April 9, 2004

'Gold Standard' for Rating Doctoral Programs Is Stalled

By BETHANY BROIDA

As National Research Council scrambles for more time and money to complete survey, critics say data may become obsolete

The vice president for research and dean of graduate studies at the University of Maryland, J. Dennis O'Connor, depends on the National Research Council's survey of doctoral programs to tell him how Maryland stacks up against the competition. Mr. O'Connor likens the heavy blue directory to the Academy Awards of higher education. It may not have the same sex appeal, but

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