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Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Department Chair’s Forum Winter Quarter, 2006 February 24, 2006. Why is it important that growth of the graduate student population has not kept pace with growth of the undergraduate population?
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Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Department Chair’s Forum Winter Quarter, 2006 February 24, 2006
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.
Comparison of the % Graduate Students for the Bottom One-Third of AAU Universities
Total Number of Academic Graduate Students Fall Quarter, Faculty Headcount and Academic Graduate Students per Faculty Member
Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CHASS
Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments
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
Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CNAS
Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS Departments
CNAS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004
Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in BCOE
Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE Departments
BCOE Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004
Number of Grad. Students, Fall 2004, & Number of PhDs Awarded, 3/98 to 8/05 by Grad. Program
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
Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), Faculty Headcount, and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CHASS, CNAS and BCOE
Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments
Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS Departments
Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE Departments