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发信人: haven (小小), 信区: AdvancedEdu
标  题: Characteristics of the Participating Institutions
发信站: BBS 水木清华站 (Thu Apr 30 12:38:44 1998)

   Appendix E of the NRC report contains the following useful information
   on each of the 274 institutions in the study:

    1. The number of programs in 1982 and 1993 (Texas A&M increased from
       19 to 27), the year of first PhD (1940 for A&M), the Carnegie
       classification (R1 for A&M) and whether an institution is public
       or private.
    2. The average research expenditure for 1986--92 from total sources
       and federal sources (A&M ranks 7th in total funding but only 25th
       for federal funding).
    3. The number of books and serials in 1992 in the institution's
       library as well as the 1992 annual expenditures on libraries (A&M
       ranked 63rd, 88th, and 47th, respectively in the three areas).
    4. The total enrollment and enrollment of graduate students for 1992.
       The values for Texas A&M do not appear in the list.

Summary

   Despite the fact that the NRC report does not cover business,
   agriculture, and the professions, it does offer an important view of
   the state of Texas A&M on the national university scene. It can only
   be used to compare institutions in the area of national research
   visibility, not in the very important area of undergraduate teaching,
   although as we know so well, the two are not unrelated.

   My conclusions:

    1. By any of the three depth and/or breadth measures I have used,
       Texas A&M places approximately 50th among national universities,
       around 25th of public universities, and around 12th of land grant
       universities (between 4th and 6th of `narrowly focused' land
       grants).
    2. Texas A&M ranks approximately 25th in terms of federal funding.

   There are many other analyses one could with these data and I would be
   happy to share my files with anyone wanting to do so.

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