.78 9184 234
56 48 58
NA 9184 234
48 58
.55 7828 82
46 46 46
.30 NA 5
35 40
.77 14051 225
57
26
42
17
41
98
47
75
45
74
45
144
51.
187
54
387
70
444
74
96
47
304
63
86
46
143
51
325
65
46
63
47
51
64
61
61
61
45
40
57
41
49
45
Survey Ratings
Standard Error
(08) (09) (10) (11)
.17 .17 .16 .08
.10 .07 .08 .08
.15 .12
.17 .16
NA NA
.09 .06
.15 .13
.26 NA
.10 .08
.06
.15 .09
.18 .07
NA .04
.08
.11
NA
.09
.08
.07
.04
.08
.10 .08
.18 .23 .17 .07
44
.11 .09 .11 .08
50
55
68
72
.05 .06 .08 .07
.08 .07 .10 .07
.09 .07
.18 .12
.08 .07
.10 .08
.17 .16
.11 .08
.08
.13
.10
.14
.14
.11
NOTE: On the f irst 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.
Since the scale used to compute measure 16 is entirely arbitrary, only values in
standardized form are reported for this measure.
.07
.06
.08
.07
.07
.09
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Cellular/Molecular Biol.
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
021. Chicago, University of
Biophysics and Theoretical Biology
022. Chicago, University of
Developmental Biology*
023. Chicago, University of
Genetics
024. Cincinnati, University of
Biological Sciences
025. Colorado, University of
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biol
026. Columbia University
Biological Sciences
027. Connecticut, University of-Storrs
Biological Sciences
028. Cornell University-Medical Center
Biological Structure/Cell Biology
029. Delaware, University of-Newark
Life and Health Sciences
030. Duke University
Cell and Molecular Biology*
031. Florida State University-Tallahassee
Biological Science
032. Florida State University-Tallahassee
Molecular Biophysics*
033. Harvard University
Biology (Cellular & Developmental)
034. Houston, University of
Biology
035. Illinois, University-Urbana/Champaign
Cell Biology
037.
039.
040.
036. Indiana University-Bloomington
Biology*
Iowa State University-Ames
Nolecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biol
038. Johns Hopkins University
Biology
Kansas, University of
Physiology and Cell Biology
Loma Linda University
Biology
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
Program Size
(01) (02) (03)
15 35
45 56
18 1
47 40
33 11
53 44
9 10
42 44
22 24
48 51
26 27
50 52
15 9
45 43
17 24
46 51
8 5
42 41
134 NA
99
36 63
55 69
22 17
48 47
19 35
47 56
12 7
44 42
40 NA
57
18 9
47 43
24 11
49 44
12 60
44 68
10 12
43 45
6 NA
41
28
48
11
43
11
43
4
41
57
57
61
58
19
45
39
52
5
41
32
49
64
59
9
42
53
56
6
41
9
42
33
50
25
47
79
64
42
4
41
Characteristics of
Program Graduates
(04) (05) (06) (07)
NA NA
NA NA
1.00 6.3
66 48
.10 5.2
31 63
.68 5.8
53 54
.75 6.3
56 48
.85 6.7
60 42
.42 5.4
43 60
NA NA
.73 6.1
55 50
.46 6.9
45 40
.57 5.5
49 59
.89 5.7
62 56
NA NA
.60 6.2
50 49
.78 5.9
57 53
NA NA
.96 6.3
64 47
.22 6.5
36 45
NA NA
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.
NA NA
NINA NA
.83 .75
53 62
.80 .70
50 59
.84 .72
54 60
.90 .62
59 54
.77 .54
47 48
1.00 .58
69 51
NA NA
.66 .55
37 49
.75 .37
46 37
.89 .51
59 47
.92 .58
61 51
NA NA
.80 .56
50 50
.91 .61
61 53
NA NA
.91 .65
61 56
.77 .53
47 48
NA NA
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TABLE 5.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Cellular/Molecular Biol.
