January 10, 2003

Survey of Doctoral Programs Needs Major Changes, Panel Suggests

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

A panel of the National Research Council has proposed big changes in the methodology of its next survey of research-doctorate programs, to be completed in 2005. The survey, which is the definitive ranking of doctoral programs in the United States, would expand to 57 from 41 the number of academic fields it covers and would track "emerging" scholarly areas, such as gender studies and nanoscience.

The panel is also mulling other significant modifications. One would report the quality of

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