Academic Excellence
Introduction [PDF]
List of Tables and Figures
Section 1: The Institutions and Validity of the Data [PDF]
by George Rubottom
- Total baccalaureate degrees and total by discipline: survey schools vs total universe, figures and data
- Frequency of research awards
Section 2: Institutional Data from External Sources (136 institutions) [PDF]
by George Rubottom
Complete Data
- Introduction/explanation of data
- Science Baccalaureate Degrees for 1985-1997 (total and by discipline)
- % Science Degrees as function of total degrees and by full-time undergraduate enrollment)
- SAT data, Tuition cost, Endowment, Alphabetical listings of institutions
- Ph.D. origin data as a function of Science Baccalaureates
- Composite grant data (RC, PRF, NSF-RUI, NIH-AREA, HHMI)
Section 3: Introduction to the Study of Institutional Characteristics [PDF]
- Questions from the Past for the Future by Stuart Crampton
- Faculty: Our Greatest Investment by James Gentile
- Understanding the Outstanding by Dudley Herschbach
Section 4: The Study - Institutional Survey [PDF]
by Leon J. Radziemski
Complete Data: separation by public-private and bachelors-advanced degree
- Introduction/explanation of data
- Grant data, including breakout of individual categories such as research grants, instrumentation, facilities
- Budget numbers
- Various data with order by institutional amount
- Comparisons according to funding source
- Faculty numbers
- Various data with order by institutional amount
- Library resources
- Opinions
Section 5: The Study - Faculty Perspectives Survey [PDF]
by Leon J. Radziemski and George Rubottom
Complete Data: separation by public-private and bachelors-advanced degree
- Introduction/explanation of data
- Demographic data (Ph.D. year for all faculty, then female/male, etc.)
- Grant data with appropriate comparisons
- Grant data/demographic data
- Publication data with appropriate comparisons
- Invited presentations with appropriate comparisons
- Opinions
Section 6: Cluster Analysis and Comparisons [PDF]
A Cluster Analysis Approach to Identify Unique Subgroups of Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
by Ronald J. Mogavero and Todd W. Gustavson
- The Enrollment Model
Correlations with Survey data - cluster numerical data then figures to view data (All, Private, Public, Bachelors Degree, Advanced Degree) - The Research Model
Correlations with Survey data - cluster numerical data then figures to view data (All, Private, Public, Bachelors Degree, Advanced Degree)
Section 7: Institutional Commentary [PDF]
Section 8: Global Data [PDF]
by George Rubottom
Tables of data beyond survey institutions
- Major producers of Science Baccalaureates (total and by discipline)
- Percentage of Science Degrees
- Grants received from RC, PRF, NSF-RUI, NIH-AREA (total and individually) by all schools to a total of two, then figure of number of institutions versus number of awards (1986–2000)
- Instrumentation grants (NSF)
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, HHMI, and DOE Awards