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
021. 3.7 2.3 1.0 0.8 0.9 .67 17589 325 .11 .09 .11 .08
58 59 42 51 56 51 61 65 64
022. 3.,4 1.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 .78 17589 325 .10 .12 .11 .07
54 47 33 57 56 56 61 65 64
023. 3.9 2.2 1.3 1.1 0.9 .76 17589 325 .10 .08 .10 .09
61 57 52 58 56 55 61 65 64
024. 1.7 NA NA 0.3 - 0.2 NA 9365 14 .19 NA NA .07
37 40 45 49 41 41
025. 4.1 2.4 1.5 1.5 -0.9 .91 11967 125 .09 .07 .07 .07
62 63 64 67 39 62 53 49 49
026. 4.1 2.4 1.4 1.4 1.7 .89 11090 94 .08 .07 .10 .08
63 62 59 65 65 61 51 47 48
027. 2.7 1.6 1.0 0.7 -0.5 .53 15199 56 .11 .10 .13 .09
48 42 41 50 43 45 58 44 43
028. 3.2 1.9 1.1 0.6 NA .18 14597 102 .15 .14 .14 .08
52 50 45 46 29 57 48 49
029. 2.0 1.4 0.9 0.3 NA NA NA 39 .19 .13 .13 .06
40 38 36 40 43 43
030. 3.7 2.1 1.5 1.0 0.3 .69 11320 203 .09 .08 .09 .08
58 57 61 57 51 52 52 56 57
031. 2.8 1.9 1.2 0.4 -0.4 .81 3196 42 .15 .13 .14 .07
48 51 51 43 43 57 39 43 42
032. 2.7 1.8 NA 0.5 -0.4 .91 3196 42 .17 .10 NA .07
48 47 45 43 62 39 43 42
033. 4.3 2.6 0.9 1.5 3.0 .90 34979 281 .07 .06 .07 .08
65 67 36 67 77 61 88 62 64
034. 1.4 NA NA 0.3 -0.9 .42 NA 44 .21 NA NA .05
34 39 39 40 43 42
035. 3.1 1.8 1.2 0.6 2.0 .73 6074 142 .13 .10 .13 .08
52 48 49 48 67 54 44 51 50
036. 3.5 2.0 1.3 1.1 0.9 .83 NA 119 .11 .09 .09 .09
56 53 55 58 57 59 49 48
037. 2.6 1.6 NA 0.4 -0.5 .58 5287 62 .15 .12 NA .07
46 42 43 43 48 42 44 44
038. 3.3 2.0 0.8 1.0 -0~4 .83 19837 62 .09 .08 .10 .07
54 53 32 57 44 59 65 44 45
039. 1.9 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.1 .50 3161 51 .23 .18 .09 .06
39 32 36 41 49 44 39 44 43
040. 0.4 NA NA 0.1 NA NA NA 0 .16 NA NA .03
23 35 39 40
NOTE: On the f irst 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.
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 Cellular/Molecular Biol.
Prog
No. University - Department/Academic Unit
Program Size
(01) (02) (03) (04)
Characteristics of
Prouram Graduates
(05) (06) (07)
041. Marquette University 17 15 16 .40 6.2 NA NA
Biol ogy 46 46 44 43 49
042. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 20 35 49 .88 5.2 .82 .61
Biology 47 56 55 61 62 52 53
043. Michigan State University-East Lansing 33 42 70 NA NA NA NA
Microbiol ogy and Biochemistry 53 59 61
044. Michigan, University of-Ann Arbor 63 3 24 NA NA NA NA
Cel l ul ar and Sol ecus ar Biol ogy 6 7 41 4 7
045. Minnesota, University of 21 9 18 NA NA NA NA
Genetics and Cel 1 Biol ogy 4 8 43 45
046. Missouri, University of-Columbia 11 2 10 NA NA NA NA
Biol ogical Sciences * 43 40 43
047. Nebraska, University of-Lincoln 12 15 23 NA NA NA NA
Li f e Sciences * 44 46 4 7
048. New Mexico State University-Las Cruces 19 15 20 .29 6.0 .71 .43
Biology 47 46 46 38 52 42 41
049. North Carolina, University of-Chapel Hill 51 NA NA .55 4.7 1.00 .63
Cellular Biology/Molecular Biology 62 48 70 69 54
050. North Dakota, University of-Grand Forks 9 11 8 NA NA NA NA
Anatomy 42 44 42
051. North Texas State University-Denton 6 8 18 NA NA NA NA
- Biol ogical Sciences * 41 43 45
052. Northwestern University 45 44 93 .46 5.5 .68 .64
Blocked & Molec/Pharmacol/Anat/Path/Physiol 59 60 68 45 59 39 55
053. Ohio State University-Columbus 11 9 6 NA NA NA NA
Sol ecus or, Cel l us ar, and Devel opmental Biol 43 43 41
054. Oregon, University of-Eugene 21 4 10 .69 6.7 .58 .42
Biol ogy 4 8 41 43 54 43 30 40
055. Pennsylvania, University of 46 27 33 .85 5.9 .78 .56
Molecular Biology 59 52 50 60 53 48 50
056. Pittsburgh, University of 5 8 19 NA NA NA NA
Anatomy and Cel l Biology (Schl of Medicine) 41 43 45
057. Pittsburgh, University of 28 8 26 .25 7.0 .56 .25
Biological Sciences (Arts and Sciences J * 51 43 48 37 38 28 29
058. Princeton University 15 39 36 .77 6.2 .69 .62
Biology 45 58 51 57 49 40 53
059. Purdue University-West Lafayette 38 79 119 .68 6.1 .76 .54
Biological Sciences 56 77 76 54 51 46 48
060. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 10 9 6 NA NA NA NA
Biol ogy 43 43 41
* 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 (Raw and Standardized Values) in Cellular/Molecular Biol.
