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VII Polidcal Science Programs In this chapter 83 research-doctorate programs in political science are assessed. These programs, according to the information supplied by their universities, have accounted for 2,909 doctoral degrees awarded during the FY1976-80 period--approximately 86 percent of the international relations doc- aggregate number of political science and torates earned from U.S. universities in this five-year span. On the average, 50 full-time and part-time students intending to earn doc- torates were enrolled in a program in December 1980, with an average faculty size of 23 members.2 Five programs were initiated since 1970, and no two programs are located in the same university. In addition to the 83 institutions represented in this discipline, another 4 were initially identified as meeting the criteria3 for inclusion in the assessment: American University University of Denver University of Miami--Florida Tufts University Political science programs at these four institutions have not been in- cluded 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 political science or failed to provide the information requested by the committee. Before examining individual program results presented in Table 7.1, data from the NRC's Survey of Earned Doctorates indicate that 2,911 research doctorates in political science and 470 in international rela- tions were awarded by U.S. universities between FY1976 and FY1980. 2See the reported means for measures 03 and 01 in Table 7.2. 3As mentioned in Chapter I, the primary criterion for inclusion was that a university had awarded at least 10 doctorates in political sci- ence during the FY1976-78 period. 109

110 the reader is urged to refer to Chapter II, in which each of the 16 measures used in the assessment is discussed. Summary statistics de- scribing every measure are given in Table 7.2. For 14 of the measures, data are reported for at least 77 of the 83 political science programs. For measure 12, a composite index of the size of a university library, data are available for 71 programs; for measure 14, total university expenditures for research in this discipline, data are available for 58 programs. The programs not evaluated on measures 12 and 14 are typically smaller--in terms of faculty size and graduate student en- rollment--than other political science programs. Were data on these two measures available for all 83 programs, it is likely that their reported means would be appreciably lower (and that some of the corre- lations of these measures with others would be higher). Intercorrelations among the 16 measures (Pearson product-moment co- efficients) are given in Table 7.3. Of particular note are the high positive correlations of the measures of the number of program faculty {01) and the number of recent graduates (02) with the total published articles by program faculty (17) and the reputational survey ratings (08 and 09~. Also of interest are the high positive correlations of university library size (12) with survey results (08 and 09~. Figure 7.1 illustrates the relation between the mean rating of the scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) and the number of faculty members (mea- sure 01) for each of 83 programs in political science. 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 positive correlation between pro- gram 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 152 faculty members who participated in the evaluation of political science programs. These individuals consti- tuted 61 percent of those asked to respond to the survey in this dis- cipline and 8 percent of the faculty population in the 83 research- doctorate programs being evaluated.4 A majority of the survey partici- pants had earned their highest degree since 1970, and a majority held the rank of full professor. 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 83 political science programs (and are given in Table 7.11. For each program the mean rating and an associated "confidence intervals 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.S From this figure it is also 4See Table 2.3 in Chapter II. s see pp. 30-32 for a discussion of the interpretation of mean ratings and associated confidence intervals.

111 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.

