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APPENDIX C Definitions of Relevant Variables from the Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs
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... APPENDIX C Definitions of Relevant Variables from the Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs 61
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... The total of faculty who answered affirmatively was divided by the total respondents in the program and the with Grants, 2006 percentage was calculated. For each program, question E8 reported the type of support that full-time graduate students received during the fall term Data: X: Percent of First Year each year of enrollment.
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... These data were used to compute the AG: International percentage of international graduate students by taking the number with temporary visas and dividing it by the number Students as a Percent of of graduate students with known citizenship status. Total Students, Fall 2005 Question C1 reported the number of doctoral degrees awarded each academic year from 2001-2002 to 2005-2006.
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... Question A1 reported whether or not the institution AM: Is Health Insurance provided health care insurance for its graduate students. If the response to this question was yes, then a value of 1 was Provided?
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... Year Students with Multiple Internal Assistantships Question D8 reports whether the institution and/or program provides support for doctoral students or doctoral education. Student BB through BT Key: Activities 1= provided for by institution; 2= program support only; 3= both institutional and program support; 4= neither institutional nor program support Note: This table is taken from the Guide in the Excel table for the Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs, www.nap.edu/rdp.
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