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
041. 1.8 NA NA 0.2 NA .35 NA 5 .18 NA NA .05
38 37 37 40 40
042. 4.9 2.8 1.3 1.7 -0.3 .85 17348 360 .04 .05 .07 .06
70 74 56 72 44 59 61 68 72
043. 2.7 1.7 1.3 0.8 0.3 .70 10357 145 .13 .09 .14 .09
48 45 53 51 51 53 50 51 49
044. 3.3 1.7 1.2 0.9 1.8 .14 15431 324 .11 .11 .12 .08
54 46 49 54 65 28 5 8 65 64
045. 2.8 1.7 1.0 0.6 1.2 .86 13696 309 .11 .10 .09 .07
49 45 39 4 7 59 60 55 64 60
046. 1.6 0.9 NA 0.3 - 0.2 .64 4628 35 .21 .17 NA .05
36 26 39 46 50 41 42 42
047. 2.1 1.6 NA 0.2 -0.5 .67 2965 44 .23 .18 NA .06
41 42 39 43 51 39 43 43
048. NA NA NA NA NA .32 NA 20 NA NA NA NA
36 41 42
049. 3.3 2.0 1.6 0.9 1.0 .73 9849 NA .09 .05 .11 .08
54 54 67 55 57 54 49 NA
050. 1.0 NA NA 0.1 NA NA NA 15 .28 NA NA .04
30 35 41 41
051. 1.3 1.1 NA 0.2 NA NA NA 9 .24 .17 NA .06
32 - 29 39 40 41
052. 3.2 2.0 1.4 0.8 0.3 .89 4760 147 .11 .10 .13 .08
53 54 59 53 51 61 42 51 50
053. 2.1 1.5 1.1 0.4 0.9 .73 8330 91 .16 .15 .17 .07
41 40 44 42 56 54 4 7 4 7 46
054. 3.7 2.1 1.1 1.1 - 0.9 .86 NA 87 .08 .07 .08 .08
58 56 46 60 38 60 46 47
055. 3.5 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 .61 23550 396 .11 .07 .11 .08
56 54 44 59 54 49 71 71 68
056. 2.0 NA NA 0.2 0.1 NA 6462 89 .19 NA NA .05
40 36 48 44 47 46
057. 2.8 1.8 1.4 0.7 0.1 .75 6462 63 .10 .10 .14 .07
49 49 5 7 49 4 8 55 44 44 45
058. 3.3 2.0 0.8 1.1 0.9 .73 3574 98 .12 .08 .12 .08
53 53 32 58 56 54 40 47 47
059. 3.4 2.1 1.2 1.0 -0.5 .82 10337 226 .09 .07 .10 .08
55 55 49 57 42 58 50 57 56
060. 1.5 NA NA 0.1 NA .40 NA 20 .24 NA NA .04
35 36 39 41 41
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.
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 Cellular/Molecular Biol.