112 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science Characteristics of Prog Prouram Size Program Graduates No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) 001. Arizona, University of-Tucson 26 16 18 .39 8.5 .72 .11 Political Science* 54 43 42 57 49 53 40 002. Atlanta University 8 16 36 NA NA NA NA Political Science* 33 43 47 003. Boston University 19 17 34 .08 7.1 .25 .08 Political Science 46 43 46 36 59 17 38 004. Brandeis University 13 18 17 .43 7.6 .76 .38 Politics 39 44 42 60 55 56 59 005. CUNY-Graduate School 35 38 90 .09 9.3 .56 .08 Political Science 64 51 59 3 7 43 40 3 8 006. California, University of-Berkeley 46 83 116 .51 9.1 .74 .36 Political Science 77 67 65 66 44 54 57 007. California, University of-Davis 21 7 28 .40 8.1 .60 .10 Political Science 48 40 45 58 52 44 39 008. California, University of-Los Angeles 46 43 48 .35 10.0 .71 .33 Political Science 77 53 49 55 38 53 55 009. California, University of-Riverside 13 31 40 .12 6.8 .48 .11 Political Science 39 48 48 39 61 35 40 010. California, University of-San Diego 17 NA 2 NA NA NA NA Political Science* 44 39 011. California, University of-Santa Barbara 24 52 40 .24 7.4 .73 .22 Political Science 52 56 48 47 56 54 47 012. Catholic University of America 15 13 64 NA NA NA NA Politics 41 42 53 013. Chicago, University of 27 110 103 .47 8.9 .72 .32 Political Science 55 77 62 63 46 53 54 014. Cincinnati, University of 15 20 30 .15 7.8 .74 .21 Political Science 41 44 45 41 54 54 4 7 015. Claremont Graduate School 25 148 169 .14 8.0 .49 .08 Government 53 91 78 41 52 35 3 8 016. Colorado, University of 24 22 48 .17 9.3 .72 .24 Political Science 52 45 49 43 43 53 49 017. Columbia University 35 129 302 .40 9.5 .68 .22 Political Science 64 84 99 58 41 50 47 018. Connecticut, University of-Storrs 20 25 19 .44 9.1 .78 .17 Political Science 47 46 43 61 44 58 44 019. Cornell University-Ithaca 28 40 48 .32 7.8 .82 .41 Government 56 52 49 53 54 61 61 020. Duke University 23 31 40 .41 7.6 .59 .11 Political Science 50 48 48 59 56 43 40 * 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.

113 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science University Research Published Survey Ratings Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (17) (18) (08) (09) (10) (11) 001. 2.5 1.4 1.7 0.9 0.9 .00 171 65 .73 .10 .10 .07 .07 50 48 78 48 57 41 46 58 57 002. 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.2 NA NA NA 3 NA .08 .08 .12 .04 27 28 41 31 35 003. 2.2 1.2 0.7 0.9 -0.4 .00 31 54 .74 .11 .10 .10 .06 46 44 35 4 7 44 41 44 54 5 8 004. 2.6 1.4 0.8 1.0 NA .00 30 18 .77 .10 .09 .07 .06 50 48 38 50 41 44 41 60 005. 3.1 1.5 0.9 1.1 NA .00 256 33 .46 .11 .10 .08 .07 55 50 41 52 41 47 46 38 006. 4.7 2.4 1.0 1.8 2.2 .11 3541 96 .61 .06 .06 .07 .04 71 6 7 49 70 70 56 86 70 49 007. 2.3 1.3 1.3 0.7 0.6 .05 423 54 .81 .10 .10 .11 .06 47 46 60 44 54 48 49 54 63 008. 3.5 2.0 1.1 1.3 2.0 .00 1243 92 .59 .08 .07 .07 .07 59 59 50 59 68 41 59 68 47 009. 2.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 - 1.0 .00 NA 22 .54 .12 .11 .08 .07 44 41 38 46 38 41 42 44 010. 2.9 1.6 1.9 1.2 -0.0 .24 NA 20 .47 .09 .10 .05 .07 53 53 86 56 47 74 41 39 011. 2.7 1.4 1.1 1.1 -0.1 .13 429 49 .71 .09 .08 .07 .06 51 50 50 53 47 59 49 52 56 012. 1.4 0.8 1.2 0.5 NA .07 NA 23 .53 .11 .10 .10 .06 38 37 55 38 50 42 44 013. 4.5 2.4 1.0 1.8 0.9 .15 244 85 .93 .08 .08 .09 .05 70 68 47 69 56 62 47 66 70 014. 1.5 0.8 1.0 0.6 - 0.2 .07 NA 19 .47 .11 .10 .10 .06 39 3 8 49 40 45 50 41 39 015. 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.8 NA .04 NA 21 .40 .13 .10 .09 .07 46 47 39 44 47 42 35 016. 2.1 1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.9 .13 68 34 .58 .10 .11 .08 .06 45 45 52 39 39 59 45 4 7 4 7 017. 3.6 1.8 0.9 1.4 1.7 .00 466 56 .69 .10 .07 .08 .07 60 56 44 60 65 41 49 55 54 018. 2.3 1.2 1.0 0.9 -0.5 .05 54 27 ,55 .11 .10 .07 .06 47 45 49 47 43 48 45 44 45 019. 3.7 2.1 1.3 1.5 1.6 .04 625 78 .82 .09 .07 .08 .06 62 62 59 63 64 46 51 63 63 020. 3.4 1.8 1.4 1.4 0.3 .04 341 54 .78 .08 .06 .07 .06 58 57 64 60 51 47 48 54 61 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.

