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Methodology: Survey of Academic Life Science Departments
Methodology: Survey of Academic Life Science Departments
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Irrespective of whether the department had a doctoral program, it was included in the survey if its parent institution had granted one or more doctorates in any life science area. Selection of departments was based on their titles as obtained from three sources: The American Institute of Biological Sciences: listing of biology departments.
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Interdepartmental groups were rejected as both their faculty and their students were members of other departments. Exclusion Criteria To minimize overlap with the Academy's behavioral and social sciences survey,: responses from 35 psychiatry departments and 5 psychiatry and neurology departments were excluded.
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Because of its large size, the Division of Biological Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, deserves mention. A single questionnaire covering the activity of all seven of the major sections of this division was submitted.
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AP PENDIX B 503 TABLE B-2 Departmental Responses Excluded from Data Analysis NUMBER EXCLUDED DEPARTMENTAL NAME REASON FOR EXCLUSION 84 TOTAL GROUP 1 ~ Overlap with 35 Psychiatry ~ Behavioral and Social 5 Psychiatry and Neurology l Sciences Surveys 2 Psychology GROUP 2 6 Agricultural Chemistry and Soils 1 Agricultural Engineering 1 Agricultural Industries 2 Agronomy and Soil Science 1 Behavioral Sciences 1 Biological and Agricultural Engineering 1 Biomathematics 1 Biometry 1 Biostatistics 1 Chemistry Not 1 Environmental Sciences and Engineering Considered 5 Food Science a Life Science 1 Food Science and Biochemistry Department 3 Food Science and Technology 1 Food Technology 1 Medical Statistics, Epidemiology, and Population Genetics 3 Medicinal Chemistry 1 Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1 Plant, Soil, and Water Science 1 Soil and Water Science 2 Soil Science 1 Soils 1 Statistics GROUP 3 r 1 Division of Science and Mathematics I Not an 1 Institute of Child Behavior and | Academic Development ~ Department 1 Water Resources Laboratory 1 World Forestry Institute ~ a TI2e Behavioral and Social Sciences: Outlook and Needs. A Report by The Behavioral and Social Sciences Survey Committee, under the auspices of the Committee on Science and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences; The Committee on Problems and Policy, Social Science Research Council.
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. engineering Graduate Veterinary Medicine Forestry Agriculture Graduate TABLE B-4 Groupings of Departmental Names into "Class of Department" Categories "CLASS OF DEPARTMENT" GROUPING NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS TOTAL Agricultural Sciences Subtotal Animal Husbandry Agronomy and Forestry Biological Sciences Subtotal Anatomy Biochemistry and Nutrition Biology and Ecology Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering Botany Genetics Microbiology Pathology Pharmacology Physiology Zoology and Entomology Clinical Medical Sciences Subtotal 1,256 186 90 96 731 65 107 Ill 16 52 10 87 65 58 75 ~5 339 sciences, perhaps making the total response in this category somewhat high.
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Definitions and Coding Restrictions The questionnaire insert, Exhibit B-2, defines the following: Full-time faculty Instructor Continuing research associate Postdoctoral appointee Graduate student Potential Ph.D. candidate Research space (Detailed instructions as to what constitutes research space as reported in Questions 20 and 21)
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506 THE LIFE SCIENCES TABLE B-S mental Titles Departmental Disciplinary Categories Based on Depart NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS CATEGORY l l 2 l 2 3 l 9 9 l 2 1 l 3 2 2 7 1 96 1 2 23 1 2 1 1 TOTAL, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Animal Husbandry Vivarial Science and Research Animal Diseases Animal Industry Large Animal Medicine Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Dairy and Food Industry Dairy Science Animal and Dairy Science Poultry Husbandry Poultry Science Avian Diseases Veterinary Science Veterinary Anatomy Veterinary and Animal Science Veterinary Bacteriology Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Veterinary Public Health Veterinary Medicine and Animal Physiology Veterinary Pathology Veterinary Clinical Medicine and Surgery Veterinary Microbiology, Pathology, and Public Health Veterinary Physiology Veterinary Microbiology Animal Pathology Animal Science Animal Range and Wildlife Science TOTAL, AGRONOMY AND FORESTRY Agriculture Science Agriculture Agronomy Agronomy and Plant Genetics Agronomy and Genetics Farm Crops Crop Science Grain Science and Industry Plant Breeding Seed Investigation Plant Industry Conservation
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Soils and Plant Nutrition TOTAL, ANATOMY Biological Structure Anatomy Anatomy and Physiology Anatomy and Cell Biology TOTAL, BIOCHEMISTRY AND NUTRITION Agricultural Biochemistry and Soils Agricultural Biochemistry Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Physiological Chemistry Experiment Station Biochemistry Biochemistry and Biophysics Biochemistry and Microbiology Biochemistry Molecular Biology Molecular and Cellular Biology Nutrition and Metabolism Nutritional Sciences Nutrition and Food Science Institute of Molecular Biology Molecular and Genetic Biology Pharmaceutical Biochemistry Biological Chemistry
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Forest Botany and Pathology Arboretum (Arnold) Plant Biology Plant Science Plant Research Lab (MSU/AEC)
