Ph.D. Programs and Research Alignments

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Ph.D. Programs and Research Alignments
Environment, Biomedicine, and Health Environment
al Science and Engineering Geological
Sciences Pathobiology Psychology Interdisciplinary
Health Sciences (Spring 2005) Chemistry (Fall
2006) Infrastructure Technology Computer
Engineering Materials Science and
Engineering Civil Engineering (Fall
2004) Computer Science (Fall 2005) Computational
Science (Fall 2006)
Education and Regional Development Educational
Leadership International Business (Spring
2004) Civil Engineering (Fall 2004) Teaching and
LearningBilingual Focus (Fall 2006) Public
Policy/Border Studies (projected)
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Strategic Investment in Graduate Students
University Investments in AIs, TAs, and RAs
2003-2004
External funds 1,548,000 Local funds
224,000 State funds 3,837,000 Total 5,609,00
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Leveraging student employment to advance research

• Invest student support funds in key research
  target areas
• Utilize student appointments to reduce teaching
  responsibilities of research productive faculty
• Utilize masters and graduate students to teach
  courses
• - Reduce faculty numbers in some areas to raise
  faculty salaries
• - Reduce faculty numbers in some areas to shift
  resources to research target areas

Current investments in State funds in key
doctoral areas
Environment, Biomedicine, and Health 838,000 In
frastructure Technology 635,000 Education and
Regional Development 160,000 Total
1,633,000 Total state funds
to support grad students 3,837,000