Graduate Programs, The AAU and Faculty Mentoring of Graduate Students Department Chair’s Forum Winter Quarter, 2006 February 24, 2006

Why is it important that growth of the graduate student population has not kept pace with growth of the undergraduate population? Graduate students are the research engine of a research university. UCR aspires to become a major research university and a member of the AAU. Members of the AAU are all major research universities. To become a member of the AAU, UCR must have the profile of an AAU university. Doctoral education is a Phase II AAU membership indicator.

AAU InstitutionGraduate Students Total Students % Graduate Students SUNY Buffalo Michigan State University University of California, Irvine SUNY Stony Brook Purdue University Princeton University Rutgers The University of Kansas University of California, Santa Barbara University of Missouri-Columbia Iowa State University Brown University Tulane University University of Nebraska-Lincoln Rice University University of Oregon Syracuse University Brandeis University University of California, Riverside 9,438 8,040 3,609 7,692 6,757 1,997 7,298 6,241 2,985 6,120 4,741 1,568 5,238 4,222 1,948 3,864 6,192 1,346 1,964 27,276 43,448 23,742 22,355 38,564 6,632 35,236 28,603 20,847 27,003 26,971 7,595 13,214 22,988 4,805 20,339 18,639 4,397 17, Comparison of the % Graduate Students for the Bottom One-Third of AAU Universities

Fall Quarter Number of Academic Graduate Students Faculty Headcount Academic Graduate Students per Faculty Total Number of Academic Graduate Students Fall Quarter, Faculty Headcount and Academic Graduate Students per Faculty Member

Fall Qtr Faculty Headcount Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students per Faculty 2.5 Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CHASS

Faculty Headcount Total Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students//Faculty Anthropology Art History Comparative Literature Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts Dance/Dance History Economics English History Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology Hispanic Studies Visual Arts Total Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments

Number of Dissertation Committees Chaired Number of Faculty Who Chaired this Number of Dissertation Committees / 211 (71%) CHASS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004 Faculty in Departments with terminal Master’s degrees not included in total number of faculty

Fall Qtr Faculty Headcount Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students per Faculty Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CNAS

DepartmentFaculty Headcount Total Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students/Faculty Biochemistry Biology Botany & Plant Sciences Chemistry Earth Sciences Entomology Environmental Sciences Mathematics Nematology Cell Biology & Neuroscience Physics Plant Pathology Statistics Total Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS Departments

Number of Dissertation Committees Chaired Number of Faculty Who Chaired This Number of Dissertation Committees / 237 (88.1%) CNAS Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004

Fall Qtr Faculty Headcount2368 Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students per Faculty Faculty Headcount, Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in BCOE

DepartmentFaculty Headcount Total Number of Graduate Students Graduate Students per Faculty Chemical and Environmental Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Total Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE Departments

Number of Dissertation Committees Chaired Number of Faculty Who Chaired This Number of Dissertation Committees / 68 BCOE Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Chairs from 9/1998 to 2004

Graduate Program Number Grad. Students, Fall 2005 PhDs Awarded 3/98 to 8/05 Graduate Program Number Grad. Students, Fall 2005 PhDs Awarded 3/98 to 8/05 Education English Chemistry Psychology Botany/Plant Biology Economics Physics History Sociology Environmental Toxicology Entomology Biochemistry Plant Pathology Biology (EEOB) Computer Science Dance, Dance History & Theory Political Science Philosophy Anthropology Mathematics Statistics Soil & Water Sciences Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics Electrical Engineering Geological Sciences Biomedical Sciences Comparative Literature Hispanic Studies Microbiology Chem. & Environ. Eng. CMDB Cell Biol. & Neuroscience Environmental Sciences Total Number of Grad. Students, Fall 2004, & Number of PhDs Awarded, 3/98 to 8/05 by Grad. Program

Cost of GSR vs. PostDoc GSR Salary:Step II$15,988 / 12 months (49% time) Step III$17,728 / 12 months (49% time) Step IV$19,151 / 12 months (49% time) Fees + benefits:~$9,000 Overhead (49.5%) Total:Step II~$33,000 Step III~$35,270 Step IV~$37,500 POSTDOC Salary$31,688 (minimum) Benefits~$7000/year Overhead$19,200 Total:~$58,000

Fall Qtr CHASS Fac. Headcount Grad. Students G.S./Faculty CNAS Fac. Headcount Grad. Students G.S./Faculty BCOE Fac. Headcount Grad. Students G.S./Faculty Number of Graduate Students (Fall Quarter), Faculty Headcount, and Graduate Students per Faculty Member in CHASS, CNAS and BCOE

Faculty Headcount Master Students Ph.D. Students Total Grad. Students PhD/FacultyG.S./Faculty Anthropology Art History Comparative Literature Creative Writing and… Dance/Dance History Economics English History Music Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology Hispanic Studies Visual Arts Total Number of Faculty, Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CHASS Departments

DepartmentFaculty Headcount Master Students Ph.D. Students Total Grad. Students PhD/FacultyG.S./Faculty Biochemistry Biology Botany & Plant Sciences Chemistry Earth Sciences Entomology Environmental Sciences Mathematics Nematology Cell Biol & Neuroscience Physics Plant Pathology Statistics Total Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for CNAS Departments

DepartmentFaculty Headcount Master Students Ph.D. Students Total Grad. Students PhD/FacultyG.S./Faculty Chemical/Environ Eng Computer Science Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Total Number of Faculty (Headcount), Graduate Students and Graduate Students per Faculty for BCOE Departments