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Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Department Chair’s Forum

This forum discusses the importance of addressing the slow growth of graduate student population in comparison to undergraduates for UCR's goal of becoming a major research university and a member of the AAU. It analyzes the number of graduate students per faculty member in different departments, doctoral education indicators, and compares UCR's statistics with other AAU universities.

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Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Department Chair’s Forum

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  1. Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Department Chair’s Forum Winter Quarter, 2006 February 24, 2006

  2. 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.

  3. Comparison of the % Graduate Students for the Bottom One-Third of AAU Universities

  4. Total Number of Academic Graduate Students Fall Quarter, Faculty Headcount and Academic Graduate Students per Faculty Member

  5. Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CHASS

  6. Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments

  7. CHASS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004 Faculty in Departments with terminal Master’s degrees not included in total number of faculty

  8. Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CNAS

  9. Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS Departments

  10. CNAS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004

  11. Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in BCOE

  12. Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE Departments

  13. BCOE Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004

  14. Number of Grad. Students, Fall 2004, & Number of PhDs Awarded, 3/98 to 8/05 by Grad. Program

  15. 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 Total: ~$58,000

  16. Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), Faculty Headcount, and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CHASS, CNAS and BCOE

  17. Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments

  18. Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS Departments

  19. Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE Departments

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