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Prouram Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
061. Rice University 13 16 16 .74 6.3 .68 .53
Biology 44 47 44 56 47 39 48
062. Rochester, University of 27 29 42 .86 7.0 .76 .38
Biology, Radiation Biol & Biology Trng Prog 51 53 52 60 38 47 38
063. Rockefeller University 42 19 41 .18 5.4 .82 .71
Cellular Biology/Molecular Biology 5 8 4 8 52 34 60 52 59
064. SUNY at Albany 16 NA NA .54 5.8 .77 .62
Biological Sciences 46 4 8 54 4 7 53
065. SUNY at Buffalo 17 13 36 NA NA NA NA
Biological Sciences (Div of Grad & Prof Ed) 46 45 51
066. SUNY at Buffalo 13 13 17 NA NA NA NA
Biology (Roswell Park Graduate Division) 44 45 45
067. SUNY at Stony Brook 26 21 29 .31 6.2 .94 .75
Biology 50 49 48 39 49 63 62
068. SUNY-Downstate Medical Center 18 10 23 .50 6.3 .91 .36
Anatomy and Cell Biology/ Biophysics 47 44 47 46 48 60 37
069. Southern California, University of 37 28 114 .38 6.4 .81 .52
Biological Sciences 55 52 75 42 47 51 47
070. Southern Mississippi, Univ of-Hattiesburg 3 3 1 NA NA NA NA
Biology 40 41 40
071. Stanford University 7 NA 2 NA NA NA NA
-Structural Biology* 41 40
072. Syracuse University 10 15 10 .30 NA . 80 .70
Biology* 43 46 43 39 50 59
073. Texas Woman's University-Denton 10 11 18 .00 5.5 .70 .50
Biology* 43 44 45 27 58 41 46
074. Texas, U of-Health Science Center, Houston 21 18 26 .54 6.6 .77 .62
Cellular and Molec Bio (M D Anderson HospJ 48 48 48 48 43 47 53
075. Texas, University of-Austin 29 32 11 .79 6.5 .64 .50
Biological Sciences* 52 54 43 58 45 36 46
076. Texas, University of-Dallas 12 17 37 .11 5.5 .79 .74
Biol ogy * 44 4 7 51 31 5 8 49 61
077. Tufts University 15 10 13 NA NA NA NA
Biol ogy
078. Tufts University 9 13 18 1.00 6.7 .92 .77
Molecular Biology 42 45 45 66 42 61 63
079. Tulane University 19 26 36 .42 7.8 .80 .50
Biology 47 52 51 43 28 50 46
080. Utah, University of-Salt Lake City 51 23 62 NA NA NA NA
Biology 62 50 59
* 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 (Raw and Standardized Values) in Cellular/Molecular Biol.
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
061. 2.7 1.6 1.0 0.4 - 1.4 .46 NA 50 .16 .16 .17 .06
47 42 41 42 33 42 43 45
062. 3.0 1.9 1.4 0.7 -0.6 .74 15969 233 .10 .11 .11 .08
51 51 57 50 41 55 59 58 55
063. 4.8 2.6 1.3 1.7 NA .81 27299 252 .05 .07 .08 .06
70 67 53 72 58 76 59 64
064. 2.7 1.5 1.5 0.6 -1.0 .75 NA 72 .10 .12 .14 .08
48 40 61 47 38 55 45 46
065. 2.6 1.6 NA 0.5 0.3 .59 6799 43 .12 .14 NA .06
47 42 44 50 48 45 43 42
066. 2.8 1.7 1.1 0.7 0.3 .00 6799 43 .13 .12 .10 .07
49 45 45 48 50 21 45 43 42
067. 2.9 1.8 1.4 0.7 -0.6 .62 5802 149 .10 .09 .10 .07
50 47 58 50 41 49 43 51 52
068. 2.5 1.6 1.5 0.4 NA .39 3077 78 .15 .14 .14 .07
45 42 64 43 39 39 46 44
069. 2.8 1.6 1.2 0.4 0.4 .35 2405 48 .18 .16 .13 .07
49 44 51 43 51 3 7 3 8 43 44
070. 0.2 NA NA 0.0 NA NA NA 24 .09 NA NA .02
21 34 41 41
071. 4.0 2.3 1.6 1.1 2.0 NA 12514 243 .10 .11 .10 .09
61 60 67 58 68 54 59 62
072. 2.3 1.5 0.8 0.4 - 0.3 .70 NA 45 .18 .11 .13 .07
43 40 33 41 44 53 43 43
0 7 3 . NA NA NA 0.1 NA .10 NA 6 NA NA NA .0 4
36 26 40 40
074. 2.8 1.6 1.3 0.7 NA .76 4151 NA .13 .13 .15 .07
48 43 54 49 56 41 NA
075. 3.0 1.6 1.1 0.6 1.6 .79 5757 143 .14 .11 .16 .07
51 43 46 4 7 64 5 7 43 51 49
076. 2.3 1.5 1.1 0.5 NA .50 NA NA .16 .16 .12 .07
44 41 43 44 44 NA
077. 1.6 NA NA 0.2 NA .40 3518 9 .18 NA NA .06
36 38 39 40 40 41
078. 2.8 1.9 1.2 0.6 NA NA 3518 86 .15 .11 .13 .08
4 8 49 49 46 40 46 4 7
079. 2.3 NA NA 0.3 -1.0 .16 3690 6 .15 NA NA .07
44 40 3 7 29 40 40 41
080. 3.5 2.0 1.8 0.9 -0.6 .61 6905 60 .10 .08 .07 .08
56 52 74 54 42 49 45 44 45
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.