114 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science Characteristics of Prog Prouram Size Program Graduates No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) 021. Emory University 14 13 20 NA NA NA NA Pol itical Science 40 42 43 022. Florida State University-Tallahassee 19 41 61 .17 5.2 .78 .47 Government 46 52 52 43 73 58 65 023. Florida, University of-Gainesville 23 21 72 .33 7.6 .81 .29 Pol itical Science 50 45 55 54 55 60 52 024. George Washington University 22 25 60 .27 11.5 .63 .17 Political Science 49 46 52 49 27 46 44 025. Georgetown University 13 22 62 .27 10.5 .79 .11 Pol itical Science 39 45 53 50 34 58 40 026. Georgia, University of-Athens 16 28 31 .14 8.0 .87 .50 Political Science 42 47 45 41 52 64 67 027. Harvard University 23 109 158 .43 7.3 .81 .41 Government 50 77 75 60 5 ~ 60 61 028. Hawaii, University of 28 45 68 .26 9.6 .41 .09 Political Science 56 53 54 48 41 29 39 029. Howard University 20 31 50 .20 6.3 .46 .17 Political Science 47 48 50 45 65 33 44 030. Idaho, University of-Moscow 7 10 11 NA NA NA NA Political Science & Public Affairs Research 32 41 41 031. Illinois, University-Urbana/Champaign 29 48 45 .26 7.8 .76 .40 Political Science 57 55 49 48 54 56 59 032. Indiana University-Bloomington 35 65 84 .39 9.0 .88 .46 Pol itical Science 64 61 5 8 5 8 45 66 64 033. Iowa, University of-Iowa City 19 21 27 .21 5.8 .83 .54 Pol itical Science 46 45 45 45 68 62 69 034. Johns Hopkins University 10 34 40 .46 7.9 .70 .22 Political Science 36 49 48 62 53 52 47 035. Kansas, University of 28 17 51 .29 10.6 .82 .18 Pol itical Science 56 43 50 51 33 61 45 036. Kent State University 21 17 23 .20 6.4 .87 .13 Pol itical Science 48 43 44 45 64 64 42 037. Kentucky, University of 16 16 34 .25 8.0 .77 .35 Pol itical Science 42 43 46 48 52 57 57 038. Maryland, University of-College Park 34 34 87 .13 9.3 .58 .18 Government and Pol itics 63 49 59 40 43 42 44 039. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 29 70 106 ·53 7.6 .81 .46 Pol itical Science 5 7 63 63 6 7 56 60 64 040. Massachusetts, University of-Amherst 26 29 75 .16 10.1 .76 .17 Pol itical Science 54 48 56 42 37 56 44 * 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.

