Report to Regents on National Research Council Study

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1 University of California Office of the President From the SelectedWorks of Richard Atkinson October, 1995 Report to Regents on National Research Council Study Richard Atkinson Available at:

2 Office of the President October 11, TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY: For Meeting of October 19, 1995 ITEM FOR INFORMATION REPORT ON NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL STUDY On September 12, 1995, the National Research Council issued its report on a comprehensive study designed to examine the quality of Ph.D. programs in the United States. To this end, data were collected on doctoral programs in 41 fields of study in 5 broad disciplinary areas at 274 institutions. Numerous indicators of program quality were developed from information such as faculty publications, research grants, awards and honors, and reputational ratings. A key indicator of the quality of a doctoral program is the quality of the program s faculty. A measure of faculty quality developed in the study was based on a survey of about 8, faculty members. Survey respondents were asked to rate faculty quality of individual doctoral programs on a scale of 1 to 5. These ratings were combined to construct an average reputational rating for each program. For each field, the resulting average ratings were used to rank the programs with respect to faculty quality. Table 1 lists the University of California programs that were ranked in the top 2 in their field. More than half of the University s 229 programs included in the study rank in the top 2 in the nation. Table 2 provides a summary by campus of the number of programs that were ranked in the top 1, the top 2, and the top one-quarter of their field. It is worth noting that the University of California s campuses had 2 percent of the nation s top 5 programs, 19 percent of the top 1 programs, and 15 percent of the top 2 programs. The NRC study does not provide a ranking of institutions in terms of faculty quality. However, the study s data can be combined to obtain a measure of its overall faculty quality. This can be done in several ways. Table 3 shows the ranking of universities according to the number of programs each has that rank in the top 1 in their field, with three

3 2 University of California campuses (Berkeley, San Diego, and Los Angeles) ranking among the top 2 universities. Table 4 shows the ranking of universities according to the number of their programs in the top 2. Here again, three of the University s campuses rank highly, though in a different order (Berkeley, Los Angeles, and San Diego). Table 1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PROGRAMS RANKED IN THE TOP 2 IN FACULTY QUAY* (Total: 119 UC Programs in Top 2, Out Of 229 Programs Rated) Rank 1-5 Rank 6-1 Rank Rank 16-2 BIOCHEM & MOLE 1 SF ASTROPHYS & 6 SC ECONOMICS 11 LA ASTROPHYS & 16 LA ASTRON ASTRON CHEMISTRY 1 B GENETICS 6 SD CIVIL 16 D LISH LANG & 1 B GEOGRAPHY 6 B LISH LANG & 12 LA COMPARATIVE 16 LA GERMAN LANG & 1 B GEOSCIENCES 6 SD GEOSCIENCES 12 LA ECONOMICS 16 SD MATHEMATICS 1 B HISTORY 6 LA MATHEMATICS 12 LA PHYSICS 16 SD NEUROSCIENCES 1 SD LINGUISTICS 6 B STATISTICS 12 LA SPAN/PORT LANG 16 LA & OCEANOGRAPHY 1 SD PHILOSOPHY 6 LA STATISTICS 1 B ART HISTORY 13 LA CELL & DEVEL 17 LA BIOMEDICAL 7 SF CELL & DEVEL 13 B MATHEMATICS 17 SD BIOMEDICAL 2 SD CELL & DEVEL 7 SD CIVIL 2 B ECONOMICS 7 B BIOCHEM & MOLE 14 LA CHEMISTRY 18 SD CLASSICS 2 B FRENCH LANG & 7 B CHEMICAL 14 SB COMPARATIVE 18 SD GENETICS 2 SF COMPUTER 14 LA ECOLOGY, EVOL 18 SD SCIENCES & BEH HISTORY 2 B BIOMEDICAL 8 B GERMAN LANG & 14 I ECOLOGY, EVOL 18 LA & BEH INDUSTRIAL 2 B COMPARATIVE 8 I LINGUISTICS 14 SD FRENCH LANG & 18 LA PHYSIOLOGY 2 SD ECOLOGY, EVOL 8 B MECHANICAL 14 LA MUSIC 18 LA & BEH POLI SCI 2 B GEOGRAPHY 8 LA SPAN/PORT LANG 14 D SPAN/PORT LANG 18 SD & & MATERIALS SB SCIENCE ANTHROPOLOGY 3 B POLI SCI 8 LA ANTHROPOLOGY 15 D ELECTRICAL 19 SB ART HISTORY 3 B LISH LANG & 15 I ASTROPHYS & 3 B ANTHROPOLOGY 9 LA NEUROSCIENCES 15 LA ANTHROPOLOGY 2 SB ASTRON CELL & DEVEL 3 SF ANTHROPOLOGY 9 SD PHILOSOPHY 15 SD ECOLOGY, EVOL 2 SB & BEH CHEMICAL 3 B BIOCHEM & 9 SD PHYSICS 15 LA ELECTRICAL 2 SD MOLE COMPUTER 3 B CLASSICS 9 LA SPAN/PORT LANG 15 I GEOSCIENCES 2 SB

