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Overview of AA

Academic Analytics: Obtaining Benchmarks for Faculty Productivity Carol Livingstone Division of Management Information www.dmi.illinois.edu livngstn@illinois.edu 333-3551. Overview of AA.

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Overview of AA

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  1. Academic Analytics:Obtaining Benchmarks for Faculty ProductivityCarol Livingstone Division of Management Informationwww.dmi.illinois.edulivngstn@illinois.edu333-3551

  2. Overview of AA • Academic Analytics has compiled a massive database of journal articles, books, chapters, grants, honors, awards, etc. • The scholarly output is matched by name with faculty and researchers at schools nationwide • The database can be used to quantify scholarly output at any university – by discipline – and compare it to peers

  3. AA Database contents - Measures • Books • Honorific awards • Journal Articles • Citations • Grants

  4. Database Scope • 9,874 PhD programs • 385 institutions, 170,000+ faculty • 172 disciplines in 11 broad fields • 22 AAU institutions actively participate, 30 others considering

  5. Book Variables • 56,000 authored & edited books (Baker & Taylor, Library of Congress, British Library) • Books per faculty member • # Faculty who published a book • % of faculty with a book • Total number of books

  6. JournalArticleVariables • 1 million+ articles (journals, and conference proceedings) • Articles per author • Articles per faculty member • # Faculty with an article • % of Faculty with an article • Total number of articles

  7. Citations • 10 million + Citations (Scopus & Proquest) • Citations per author • Citations per article • Citations per faculty member • # Faculty with a citation • % of Faculty with a citation • Total number of citations

  8. Honorific Awards • 395 awarding bodies, 2700+ award types • Awards per faculty member • # Faculty with an award • % of Faculty with an award • Total number of awards

  9. Grants Variables • 95,000+ federal research grants • Dollars per Grant • Grant dollars per faculty member • # of Faculty with a grant • % of Faculty with a grant • Total Grant dollars • Total number of grants

  10. Process • Summer, 2011 – AA contract signed • 9/13/11: preliminary set of faculty lists submitted to AA – Fall, 2009 faculty • AA matches our faculty to its database • Data will be available shortly

  11. Academic Analytics Output • Summary data by department or broad disciplinary area (not by faculty member) • Comparisons to selected peers • Access to entire scrubbed database • Analytical tools through a dashboard interface

  12. Academic Analytics Dashboard • Select peer schools/depts • Select level of analysis ( specific discipline, broad discipline, entire campus) • Select measures • Select display types – graphical/table

  13. Sample Graphical Output

  14. Sample Graphical Output

  15. Next steps • Appoint Steering Committee • Train Steering Committee • Roll out dashboard to units • Prepare Fall 2010 faculty list

  16. Steering Committee • 5-9 individuals • Willing to undergo several hours of training on the dashboard use • Refine faculty selection process/criteria • Oversee rollout to college/dept staff • Evaluate tool

  17. Questions??

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