115 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science University Research Published Survey Ratings Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (17) (18) (08) (09) (10) (11) 021. 1.4 0.9 1.2 0.5 -0.6 .00 NA 12 .43 .12 .10 .14 .06 38 39 58 37 42 41 38 37 022. 2.4 1.5 1.4 1.0 -0.4 .11 161 47 .63 .12 .10 .09 .08 49 50 64 49 43 56 46 51 50 023. 2.2 1.2 1.0 0.6 0.8 .09 NA 21 .52 .12 .10 .08 .06 46 44 48 41 55 53 42 43 024. 1.9 1.1 1.2 0.7 NA .05 NA 40 .68 .12 .10 .09 .06 43 43 55 43 47 49 54 025. 2.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 -0.6 .00 NA 34 .77 .11 .10 .07 .06 44 44 44 4 7 41 41 4 7 60 026. 2.4 1.4 1.4 0.9 0.4 .00 350 64 .94 .11 .10 .09 .07 4 8 49 63 49 52 41 4 8 5 8 71 027. 4.7 2.4 1.1 1.8 3.0 .09 618 68 .87 .06 .08 .07 .04 71 67 50 71 78 53 51 59 67 028. 3~1 1.6 1.1 1.2 -0.1 .04 4 40 .64 .10 .09 .08 .07 55 53 54 56 46 46 44 49 51 029. 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.3 -0.4 .00 NA 9 .25 .13 .12 .13 .05 36 35 47 32 44 41 37 24 030. 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 NA NA 104 7 NA .10 ·09 .10 .05 28 29 50 32 45 36 031. 3.2 1.9 1.4 1.3 2.0 .00 224 84 .66 .09 .07 .09 .06 57 59 67 58 67 41 47 65 52 032. 3.4 2.0 1.2 1.3 0.9 .14 656 78 .80 .08 .06 .09 .06 59 60 57 59 57 61 52 63 62 033. 3.1 1.9 1.0 1.2 0.3 .11 100 26 .68 .10 .07 .09 .07 55 58 48 54 51 56 45 44 54 034. 3.2 1.8 0.9 1.3 -0.4 .30 511 21 .60 .10 .08 .08 .06 56 56 44 58 44 83 50 42 48 035. 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.5 0.1 .00 41 27 .50 .10 .09 .09 .06 44 43 52 39 49 41 44 44 41 036. 1.3 0.8 1.1 0.4 -1.8 .00 NA 20 .43 .12 .11 .10 .06 37 39 50 35 30 41 41 37 037. 2.6 1.6 1.1 1.0 -0.1 .19 NA 50 .81 .10 .09 .07 .06 50 53 53 51 47 67 53 63 038. 2.7 1.6 1.2 1.2 0.2 .00 71 70 .65 .08 .08 .10 .07 51 52 5 7 54 49 41 45 60 51 039. 4.3 2.4 1.0 1.6 -0.3 .10 1251 49 .55 .08 .08 .07 .06 67 67 48 65 44 55 59 52 45 040. 2.8 1.6 1.2 1.1 -0.7 .04 75 55 .65 .09 .09 .07 .06 53 52 54 52 41 46 45 54 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. "NA" indicates that the value for a measure is not available.

116 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science Characteristics of Prog Program Size Program Graduates No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) 041. Miami University-Ohio 16 22 15 .10 7.3 .70 .05 Political Science 42 45 42 38 58 52 36 042. Michigan State University-East Lansing 23 17 34 .16 8.0 .80 .40 Political Science 50 43 46 42 52 59 60 043. Michigan, University of-Ann Arbor 50 100 107 .43 8.7 .77 .45 Political Science 81 73 63 60 47 57 63 044. Minnesota, University of 28 48 28 .28 7.4 .68 .41 Political Science 56 55 45 50 5 7 50 60 045. Missouri, University of-Columbia 19 31 38 .25 9.5 .78 .11 Political Science 46 48 47 48 41 58 40 046. Nebraska, University of-Lincoln 21 13 25 .08 8.5 .70 .50 Political Science 48 42 44 37 49 52 67 047. New School for Social Research 6 38 56 .12 11.0 .56 .09 Political Science 31 51 51 39 30 41 39 048. New York University 23 58 30 .19 10.7 .58 .08 Politics 50 5 8 45 44 33 42 3 8 049. North Carolina, University of-Chapel Hill 33 66 64 .42 8.3 .72 .32 Political Science 62 61 53 59 51 53 54 050. Northern Illinois University-De Kalb 12 24 47 .15 8.3 .74 .21 Political Science 38 46 49 41 50 54 47 051. Northwestern University 28 33 35 .37 6.5 .68 .42 Political Science 56 49 46 56 63 50 61 052. Notre Dame, University of 14 24 44 .12 10.0 .56 .00 Government and International Studies 40 46 49 39 38 41 33 053. Ohio State University-Columbus 26 76 79 .04 5.9 .73 .44 Political Science 54 65 5 7 34 68 54 62 054. Oklahoma, University of-Norman 28 35 41 .11 8.0 .67 .39 Political Science 56 50 48 39 52 49 59 055. Oregon, University of-Eugene 18 21 21 .41 9.3 .59 .22 Political Science 45 45 43 59 43 43 48 056. Pennsylvania State University 19 13 19 .30 8.5 .64 .00 Political Science 46 42 43 51 49 4 7 33 057. Pennsylvania, University of 20 20 17 .42 10.8 .48 .28 Political Science* 4 7 44 42 60 32 35 52 058. Pittsburgh, University of 25 25 39 .34 9.7 .79 .18 Political Science 53 46 4 7 54 40 5 8 45 059. Princeton University 23 46 64 .40 8.2 .78 .22 Political Science 50 54 53 58 51 58 48 060. Purdue University-West Lafayette 22 17 24 .13 6.5 O53 .27 Political Science 49 43 44 40 63 39 51 * 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.