4 3 SCIENCES & GEOSCIENCES 3 B NEUROSCIENCES 9 B SPAN/PORT LANG & LINGUISTICS 3 LA POLI SCI 9 SD MECHANICAL 3 B PSYCHOLOGY 9 B MUSIC 3 B RELIGION 9 SB PHARMACOLOGY 3 SD SPAN/PORT 9 B LANG & PHYSICS 3 B SOCIOLOGY 3 B AEROSPACE 1 SD STATISTICS 3 B AEROSPACE 1 LA (BIOSTATISTICS) CHEMISTRY 1 LA BIOCHEM & MOL 4 B COMPARATIVE 1 B ELECTRICAL 4 B ELECTRICAL 1 LA GEOGRAPHY 4 SB FRENCH LANG & 1 I MATERIALS 4 B GENETICS 1 B SCIENCE NEUROSCIENCES 4 SF LINGUISTICS 1 SC PHILOSOPHY 4 B MECHANICAL 1 SD PHYSIOLOGY 4 LA PHYSICS 1 SB PSYCHOLOGY 4 LA PSYCHOLOGY 1 SD 2 SB ECOLOGY, EVOL 5 D & BEH PHYSIOLOGY 5 SF SOCIOLOGY 5 LA Programs *2 21 * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research- Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, Campus Table 2 FACULTY QUAY OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES BY THREE MEASURES* Total Number of Programs Rated Programs in Top 1 Programs in Top 2 Programs in Top One- Quarter** Berkeley Davis Irvine

5 4 Los Angeles Riverside 19 1 San Diego San Francisco Santa Barbara Santa Cruz TOTAL * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, 1995 ** The number of programs in the top one-quarter varies from field to field because the total number of rated programs varies significantly by field. For example, 42 programs were in the top one-quarter of chemistry because a total of 168 chemistry programs were rated, whereas only 1 programs were in the top one-quarter of linguistics because only 41 linguistics programs were rated. Table 3 TOP 2 UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES IN FACULTY QUAY BY NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN TOP 1* Rank University Programs in Top 1 1 UNIVERSITY OF Total Programs Percent in Top % CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY 2 Stanford University % 3 Harvard University % 4 Princeton University % 5 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology % 6 Yale University % 6 Cornell University % 8 University of Chicago % 9 University of Pennsylvania % 1 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO 1 Columbia University % 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison %

6 5 1 University of Michigan % 14 California Institute of Technology % 14 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 16 University of Washington % 17 U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign % 18 Johns Hopkins University % 19 Duke University % 2 University of Texas at Austin % UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO 26 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA 29 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-IRVINE 29 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ 41 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-DAVIS UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE 19 % * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, Table 4 TOP 2 UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES IN FACULTY QUAY BY NUMBER OF PROGRAMS IN TOP 2* Rank University Number Total Programs Percent in Top 2 1 Stanford University % 2 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY 3 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 4 University of Michigan % 5 Harvard University %

7 6 5 Princeton University % 5 University of Wisconsin-Madison % 8 Cornell University % 9 Columbia University % 9 Yale University % 11 University of Chicago % 11 University of Pennsylvania % 13 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO 13 University of Texas at Austin % 15 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology % 15 University of Washington % 17 U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign % 18 California Institute of Technology % 18 Duke University % 2 U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill % UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA 37 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO 4 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-IRVINE 45 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-DAVIS 59 UNIVERSITY OF % CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-RIVERSIDE 19 % * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research- Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, Table 5 TOP 2 COMPREHENSIVE UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES IN FACULTY QUAY BY AVERAGE RATING OF ALL FIELDS*

8 7 Rank University Average Rating Programs 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology BERKELEY Harvard University California Institute of Technology Princeton University Stanford University University of Chicago Yale University Cornell University SAN DIEGO Columbia University LOS ANGELES University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Wisconsin -- Madison University of Texas at Austin University of Washington Northwestern University Carnegie Mellon University Duke University Johns Hopkins University U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign IRVINE DAVIS SANTA BARBARA RIVERSIDE

9 8 62 SANTA CRUZ * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research- Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, NOTE: Comprehensive universities are defined as having 15 or more programs rated. UC San Francisco has only 9 programs in the study but an average faculty quality rating comparable to the rating of the top 1 comprehensive universities. Table 6 TOP 2 COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSES IN FACULTY QUAY BY AVERAGE RATING OF ALL FIELDS* Rank University Average Rating BERKELEY SAN DIEGO LOS ANGELES Programs University of Michigan University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Texas at Austin University of Washington University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign University of Minnesota U of North Carolina-Chapel Hill IRVINE

10 9 12 University of Virginia Purdue University University of Arizona Rutgers State Univ-New Brunswick Pennsylvania State University DAVIS Ohio State University Indiana University State Univ. of New York-Stony Brook SANTA BARBARA RIVERSIDE SANTA CRUZ * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research- Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, NOTE: Comprehensive universities are defined as having 15 or more programs rated. UC San Francisco has only 9 programs in the study but an average faculty quality rating comparable to the rating of the top 1 comprehensive universities. Table 7 FACULTY QUAY OF UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PROGRAMS: RANKINGS OF AVERAGE RATINGS BY DISCIPLINE FOR THOSE UNIVERSITIES WITH 3 OR MORE PROGRAMS RATED IN EACH DISCIPLINE* Arts & Humanities Biological Sciences Engineering Physical Sciences & Mathematics Social & Behavioral Sciences BERKELEY DAVIS

11 1 IRVINE LOS ANGELES RIVERSIDE SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA SANTA CRUZ Universities Ranked Fields * Based on results from National Research Council study, Research- Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change, ** No programs were rated in this discipline *** Fewer than 3 programs were rated in this discipline.