Graduate Programs, The AAU and

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Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring
of Graduate Students Department Chairs
Forum Winter Quarter, 2006 February 24, 2006
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• Why is it important that growth of the graduate
  student population has not
• kept pace with growth of the undergraduate
  population?
• Graduate students are the research engine of a
  research university.
• UCR aspires to become a major research
  university and a
• member of the AAU.
• Members of the AAU are all major research
  universities.
• To become a member of the AAU, UCR must have
  the profile of an
• AAU university.
• Doctoral education is a Phase II AAU membership
  indicator.

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Comparison of the Graduate Students for the
Bottom One-Third of AAU Universities
AAU Institution Graduate Students Total Students Graduate Students
SUNY Buffalo Michigan State University University of California, Irvine SUNY Stony Brook Purdue University Princeton University Rutgers The University of Kansas University of California, Santa Barbara University of Missouri-Columbia Iowa State University Brown University Tulane University University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rice University University of Oregon Syracuse University Brandeis University University of California, Riverside 9,438 8,040 3,609 7,692 6,757 1,997 7,298 6,241 2,985 6,120 4,741 1,568 5,238 4,222 1,948 3,864 6,192 1,346 1,964 27,276 43,448 23,742 22,355 38,564 6,632 35,236 28,603 20,847 27,003 26,971 7,595 13,214 22,988 4,805 20,339 18,639 4,397 17,053 34.6 18.5 15.2 34.4 17.5 30.1 20.7 21.8 14.3 22.7 17.6 20.6 39.6 18.4 40.5 19.0 33.2 30.6 11.5
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Total Number of Academic Graduate Students Fall
Quarter, Faculty Headcount and Academic Graduate
Students per Faculty Member
Fall Quarter 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Number of Academic Graduate Students 1271 1233 1319 1270 1289 1439 1540 1641 1848 1879 1924
Faculty Headcount 477 469 476 474 493 515 553 571 604 621 607
Academic Graduate Students per Faculty 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.2
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Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students
(Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per
Faculty Member in CHASS
Fall Qtr 1995 2005
Faculty Headcount 210 257
Number of Graduate Students 520 643
Graduate Students per Faculty 2.5 2.5
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Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate
Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments
Faculty Headcount Total Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students//Faculty
Anthropology 14 62 4.43
Art History 7 23 3.29
Comparative Literature 15 22 1.47
Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts 9 35 3.89
Dance/Dance History 9 29 3.22
Economics 20 49 2.45
English 25 90 3.60
History 26 88 3.38
Music 10 14 1.40
Philosophy 17 38 2.24
Political Science 13 36 2.77
Psychology 25 66 2.64
Sociology 20 64 3.20
Hispanic Studies 10 23 2.30
Visual Arts 7 8 1.14
Total 257 647 2.50
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CHASS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from
9/1998 to 2004
Number of Dissertation Committees Chaired Number of Faculty Who Chaired this Number of Dissertation Committees
17 2
14 3
9 4
8 2
7 5
6 14
5 11
4 15
3 22
2 27
1 45
150 / 211 (71)
Faculty in Departments with terminal Masters
degrees not included in total number of faculty
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Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students
(Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per
Faculty Member in CNAS
Fall Qtr 1995 2005
Faculty Headcount 205 237
Number of Graduate Students 506 659
Graduate Students per Faculty 2.5 2.8
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Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students
and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS
Departments
Department Faculty Headcount Total Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students/Faculty
Biochemistry 12 47 3.92
Biology 19 54 2.84
Botany Plant Sciences 25 54 2.16
Chemistry 25 110 4.40
Earth Sciences 13 26 2.00
Entomology 25 71 2.84
Environmental Sciences 26 46 1.77
Mathematics 24 52 2.17
Nematology 5 6 1.20
Cell Biology Neuroscience 13 39 3.00
Physics 30 71 2.37
Plant Pathology 14 30 2.14
Statistics 7 30 4.28
Total 237 636 2.68
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CNAS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from
9/1998 to 2004
Number of Dissertation Committees Chaired Number of Faculty Who Chaired This Number of Dissertation Committees
14 1
12 1
10 1
9 2
8 1
7 5
6 13
5 17
4 18
3 31
2 41
1 78
209 / 237 (88.1)
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Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students
(Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per
Faculty Member in BCOE
Fall Qtr 1995 2005
Faculty Headcount 23 68
Number of Graduate Students 38 291
Graduate Students per Faculty 1.7 4.3
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Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students
and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE
Departments
Department Faculty Headcount Total Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students per Faculty
Chemical and Environmental Engineering 13 61 4.69
Computer Science and Engineering 24 126 5.25
Electrical Engineering 19 77 2.92
Mechanical Engineering 12 35 2.92
Total 68 299 4.40
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BCOE Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from
9/1998 to 2004
Number of Dissertation Committees Chaired Number of Faculty Who Chaired This Number of Dissertation Committees
6 1
5 2
4 2
3 11
2 8
1 14
38 / 68
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Number of Grad. Students, Fall 2004, Number of
PhDs Awarded, 3/98 to 8/05 by Grad. Program
Graduate Program Number Grad. Students, Fall 2005 PhDs Awarded 3/98 to 8/05 Graduate Program Number Grad. Students, Fall 2005 PhDs Awarded 3/98 to 8/05
Education English Chemistry Psychology Botany/Plant Biology Economics Physics History Sociology Environmental Toxicology Entomology Biochemistry Plant Pathology Biology (EEOB) Computer Science Dance, Dance History Theory Political Science 209 90 101 62 39 49 72 88 64 34 48 50 16 50 124 29 36 75 75 71 58 46 44 41 41 38 37 30 29 28 27 27 26 25 Philosophy Anthropology Mathematics Statistics Soil Water Sciences Genetics, Genomics Bioinformatics Electrical Engineering Geological Sciences Biomedical Sciences Comparative Literature Hispanic Studies Microbiology Chem. Environ. Eng. CMDB Cell Biol. Neuroscience Environmental Sciences Total 38 62 57 33 13 19 77 25 16 20 23 12 55 57 17 15 1879 25 24 22 20 19 18 15 13 13 13 13 10 7 5 4 3 949
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• Cost of GSR vs. PostDoc
• GSR
• Salary Step II 15,988 / 12 months (49 time)
• Step III 17,728 / 12 months (49 time)
• Step IV 19,151 / 12 months (49 time)
• Fees benefits 9,000
• Overhead (49.5)
• Total Step II 33,000
• Step III 35,270
• Step IV 37,500
• POSTDOC
• Salary 31,688 (minimum)
• Benefits 7000/year
• Overhead 19,200