117 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science University Research Published Survey Ratings Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (17) (18) (08) (09) (10) (11) 041. 1.7 0.9 0.9 0.6 - 0.8 .00 NA 14 .31 .13 .11 .10 .06 41 40 43 41 40 41 39 29 042. 2.8 1.7 0.7 1.2 0.3 .09 251 53 .70 .09 .06 .07 .06 52 55 33 54 51 53 4 7 54 55 043. 4.6 2.5 1.0 1.8 1.8 .28 5154 151 .84 .06 .05 .07 .05 70 69 48 69 66 80 99 90 65 044. 3.8 2.3 1.3 1.6 1.2 .11 468 43 .61 .07 .06 .08 .06 62 66 61 64 59 56 49 50 49 045. 2.0 1.1 1.0 0.7 -0.2 .11 4 30 .74 .12 .10 .07 .07 44 43 45 42 46 56 44 45 5 8 046. 1.8 1.0 1.2 0.6 -0.5 .05 59 55 .62 .12 .10 .10 .06 42 41 56 40 43 48 45 54 50 047. 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.6 NA NA NA 2 NA .15 .10 .09 .07 34 35 20 41 35 048. 2.6 1.4 0.9 0.9 0.5 .04 652 31 .48 .08 .08 .08 .06 50 49 44 48 52 47 52 45 40 049. 3.6 2.1 0.9 1.4 1.0 .12 22 49 .58 .07 .05 .07 .06 60 62 41 60 58 58 44 52 47 050. 1.3 0.8 1.0 0.5 NA .08 538 22 .58 .11 .11 .11 .06 37 37 45 38 53 50 42 47 051. 3.6 2.1 1.0 1.3 0.3 .11 224 53 .68 .08 .07 .08 .07 60 62 47 59 51 56 47 54 54 052. 2.0 1.1 1.1 0.7 - 1.3 .00 NA 31 .79 .12 .11 .08 .06 44 44 51 42 34 41 45 61 053. 3.3 1.9 1.4 1.3 0.9 .19 559 74 .85 .08 .07 .08 .07 57 59 67 59 56 68 50 62 65 054. 1.7 1.1 1.2 0.4 -0.6 .00 564 44 .50 .11 .10 .10 .06 41 44 55 36 42 41 51 50 41 055. 2.7 1.6 0.9 1.1 - 0.9 .11 NA 14 .44 .10 .08 .08 .07 51 53 41 52 38 57 39 38 056. 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 .11 229 60 .79 .10 .11 .07 .05 47 48 39 45 55 56 47 56 61 057. 2.8 1.4 0.7 1.1 0.7 .05 1881 62 .50 .09 .09 .08 .06 53 49 33 53 54 4 8 66 5 7 41 058. 2.8 1.8 1.0 1.1 0.1 .00 168 60 .84 .10 .07 .09 .07 52 55 47 52 48 41 46 56 65 059. 3.9 2.1 0.9 1.6 0.9 .04 1747 54 .61 .09 .07 .08 .06 63 61 44 65 5 7 4 7 64 54 49 060. 2.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 -0.5 .00 30 26 .59 .09 .08 .08 .06 45 43 51 47 42 41 44 44 48 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.

