NRC Report on Research Doctorates

NRC Rankings: National Research Council survey places CU research doctorate graduate fields among top in U.S.

In a comprehensive national study of research doctorate programs sponsored by the National Research Council (NRC), over 75% of participating Cornell University Graduate School and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences graduate fields were included within the top 20 range of rankings on an overall measure.

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Communications about the NRC Assessment for Cornell faculty and staff: 

• NRC Rankings Release Announcement from Barbara A. Knuth, Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School - 9/9/10 (PDF)
• NRC Doctoral Rankings Release Announcement - 9/16/10 (PDF)
• NRC Summary Report - 9/28/10 (PDF)

NRC FAQs from the Graduate School:

• FAQ Revised Report (PDF)
• FAQ-General Questions (PDF)
• FAQ-Methodology Questions (PDF)
• FAQ-Cornell NRC Questions (PDF)
• NRC Facts and Reference Guide (PDF)

Field-specific reports and charts from Cornell's Institutional Research & Planning:

• Cornell's NRC Rankings Chart - updated 4/29/11 (PDF)
• Cornell's NRC Percentiles Chart -  updated 4/29/11 (PDF)
• Field-specific reports and data (prepared by Cornell's Institutional Research & Planning and Cornell's Key Performance Indicators project)

Additional information from the fields:

• Human Development - raw data submitted to NRC (PDF)

Links to the NRC Assessment and the National Research Council:

• NRC Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs
• A Data Based Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs presentation by Charlotte Kuh on the changes to the report at the 2010 CGS New Deans Institute and Summer Workshop (PowerPoint)
• National Research Council
• Participating Institutions and Programs

Media reports and statements about the third NRC Assessment of Doctoral Research Programs:

• How Ph.D. Programs Will Be Judged, Inside Higher Ed, July 10, 2009
• Methodology Change for Ph.D. Rankings, Inside Higher Ed, May 10, 2010
• Doctoral-Programs Rankings, Delayed Years, May Be Merely a Historical Record by David Glenn from The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 13, 2010
• CU awaits release of gold standard of grad school rankings(Cornell Chronicle article)
• Statement on Release of NRC Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs from the Council of Graduate Schools