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Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter),
Faculty Headcount, and Graduate Students per
Faculty Member in CHASS, CNAS and BCOE
Fall Qtr 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
CHASS
Fac. Headcount 210 207 204 201 211 211 220 229 245 262 257
Grad. Students 520 493 509 485 481 503 526 556 598 623 643
G.S./Faculty 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5
CNAS
Fac. Headcount 205 204 209 205 204 216 234 237 240 236 237
Grad. Students 506 476 501 463 466 498 522 551 605 615 659
G.S./Faculty 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8
BCOE
Fac. Headcount 23 22 24 29 36 43 52 55 63 66 68
Grad. Students 38 37 46 50 79 144 180 208 270 302 291
G.S./Faculty 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 2.2 3.3 3.5 3.8 4.3 4.6 4.3
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Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate
Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments
Faculty Headcount Master Students Ph.D. Students Total Grad. Students PhD/Faculty G.S./Faculty
Anthropology 14 1 61 62 4.36 4.43
Art History 7 23 23 3.29
Comparative Literature 15 2 20 22 1.33 1.47
Creative Writing and 14 35 35 2.5
Dance/Dance History 9 4 25 29 2.78 3.22
Economics 20 1 48 49 2.40 2.45
English 25 15 75 90 3.00 3.60
History 26 32 56 88 2.15 3.38
Music 10 14 14 1.40
Philosophy 17 38 38 2.24 2.24
Political Science 13 4 32 36 2.46 2.77
Psychology 24 66 66 2.75 2.75
Sociology 20 64 64 3.20 3.20
Hispanic Studies 10 10 13 23 1.30 2.30
Visual Arts 7 8 8 1.14
Total 257 149 498 647 2.36 2.50
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Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students
and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS
Departments
Department Faculty Headcount Master Students Ph.D. Students Total Grad. Students PhD/Faculty G.S./Faculty
Biochemistry 12 17 30 47 2.50 3.92
Biology 19 4 50 54 2.63 2.84
Botany Plant Sciences 25 1 53 54 2.12 2.16
Chemistry 25 110 110 4.40 4.40
Earth Sciences 13 6 20 26 1.54 2.00
Entomology 25 16 55 71 2.20 2.84
Environmental Sciences 26 13 33 46 1.27 1.77
Mathematics 24 4 48 52 2.00 2.17
Nematology 5 6 6 1.20 1.20
Cell Biol Neuroscience 13 1 38 39 2.92 3.00
Physics 30 1 70 71 2.33 2.37
Plant Pathology 14 2 28 30 2.00 2.14
Statistics 6 30 30 5.00 5.00
Total 237 65 571 636 2.41 2.68
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Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students
and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE
Departments
Department Faculty Headcount Master Students Ph.D. Students Total Grad. Students PhD/Faculty G.S./Faculty
Chemical/Environ Eng 13 6 55 61 4.23 4.69
Computer Science 24 22 104 126 4.33 5.25
Electrical Engineering 19 17 60 77 2.25 2.92
Mechanical Engineering 12 8 27 35 2.25 2.92
Total 68 53 246 299 3.62 4.40