118 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science Characteristics of Prog Program Size Program Graduates No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) 061. Rice University 10 9 9 .17 6.8 .58 .25 Political Science* 36 40 40 43 62 43 50 062. Rochester, University of 15 20 26 .48 7.0 .70 .44 Political Science 41 44 44 64 60 52 63 063. Rutgers, The State University-New Brunswick 47 6C 96 .20 7.7 .60 .22 Political Science 78 59 61 44 55 44 48 064. SUNY at Albany 25 14 60 .25 11.0 .60 .20 Political Science 53 42 52 48 30 44 46 065. SUNY at Binghamton 11 25 25 .19 7.6 .32 .00 Political Science 3 7 46 44 44 55 22 33 066. SUNY at Buffalo 22 27 35 .40 7.0 .77 .37 Political Science 49 47 46 58 60 57 58 067. Southern California, University of 18 17 42 .19 7.5 .53 .07 Political Science 45 43 4 8 44 56 39 3 7 068. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 20 24 13 .08 8.5 .65 .31 Political Science 47 46 41 37 49 48 54 069. Stanford University 24 43 58 .64 8.7 .70 .34 Political Science 52 53 52 74 47 51 56 070. Syracuse University 25 24 31 .13 5.9 .74 .19 Political Science 53 46 45 40 68 55 46 071. Temple University 16 14 60 .08 10.0 .62 .15 Political Science 42 42 52 36 38 45 43 072. Tennessee, University of-Knoxville 19 23 24 .04 9.0 .67 .37 Political Science 46 45 44 34 45 49 58 073. Texas, University of-Austin 37 37 63 .32 9.3 .77 .34 Government 66 51 53 53 43 57 56 074. Tulane University 12 7 13 .55 8.6 .50 .10 Political Science 38 40 41 68 48 36 39 075. Utah, University of-Salt Lake City 19 16 16 .09 7.8 .55 .09 Political Science 46 43 42 3 7 54 40 39 076. Vanderbilt University 19 9 19 .60 8.5 .90 .40 Political Science 46 40 43 72 49 67 60 077. Virginia, University of 28 48 22 .32 6.1 .51 .26 Government and Foreign Affairs 56 55 43 53 66 37 50 078. Washington University-Saint Louis 18 17 19 .38 8.0 .67 .33 Political Science 45 43 43 5 7 52 49 55 079. Washington, University of-Seattle 22 41 26 .30 9.2 .57 .23 Political Science 49 52 44 51 44 41 48 080. West Virginia University 22 18 8 .11 10.0 .71 .00 Political Science 49 44 40 39 38 52 33 * 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.

119 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science Prog Survey Results No. (08) (09) (10) 061. 1.6 1.0 1.1 40 42 51 062. 3.7 2.3 1.1 61 65 52 063. 3.0 1.7 1.3 54 55 59 064. 2.0 1.2 1.1 44 45 51 065. 2.0 1.2 1.2 44 45 54 1.5 49 51 067. 2.6 1.3 50 47 068. 1.2 0.7 36 36 069. 4.2 2.4 66 67 070. 2.5 1.6 49 52 071. 2.1 1.1 45 44 072. 1.8 0.9 42 40 073. 3.0 1.7 54 54 074. 1.4 0.9 38 39 075. 1.1 0.6 35 33 076. 2.8 1.6 52 52 077. 2.7 1.6 52 52 078. 3.3 2.1 57 61 079- 3.0 1.6 54 53 080. 1.0 0.6 34 34 2.5 (11) 0.6 42 1.5 62 1.2 54 0.7 43 0.8 45 0.8 0.9 48 1.0 51 0.6 41 1.7 67 1.0 50 0.9 47 0.6 39 1.0 51 0.6 39 0.3 34 1.1 52 1.0 49 1.3 58 1.2 55 0.3 34 38 1.2 56 0.8 37 0.8 39 0.9 41 0.9 43 1.1 50 1.0 46 0.9 41 1.0 45 1.0 49 1.2 58 1.3 59 1.4 66 1.1 52 University Research Library Supper t (12) (13) (14) - 1.4 33 - 0.6 41 0.8 56 -1 .0 38 NA 0.3 50 0.4 51 - 0.2 46 2.0 68 - 0.3 44 —0.4 43 - 0.4 44 1.6 64 —1 .0 37 - 0.6 41 - 0.7 40 0.7 55 —0.4 44 1.5 62 NA .00 NA 41 .20 NA 69 NA .00 NA 41 .00 249 41 47 .06 NA 49 .09 393 54 49 .00 385 41 48 45 Published Articles (17) (18) 19 .80 41 62 29 .53 45 44 .02 1356 70 .60 44 60 60 48 .08 NA 59 .76 52 56 59 .09 422 9 .46 54 49 37 38 .00 NA 41 .06 65 49 45 .10 12 55 44 .00 125 41 45 .12 337 58 48 .00 16 41 44 .00 18 41 44 .03 1115 45 57 .00 NA 41 .00 41 .55 51 44 33 .78 46 60 39 .45 48 38 55 .75 54 58 36 .60 47 48 28 44 24 43 69 60 17 40 13 39 .56 46 .53 43 .54 44 .67 53 .47 40 21 .47 42 40 51 .61 53 49 15 .44 39 38 36 .55 47 44 18 .36 41 32 Survey Ratings Standard Error (08) (09) (10) (11) .13 .12 .11 .07 .08 .07 .06 .06 .08 .07 .08 .06 .10 .10 .08 .06 .12 .10 .10 .07 .10 .09 .10 tog .11 .10 .08 .06 .09 .08 .12 tog .09 .08 .14 .12 .12 .11 .08 .06 ·09 .06 .10 .06 .08 .05 .08 .07 .07 .10 .06 .11 .06 .12 .06 .04 .05 .09 .09 .08 .07 .09 .08 .09 .07 .08 .07 .08 .06 .08 .08 .08 .07 .12 .10 .10 .05 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.