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 Cellular/Molecular Biol.
Characteristics of
Prog Program Size Program Graduates
No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07)
081. Utah, University of-Salt Lake City 10 11 12 NA NA NA NA
Cellular, Viral, and Molecular Biology 43 44 43
082. Vanderbilt University 13 21 26 .60 5.4 .86 .71
Molecular Biology 44 49 48 50 60 55 60
083. Virginia, University of 20 22 49 .85 6.3 .70 .55
Biology 47 50 55 60 48 41 49
084. Washington University-Saint Louis 53 19 57 .82 6.0 .82 .82
Biology and Biomed Sci (Molecular BiologyJ* 63 48 57 59 52 52 67
085. Washington University-Saint Louis 82 9 39 NA NA NA NA
Biology and Biomedical Sci (Cell Biology 76 43 52
086. Washington, University of-Seattle 17 28 8 .96 5.0 .96 .74
Genetics 46 52 42 64 66 65 62
087. Wayne State University 16 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Biological Sciences 46
088. Wisconsin, University of-Madison 67 27 91 .71 6.5 .87 .68
Molecular Biology 69 52 68 55 45 57 57
089. Yale University 76 120 205 .86 5.4 .92 .65
Biol/Cell Bio/Molec Biophys & Biochem/Genet 73 97 99 60 59 62 55
* indicates program was initiated since 1970.
NOTE: On the f irst 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 (Raw and Standardized
Values ) in Cellular/Molecular Biol .
University Research Published Survey Ratings
Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error
(08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (08) (09) (10) (11)
081. 2.9 1.9 1.5 0.7 -0.6 .70 6905 50 .15 .10 .12 .09
50 50 64 48 42 53 45 43 43
082. 2.8 1.7 1.0 0.8 -0.7 .77 5204 25 .11 .09 .11 .08
48 46 43 52 41 56 42 41 43
083. 3.1 2.0 1.6 0.9 0.7 .85 6224 50 .12 .06 .10 .09
52 52 66 53 55 59 44 43 43
084. 3.8 2.2 1.4 1.2 -0.4 .85 16825 48 .08 .09 .08 .08
60 57 58 62 44 59 60 43 46
085. 3.7 2.1 1.3 1.1 - 0.4 .73 16825 NA .10 .10 .13 .08
58 54 52 59 44 54 60 NA
086. 4.0 2.5 1.2 1.0 1.5 .82 14164 85 .11 .08 .08 .09
61 64 48 55 62 58 56 46 45
087. 2.0 NA NA 0.3 -0.4 .50 6372 48 .18 NA NA .06
40 40 44 44 44 43 43
088. 4.6 2.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 .79 19738 561 .07 .06 .07 .07
67 66 58 67 63 57 65 84 82
089. 4.7 2.7 1.4 1.7 2.1 .78 4337 511 .07 .07 .08 .06
69 70 59 72 68 56 41 80 84
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.
