Research-doctorate programs in the biomedical sciences : selected findings from the NRC assessment /

Research-doctorate programs in the biomedical sciences : selected findings from the NRC assessment /

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Imprint:	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (PDF file (ix, 87 pages)) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Universities and colleges -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States -- Evaluation. Biology -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States -- Evaluation. Medicine -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States -- Evaluation. Biomedical engineering -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States -- Evaluation. Doctor of philosophy degree -- United States -- Evaluation. Biomedical Research -- education. Educational Measurement. Evaluation Studies as Topic. Research Support as Topic. Universities. United States.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11135205

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Other authors / contributors:	Lorden, Joan F. Kuh, Charlotte V. Voytuk, James A. National Research Council (U.S.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. This project was supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy (Grant DE-FG02-07ER35880), the National Institutes of Health (Grant N01-OD-4-2139, TO#170), the National Science Foundation (Grant OIA-0540823), the National Research Council, and contributions from 212 U.S. universities. Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 4, 2012).
Summary:	In September, 2010, the National Research Council (NRC) released A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States (referred to here as the Assessment), a report describing an extensive database of data and rankings from more than 5,000 doctoral programs, 982 of which were in the biomedical sciences. As part of its support for this project, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) asked the NRC to examine data on the biomedical sciences programs to see if they could shed light on specific questions about research training and support, many of which were highlighted in Investing In the Future, National Institute of General Medical Sciences Strategic Plan for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Training.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Sources of data
Pairwise correlations
Time to degree, funding, and completion rates
Representation of underrepresented minorities
Neuroscience and neurobiology: combining data from the program and student surveys
Postdoctoral scholars; an extension of the data
Administrative questions about biomedical sciences programs and concluding thoughts.