120 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science Characteristics of Prog Prouram Size Program Graduates No. University - Department/Academic Unit (01) (02) (03) (04) (05) (06) (07) 081. Wisconsin, University of-Madison 36 56 111 .54 7.4 .79 .48 Political Science , 65 57 64 68 57 58 65 082. Wisconsin, University of-Milwaukee 17 10 14 .30 NA .90 .50 Pol itical Science 44 41 42 51 67 67 083. Yale University 32 68 103 .50 7.9 .82 .50 Pol itical Science 61 62 62 65 53 61 67 * 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. "NAT indicates that the value for a measure is not available.

121 TABLE 7.1 Program Measures (Raw and Standardized Values) in Political Science University Research Published Survey Ratings Prog Survey Results Library Support Articles Standard Error No. (08) (09) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (17) (18) (08) (09) (10) (11) 081. 4.1 2.4 1.0 1.7 1.6 .11 344 110 .72 .07 .06 .07 .05 66 66 49 68 63 57 48 75 57 082. 2.2 1.3 1.4 0.9 NA .24 592 37 .77 .11 .10 .08 .08 46 48 67 47 74 51 48 59 083. 4.8 2.7 1.0 1.8 2.1 .16 80 96 .84 .05 .06 .07 .04 72 72 45 70 69 63 45 70 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.