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 5.2 Summary Statistics Describing Each Program Measure--Cellular/Molecular Biology
Number
of
Programs Standard D E C I ~ E S
Measure Evaluated Mean Deviation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ~ 9
Program Size
01 Raw Value 89 26 22 8 10 13 16 18 21 26 36 49
Std Value 89 SO 10 42 43 44 46 47 48 50 55 61
02 Raw Value 82 23 21 4 9 11 13 17 19 25 29 44
Std Value 82 50 10 41 43 44 45 47 48 51 53 60
03 Raw Value 86 34 32 7 10 16 19 25 32 36 49 66
Std Value 86 50 10 42 43 44 45 47 49 51 55 60
Program Graduates
04 Raw Value 59 .59 .26 .22 .31 .42 .54 .63 .70 .78 .84 .88
Std Value 59 50 10 36 39 43 48 52 54 57 60 61
05 Raw Value 57 6.1 .7 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.5 5.4
Std Value 57 50 10 38 42 46 48 49 52 54 59 60
57 .80 .11 .65 .70 .76 .78 .80 .83 .86 .90 .92
57 50 10 36 41 46 48 50 53 55 59 61
07 Raw Value 57 .56 .15 .35 .46 .52 .55 .58 .62 .65 .70 .73
Std Value 57 50 10 36 43 47 49 51 54 56 59 61
Survey Results
08 Raw Value 86 2.9 1.0 1.6 2.1 2.6 2.8 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.1
Std Value 86 50 10 36 41 47 49 50 53 55 58 62
09 Raw Value 74 1.9 .4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.4
Std Value 74 50 10 38 43 43 48 51 ~ 53 53 58 63
10 Raw Value 68 1.2 .2 .9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5
Std Value 68 50 10 37 41 45 45 50 54 58 58 63
11 Raw Value 88 .7 .4 .2 .3 .4 .6 .7 .8 1.0 1.1 1.4
Std Value 88 50 10 38 40 42 47 49 52 56 59 66
University Library
12 Raw Value 63 .3 1.0 -1.0 -.6 -.5 -.4 .0 .3 .9 1.0 1.8
Std Value 63 50 10 38 42 43 44 48 50 56 57 65
Research Support
13 Raw Value 77 .64 .22 .28 .41 .55 .63 .71 .75 .78 .83 .86
Std Value 77 50 10 34 40 46 50 53 55 56 59 60
14 Raw Value 67 10243 6479 3421 4681 5829 6530 8079 9947 13578 15814 17589
Std Value 67 50 10 39 41 43 44 47 50 55 59 61
Publication Records
15 Raw Value 85 133 127 15 39 48 62 86 98 146 234 325
Std Value 85 50 10 41 43 43 44 46 47 51 58 65
16 Std Value 85 50 10 41 42 43 45 46 48 51 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. 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 89 Programs in Cellular/Molecular Biology
Measure
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Program Size
01 .54 .55 .03 -.16 -.09 -.01 .39 .29 .28 .37 .16 .06 .16 .37 .37
02 .83 .16 -.11 .12 -.02 .42 .47 .09 .40 .19 .18 .02 .32 .34
03 .07 -.06 .12 .02 .43 .39 .20 .43 .12 .16 .02 .32 .35
Program Graduates
04 .13 .32 .29 .58 .51 .10 .54 .34 .55 .30 .42 .42
05 .44 .48 .38 .42 .31 .37 .36 .39 .25 .26 .29
06 .57 .33 .34 .16 .32 .26 .18 .18 ,23 .26
07 .41 .35 .10 .48 .13 .48 .20 .29 .32
Survey Results
08 ~ .96 .33 .94 .47 .58 .57 .69 .71
09 .33 .91 .37 .51 .47 .56 .61
10 .31 .06 .19 -.16 .15 .17
11 .45 .65 .58 .70 .74
University Library
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Research Support
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Publication Records
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.24 .42 .59 .59
.24 .40 .40
.58 .59
.99
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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FIGURE 5.1 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) versus number of faculty members
(measure 01)--86 programs in cellular/molecular biology.
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FIGURE 5.2 Mean rating of program effectiveness in educating research scholars/scientists (measure 09)
versus number of graduates in last five years (measure 02)--69 programs in cellular/molecular
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TABLE 5.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in Cellular/
Molecular Biology
Respondents
N %
Field of Specialization
Biochemistry 17 12
Cell Biology 32 23
Genetics 22 16
Molecular Biology 34 25
Other/Unknown 34 25
Faculty Rank
Professor 63 45
Associate Professor 46 33
Assistant Professor 30 22
Year of Highest Degree
Pre-1950 6 4
1950-59 29 21
1960-69 45 32
Post-1969 58 42
Unknown 1 1
Evaluator Selection
Nominated by Institution 113 81
Other 26 19
Survey Form
With Faculty Names 130 94
Without Names 9 7
Total Evaluators 139 100
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Mean Survey Rating (measure 08)
FIGURE 5.3 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty in 86 programs in cellular/molecular biology.
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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