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v 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. 75
76 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
77 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.
78 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 33
79 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.
80 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.
81 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.
82 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.
83 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.
84 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.
85 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.
86 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.
87 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.
88 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.
89 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.
9o s . o+ 4 . 0++ Measure + 3. 0++ 0 8+ 2. 0++ + + 1 . 0++ O.O +/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++ 1 * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * r ~ .50 /+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/+++++++++++++/ 9 16 25 36 49 64 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.
91 3 . 0++ 2. 0++ + Measure+ 09+ + ~* 1. 0++ ~* O.O +/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/++++++++++/ 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 * * ** * * * * * *** * ** ~ * * * * * * * ** * * ** * * * ** * * * * * * ** 1 * * * * * * * r - .70 Measure 02 ( square root scale) 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.
92 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
93 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.
