I just want to point out something that is a side issue relative to
Scott's main point but is of some importance.
On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:57:19 -0800, Scott O Lilienfeld wrote:
Here's what has moved me to write. A number of psychology departments in
R1
institutions,
I think that when most academic researchers hear something like
"this is an R1 institution" will recognize that one is referring to the
Carnegie classification of colleges and universities, as represented
in the following table and report; see:
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/cheri/surveys/upload/survey2004_table1.pdf
Research 1 = R1 and Research 2 = R2 and traditionally R1 institutions
received grant funding in excess of some threshold and R2 institutions
were below that threshold. The other categories focus less on grant
funding and more on educational activities. I decided to brush up on
the distinctions and I learned a surprising fact:
The Carnegie Classification dropped the R1/R2/etc categories in 2005
and introduced a new system which was updated in 2010.
Wikipedia has an entry on the new classification scheme but it seems
that is primarily based on the 2005 distinctions; see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_Classification_of_Institutions_of_Higher_Education
The official source is the Carnegie Foundation website and here is a
list of their new classifications:
http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/descriptions/basic.php
The more appropriate designations for doctorate granting institutions are:
RU/VH: Research Universities (very high research activity)
RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)
DRU: Doctoral/Research Universities
One can identify the classification of their institution through the
Carnegie
website; see:
http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/lookup_listings/institution.php
Emory is now identified as a RU/VH instruction and additional info is
provided;
see:
http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/lookup_listings/view_institution.php?unit_id=139658&start_page=institution.php&clq={%22ipug2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22ipgrad2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22enrprofile2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22ugprfile2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22sizeset2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22basic2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22eng2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22search_string%22%3A%22Emory%22%2C%22level%22%3A%22%22%2C%22control%22%3A%22%22%2C%22accred%22%3A%22%22%2C%22state%22%3A%22%22%2C%22region%22%3A%22%22%2C%22urbanicity%22%3A%22%22%2C%22womens%22%3A%22%22%2C%22hbcu%22%3A%22%22%2C%22hsi%22%3A%22%22%2C%22tribal%22%3A%22%22%2C%22msi%22%3A%22%22%2C%22landgrant%22%3A%22%22%2C%22coplac%22%3A%22%22%2C%22urban%22%3A%22%22}
An institution is identified by specific characteristics which one can
"check" and
get a list of institutions that are similar. For RU/VH, one gets this:
http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/lookup_listings/srp.php?clq={%22ipug2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22ipgrad2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22enrprofile2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22ugprfile2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22sizeset2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22basic2005_ids%22%3A%2215%22%2C%22eng2005_ids%22%3A%22%22%2C%22search_string%22%3A%22%22%2C%22first_letter%22%3A%22%22%2C%22level%22%3A%22%22%2C%22control%22%3A%22%22%2C%22accred%22%3A%22%22%2C%22state%22%3A%22%22%2C%22region%22%3A%22%22%2C%22urbanicity%22%3A%22%22%2C%22womens%22%3A%22%22%2C%22hbcu%22%3A%22%22%2C%22hsi%22%3A%22%22%2C%22tribal%22%3A%22%22%2C%22msi%22%3A%22%22%2C%22landgrant%22%3A%22%22%2C%22coplac%22%3A%22%22%2C%22urban%22%3A%22%22}&limit=50&unit_id=139658&start_page=institution.php&basic2005=15&submit=FIND+SIMILAR
Yes, those URLs are ridiculously long. No, I'm not going to get shorter
versions.
For a short article written for the public on the history of the Carnegie
classification
and similar classifications; see:
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/sites/default/files/publications/elibrary_pdf_634.pdf
The following gets my vote for "most interesting" classification scheme:
|1. From The Academic Marketplace by Theodore Caplow and Reece McGee (1958)
|Major League
|Minor League
|Bush League
|Academic Siberia
That last description is just cold. ;-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
m...@nyu.edu
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