122 TABLE 7.2 Summary Statistics Describing Each Program Measure--Political Science Number of Programs Standard D E C I L E S Measure Evaluated Mean Deviation 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Program Size 01 Raw Value 83 23 9 12 16 18 19 22 23 25 28 35 Std Value 83 50 10 38 42 45 46 49 50 53 56 64 02 Raw Value 82 35 28 13 16 18 22 25 31 39 48 68 Std Value 82 50 10 42 43 44 45 46 48 51 55 62 03 Raw Value 83 50 43 15 20 26 32 40 47 60 66 101 Std Value 83 50 10 42 43 44 46 48 49 52 54 62 Program Graduates 04 Raw Value 78 .28 .15 .09 .13 .16 .20 .26 .31 .39 .42 .48 Std Value 78 50 10 37 40 42 45 49 52 57 59 63 05 Raw Value 77 8.3 1.4 10.2 9.5 9.1 8.5 8.2 7.9 7.6 7.3 6.5 Std Value 77 50 10 36 41 44 49 51 53 55 58 63 06 Raw Value 78 .68 .13 .50 .57 .60 .67 .70 .73 .76 .78 .82 Std Value 78 50 10 36 42 44 49 52 54 56 58 61 07 Raw Value 78 .26 .15 .08 .10 .17 .20 .22 .30 .36 .40 .46 Std Value 78 50 10 38 39 44 46 47 53 57 59 63 Survey Results 08 Raw Value 83 2.6 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.8 Std Value 83 50 10 37 41 44 46 50 52 54 58 62 09 Raw Value 83 1.5 .6 .8 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.0 2.3 Std Value 83 50 10 38 41 43 47 49 52 54 60 65 10 Raw Value 83 1.1 .2 .8 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.3 Std Value 83 50 10 38 43 47 47 47 52 52 56 61 11 Raw Value 83 1.0 .4 .5 .6 .7 .9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.6 Std Value 83 50 10 38 40 43 48 50 53 55 58 65 University Library 12 Raw Value 71 .2 1.0 -.9 -.6 -.4 -.3 .0 .3 .7 .9 1.7 Std Value 71 50 10 38 42 44 45 48 51 55 57 65 Research Support 13 Raw Value 80 .06 .07 .00 .00 .00 .03 .05 .07 .10 .11 .15 Std Value 80 50 10 41 41 41 46 49 51 56 57 63 14 Raw Value 58 520 848 21 57 88 182 251 378 467 602 1245 Std Value 58 50 10 44 45 45 46 47 48 49 51 59 Publication Records 17 Raw Value 83 43 27 14 20 24 31 38 49 54 61 77 Std Value 83 50 10 39 41 43 45 48 52 54 57 63 18 Raw Value 80 .63 .15 .44 .48 .54 .58 .61 .66 .?2 .77 .81 Std Value 80 50 10 37 40 44 47 49 52 56 59 62 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.

123 TABLE 7.3 Intercorrelations Among Program Measures on 83 Programs in Political Science Measure 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 Program Size 01 .56 .51 .25 -.09 .19 .29 .63 .61 .15 .56 .65 .07 .55 .78 .13 02 .82 .23 .03 .06 .20 .60 .56 -.04 .58 .66 .24 .43 .50 .18 03 .20 -.12 .08 .11 .47 .41 -.12 .44 .51 .05 .27 .42 .20 Program Graduates 04 -.06 .32 .32 .64 .64 -.01 .62 .44 .25 .32 .34 .24 05 .05 .34 .10 .15 .19 .11 -.05 .17 -.12 -.04 -.01 06 .59 .30 .34 .19 .27 .25 .28 .11 .29 .25 07 .52 .57 .22 .50 .40 .39 .20 .46 .28 Survey Results 08 .98 .13 .98 .74 .40 .43 .71 .44 09 .15 .97 .69 .43 .39 .70 .44 10 .11 .11 .17 -.06 .17 .14 11 .70 .41 .41 .69 .45 University Library 12 Research Support 13 14 Publication Records 17 18 .18 .40 .71 .37 .35 .26 .23 .59 .04 .59 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.

124 s.o++ 4.0++ Measure + 3.0++ 0 8 + + + 2.0++ 1.0++ + 3 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * r = .65 O. O +/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/ 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 Measure 01 (square root scale) FIGURE 7.1 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty (measure 08) versus number of faculty members (measure 01)--83 programs in political science.

125 3 . 0 ++ + 2. 0++ + Measure + 09 + + 1. 0++ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * *** * * * * * * * * * + * * * * + * * + * * * + + + * * + + O. O +/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/+++++++/ 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 169 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 five years (measure 02)--82 programs in political science.

126 TABLE 7.4 Characteristics of Survey Participants in Political Science Respondents N % Field of Specialization International Relations 16 11 Political Science 117 77 Other/Unknown 19 13 Faculty Rank Professor 80 53 Associate Professor 49 32 Assistant Professor 21 14 Other/Unknown 2 1 Year of Highest Degree Pre-1950 9 6 1950-59 25 16 1960-69 57 38 Post-1969 60 40 Unknown 1 1 Evaluator Selection Nominated by Institution 141 93 Other 11 7 Survey Form With Faculty Names 137 90 Without Names 15 10 Total Evaluators 152 100

127 Mean Survey Rating (measure 08) FIGURE 7.3 Mean rating of scholarly quality of faculty in 83 programs in political science. 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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