Using the NSFs WebCASPAR in IR and Policy Analysis an institutional perspective AIR Forum Panel Pres

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Using the NSFs WebCASPAR in IR and Policy
Analysis(an institutional perspective)AIR
Forum Panel PresentationJohn MilamUniversity of
Virginia
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Datasets Used

• Graduate Student Survey (GSS)
• Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)
• Federal Obligations
• IPEDS (C, IC, EF, F, SA)
• NRC Program Rankings

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Types of Reports

• Institutional peer comparisons
• Creating datasets
• Program review
• Historical/trend data

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Analytical Topics

• Affirmative action statistics
• Faculty supply and demand
• Tuition fees trends
• Research by discipline
• Graduate enrollment by discipline
• Graduate student support
• Post-doctorates by discipline
• Research doctorate awards by discipline

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Analytical Topics - continued

• Time to degree studies
• Mechanisms of doctoral support
• Gordon Winston model - subsidies, other financial
  modeling w/ trends
• Competitor marketplace - degrees conferred
• Baccalaureate Origins (HEDS)
• Performance measures/ratios

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WebCASPAR Features

• Dump results to datasets
• Visual image in creating crosstabs
• Disciplinary crosswalks
• Multiple source datasets/merges
• Personal reports
• Create groups

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Comparison to Other Web Apps

• IPEDS Interactive Database Search
• IPEDS Peer Analysis System
• Project on Assessing and Fulfilling End-User
  Needs for IPEDS Data
• NSF Academic Institutional Profiles

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Examples

• Faculty availability for 8 factor analyses (SED,
  C)
• Declining SE Enrollment (GSS)
• Doctoral Recipients Interested in Academe (SED)
• Trends in SE Doctorates (SED, C)
• Trends in Postdoctorates (GSS)
• Doctorate Origins (SED)
• Instruction Exp. per FT Faculty (IPEDS F, SA)
• Percent of Faculty w/ Research Grants

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Example 1Faculty availability for 8 factor
analyses
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Faculty availability for 8 factor analyses
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Example 2Declining SE enrollment
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Declining SE enrollment
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Declining SE enrollment
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Example 3Doctoral Recipients Interested in
Academe
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Doctoral Recipients Interested in Academe
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Example 4Trends in SE Doctorates
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Trends in SE Doctorates
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Example 5Trends in Postdoctorates
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Example 6Doctorate Origins by Baccalaureate
School
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Doctorate Origins by Baccalaureate School
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Example 7Instruction Expenditures Per FT
Faculty
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Example 8Percent of Faculty w/ Research Grants
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Percent of Faculty w/ Research Grants