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更多资源/ * * * * * * [RESAMPLED RANGE OF WITTY TITLES] Understanding and Using the NRC Assessment of Doctorate Programs Lydia Snover, Greg Harris Scott Barge Office of the Provost, Institutional Research Massachusetts Institute of Technology ? 2 Feb 2010 Overview Background Context Approaches to Ranking The NRC Model: A Modified Hybrid Presenting Using the Results OVERVIEW * *NB: All figures/data in this presentation are used for illustrative purposes only and do not represent a known institution. Background Context History of NRC Rankings MIT Data Collection Process INTRODUCTION * Participating MIT Programs Aeronautics and Astronautics Computer Science Applied Biosciences Economics Applied Mathematics Electrical and Computer Engineering Astrophysics and Astronomy and Planetary Science Geology and Geochemistry and Geophysics Atmospheres, Oceans Climate including MIT/WHOI Oceanography History, Theory and Criticism Biological Engineering, Health Science and Technology Linguistics Biology/Biochemistry and Biophysics Material Sciences and Engineering Biology/Cell and Developmental Mathematics Biology/Genetics and Genomics Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Neuroscience Chemistry Operations Research Civil and Environmental Engineering Philosophy Cognitive Science Physics Computer Engineering Political Science * INTRODUCTION Section 2 Approaches to Ranking APPROACHES TO RANKING * How do we measure program quality? Use INDICATORS (“countable” information) to compute a rating Number of publications Funded research per faculty member Etc., Try to quantify more subjective measures through an overall PERCEPTION-BASED RATING Reputation “Creative blending of interdisciplinary perspectives” APPROACHES TO RANKINGS * Section 3 The NRC Approach THE NRC APPROACH * So how does NRC blend the two? The NRC used a modified hybrid of the two basic approaches: In total, a 4-step process, indicator based, by field Process results in 2 sets of indicator weights developed through fa