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UA Graduate Programs Ranked
-- Posted by tfisher on Thursday, January 18 2007

The faculty in two University of Arkansas doctoral programs have earned those programs national rankings. The doctoral program in food sciences at the Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences is rated the fourth best in the country in the "Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index". Cornell University is ranked in first place. In the "aggregated field" of language and literature, the University of Arkansas is ranked in 10th place. The first place program is at Harvard University

The "Index" is a new ranking system developed by Academic Analytics, a for-profit company founded by Lawrence Martin, dean of graduate studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. The University of Arkansas is one of 166 large research universities that are rated. "Large" universities are defined as those having at least 15 Ph.D. programs.

The index ranks doctoral programs based on the productivity of the faculty. Productivity assessments are based on up to three factors: publications, which include books and journal articles published as well as citations of journal articles in other publications; federal-grant dollars awarded; and honors and awards. Each factor is weighted on the basis of its importance to the discipline involved. For example, publications are given greater weight in the humanities, while grant awards are more significant for sciences and engineering.

The index is based on the assumption that the productivity of the faculty is a prime indication of the quality of a program. The index largely ignores a program's "reputation", which is a major consideration in the other two graduate ranking systems available.

Mosesso to Head Office of Graduate and International Recruitment and Admissions
-- Posted by tfisher on Wednesday, January 17 2007

Collis Geren, dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for research, is pleased to announce that Lynn Mosesso has agreed to head the newly-created Office of Graduate and International Recruitment and Admissions. Mosesso is currently director of the Office of Graduate and International Admissions, and Sponsored Students Programs. The new organizational structure combines this office with the previously-named Office of Graduate Recruitment.

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