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AP PENDIX B 509 TABLE B-S Continued NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS CATEGORY 10 2 7 87 66 65 14 44 58 56 67 86 26 1 TOTAL, GENETICS Animal Genetics Human Genetics Genetics TOTAL, MICROBIOLOGY Bacteriology Bacteriology and Botany Bacteriology and Immunology Medical Microbiology and Immunology Medical Microbiology Microbiology, Medical Technology Microbiology, Pathology, and Public Health Microbiology TOTAL, PATHOLOGY Plant Pathology Plant Pathology and Entomology Plant Pathology and Genetics Plant Pathology and Bacteriology Pathobiology Experimental and Anatomic Pathology Pathology Pathology, Parasitology, and Public Health TOTAL, PHARMACOLOGY Pharmacology Biochemical Pharmacology Pharmacy College TOTAL, PHYSIOLOGY Plant Physiology Neurosciences Physiology and Pharmacology Experimental Endocrinology Physiology TOTAL, ZOOLOGY AND ENTOMOLOGY Forest Zoology Entomology Entomology, Fisheries, and Wildlife Entomology and Applied Ecology Entomology and Limnology Entomology and Parasitology Entomology and Economic Zoology
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THE LIFE SCIENCES TABLE B-S Continued NUMBER OF DEPARTMENTS CATEGORY 3 2 2 3 7 36 339 28 11 11 29 21 16 38 8 3 2 3 12 4 2 1 15 32 32 21 Wildlife and Fisheries Wildlife Management Nematology Zoology and Physiology Zoology and Entomology Zoology TOTAL, CLINICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES Medicine Internal Medicine Research Medicine Dermatology Obstetrics and Gynecology Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Otolaryngology and Maxillo Facial Surgery Pediatrics Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Medicine Physical Medicine Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Preventive Medicine Preventive Medicine and Community (environmental) Health Preventive Medicine and Rehabilitation Community Health Tropical Public Health Environmental Health Environmental Medicine Occupational and Environmental Health Preventive Medicine and Public Health Medical Psychology Neurology Radiology Surgery Anesthesia Neurosurgery Neurological Surgery Orthopedics Orthopedic Surgery Urology Oral Biology Dentistry and Dental Research Experimental Medicine Oncology Clinical Pathology
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All data requested herein refer to Academic Year 1966-67 unless otherwise specified. This form will be held in confidence; subsequent published information will be statistical in nature, unidentifiable with individual organizations or respondents.
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Fellowships: Federal USPHS NSF Other Federal State Industrial Other Non-Federal Foreign Sources Training Grants: Federal Non-Federal Institutional Grants: Federal Non-Federal Research Project Funds: U^A - I' Non-Federal Other 9. Of the total number of Postdoctoral Appointees who were in your department during Academic Year 1966-67 (See Item 8)
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Other national competitive fellowship programs NDEA Awards Departmental Training Grants NIH Other Non-Federal Institutional-type Grants NIH Voluntary Agencies/Foundations Foreign Students supported by home country Research Assistantships defrayed by funds appropriated or granted to support faculty research Other Sources TOTAL should be same as 12b 14. During Academic Year 1966-67 how many of your Graduate Students had support for?
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research space available in your department as of July 1, 1967? (see separate sheet for Special Instructions)
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the most appropriate column in Part A and complete Part B Part A Item _ SPECIALIZED FACILITY I Field areas Zoo/Aquarium Taxonomic research collection Organism-identification service_ Tropical terrestrial station CHECK ONLY ONE COLUMN PER ITEM Dept.
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Adequate Aco~c 1 Acoustic-analysis equipment _ 2 Sonar 3 Ultrasonic probes and censoring system Centrifuges 4 Analytical ultracentrifuge _ 5 Preparative ultracentrifuge 6 Refrigerated centrifuge Chromatography ~ Amino acid analyzer _ 8 Gas chromatograph 9 Programmed gradient pump_ Counters 10 Automatic particle counter l l Scintillation counter 12 Whole-body counter X-ray 13 X-ray crystallographic analysis system 14 X-ray diagnostic system _ 15 X-ray source Microscopy 16 Electron microscope 17 Electron probe for microscopy_ 18 Fluorescence microscope 19 Metallograph 20 Microtome-cryostat 21 Phase-contrast microscope Spectrometers 22 Electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometer 23 Mass spectrometer 24 Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer Anolber is Needed by Dept. EXHIBIT B-1 Questionnaire used in departmental survey.
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imeters/-fioorimeter 25 Circular dichroism analyzer 26 Infrared spectrophotometer 27 Microspectrophotometer 28 Spectrofluorimeter 29 Spectropolarimetcr 30 Ultraviolet spectrophotometer_ M~cell~eous 31 Apparatus for measuring fast chemical reactions_ 32 Artificial kidney 33 Cine and time-motion analysis equipment 34 Closed-circuit TV 35 Electrophoresis apparatus (various types) 36 Intensive-care patient monitoring system 37 Infrared CO2 analyzer 38 Laser system 39 Large-scale fermenter 40 Li&ht-scattering photometer 41 Microcalorimeter 42 Multi-channel oscilloscope 43 Multi-channel recorder 44 Osmometers 45 Small specialized computer system (CATiLINC, ctc.)
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FUNDS REQUIRED FOR 1 Stipends and tuition for predoctoral students. 2 Stipends for postdoctoral appointees 3 Salaries for additional faculty 4 Salaries for additional support personnel 5 Specialized research facilities (of the types listed in Question 25)
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GRADUATE STUDENTS: All potential MS degree or doctoral degree candidates who do not possess a professional doctoral degree and who spend 50 percent or more of their time fulfilling graduate degree requirements. POTENTIAL PhD CANDIDATES: all graduate students as defined above except those students specifically enrolled in or specifying interest in a terminal master degree program.
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