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Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs

The National Research Council has launched its latest project to assess U.S. research doctorate programs. Like previous efforts in 1983 and 1995, the new study is designed to: help universities improve the quality of these programs through benchmarking; provide potential students and the public with accessible, readily available information on doctoral programs nationwide; and enhance the nation's overall research capacity. Data collection for the study began during the week of July 24, 2006. The release of the Methodology Guide will occur at least one month before the final project report is released. The release schedule for the project report and its database will be announced when we have precise dates. Please check back to this page for dates. Financial support for the study has been provided by the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and approximately 200 participating universities.

*Update on Report Release*

Although the Methodology Guide has not yet emerged from NRC report review and the final report cannot be completed until the Methodology Guide is completed, we have received many inquiries about the procedures the NRC will follow about the release of the final report and database. The planned release procedure is that universities will receive results for their programs 72 hours before the public release of the report and database.

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	Project Information
Meetings and Events Reports Committee Members Procedures and Timelines Institutional Review Board Meet the Panels Awards and Honors

Past Meetings & Events

Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs Committee Meeting
June 8-10, 2008
Washington, DC

Reports

Methodology Study (2003)
How should we assess and present information about the quality of research-doctorate programs? A Methodology study, published in 2003 in preparation for the current project, examined the strengths and weaknesses of the methodology used in the last Assessment which resulted in the 1995 Academies report Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change.

Methodology Report
View the Full Methodology Report
View the Press Summary for the Methodology Report (PDF)
View the Press Briefing PowerPoint

1995 Assessment
Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change ,
The data from the 1995 study are available online and also available on CD-ROM.

Membership

Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Committee Chair
Professor of Astronomy, Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Princeton University, NJ

Virginia S. Hinshaw, Vice-Chair
Chancellor
University of Hawaii at Manoa

Elton D. Aberle
Dean and Director Emeritus, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Norman Bradburn
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus
University of Chicago

John I. Brauman
J.G. Jackson - C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
Stanford University

Jonathan R. Cole
John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University
Columbia University

Paul W. Holland
Frederic M. Lord Chair in Measurement and Statistics (retired)
Educational Testing Service

Eric W. Kaler
Provost and Senior Vice President
Stony Brook University

Earl Lewis
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Emory University

Joan F. Lorden
Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Carol B. Lynch
Dean Emerita of the Graduate School
University of Colorado, Boulder

Robert M. Nerem
Parker H. Petit Professor and Director, Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience
Georgia Institute of Technology

Suzanne Ortega
Provost
University of New Mexico

Catharine R. Stimpson
Dean and University Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Science
New York University

Richard P. Wheeler
Vice Provost
University of Illinois

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