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University of Colorado PhD Programs and Organizational Units
Reported by CU-Boulder to Academic Analytics (AA) for the AA 2013 release
For faculty as of November 1 2013
Lou McClelland, CU-Boulder PBA IR, August 2014
L:\IR\Reports\GuideGR\AcAnalytics\ShowUCBUnits_2013, ShowUCBPhDPrograms_2013 from ShowUCBUnits
This is the narrative background and intro for two Excel files listing PhD programs and
organizational units. Files and tabs:
File
Tab
Description
ShowUCBUnits_2013
UCBOrgUnits
UCB schools, colleges, departments,
institutes, and other organizational units
which are tenure homes and/or have
research expectations. With UCB
characteristics and AA info.
ShowUCBUnits_2013
AA units
All AA units, including UCB org units and
PhD programs not 1-1 with an org unit.
ShowUCBUnits_2013
Contents
List of columns in the two listings
ShowUCBPhDPrograms_2013
UCBPhDPrograms
UCB PhD programs per school-collegedepartment websites, with AA info and
info from UCB student records (ISIS) on
appearance on diplomas and transcripts
ShowUCBPhDPrograms_2013
PhDSubplans
Subplans in student records used on PhD
programs
ShowUCBUnits_2013.docx
Goals and methods used to define lists of
UCB PhD programs and org units for AA
Background: Individuals listed for AA
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2,230 for the 2013 release
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All had a formal HR appointment, paid or not, as of 11-1-2013
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Includes
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All tenured and tenure-track (TTT) regardless of current appointment – 1,188, 45 of
whom are administrators. 38 are in libraries.
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Research and adjoint professors (assistant, associate, full), minus ROTC adjoints. Total
listed: 68: 33 research, 35 adjoint
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Specified research positions: Research associate (813), senior RA (112), museum curator
adjoint (32), museum associate (17)
CU-Boulder PhD programs
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Goal: List all PhD programs operating Nov 1 2013 per UCB websites for prospective
students. Associate each PhD program with some of the 2,230 individuals listed for AA.
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Goal: Cover all Regent-approved PhD programs – those with Regent and CCHE approval, a
distinct text for the diploma, and a distinct CIP code and CIP-sequence code for federal and
state reporting
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Goal: Maximize comparability to and understandability by other universities in AA
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Some approved programs are split in the listing. Splits are based on
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Existence of different ISIS plan codes, with corresponding to website information (pairs
in Education, Music, and Communications/Journalism)
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Or simply on website info with no ISIS plan code distinctions - (Business)
Where website program names differed significantly from approved names, the website
name has been listed for AA. This is indicated with a note in the Regent approval field and is
contrary to usual PBA-IR practice.
Splits and website-name overrides make the diploma text not match the web/world/AA
text. These cases are highlighted yellow in the “Any diff” column.
Joint PhD programs -- cognitive science and neuroscience -- are listed and so indicated
College of Media, Communication, and Information programs were not operating 11/1/2013
and are not listed
Interdisciplinary PhD programs are listed under the Graduate School if multiple colleges
contribute (e.g. materials science and engineering), under A&S if only A&S but multiple A&S
departments contribute (comparative literature)
The PhD in Leeds Business is approved as a single program but listed for AA only in four
divisions, to increase comparability to AA data for other schools. The listed "plan codes" are
in lower case to show that they're made up, not on ISIS. The overall PhD program is not
reported to AA, while the overall org unit is.
CU-Boulder organizational units
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Goal: List all “organizational units” which both
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grant tenure, carry disciplinary research expectations, and/or are associated with a
distinct PhD program
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and can be associated with individual faculty members in central records or standard
websites.
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Goal: List organizational units in a fashion comparable to that used for other research
universities in Academic Analytics
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Goal: Associate at least one org unit with every one of the 2,230 individuals listed for AA.
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Method: Identify all tenure-granting CU-Boulder organizational units operating Nov 1 2013,
plus all other Regent-approved academic units operating then. Subdivide or combine units
to enhance comparability.
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The Board of Regents explicitly approves schools, colleges, academic departments in
some schools/colleges, research institutes, and a few special cases such as libraries and
museum.
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Resulting “org units” include
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schools and colleges (current and former),
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research institutes,
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departments in Arts and Sciences and Engineering,
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divisions in Leeds Business,
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libraries and museum, and
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other tenure-granting units in A&S and Engineering.
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Leeds Business is listed both overall and as four divisions, to increase comparability to AA
data for other schools. Leeds divisions are not Regent-approved departments.
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See tab ShowOrgUnits of ShowUCBUnits_2013.xlsx
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