How Valid are Scholars' Departmental Rating Models for Assessing the Quality of Graduate Programs?.

Hensley, Oliver D.

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How Valid are Scholars' Departmental Rating Models for Assessing the Quality of Graduate Programs?

Hensley, Oliver D.

Research in Higher Education, v12 n3 p255-69 1980

Using aggregated data from each of four classical rankings of graduate programs in U.S. universities, it was found that the rankings of institutions in separate studies correlate significantly with each other and the results from the SDR model correlate significantly with the objective measures of academic honors, basic research, and research and development awards. (Author/LB)

Descriptors: College Programs, Departments, Educational Quality, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Models, Program Evaluation, Rating Scales, Research and Development Centers

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