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June 27, 2006
To the editor:
In reviewing the National Research Council's rankings,
I would like to clarify a statement I made in response
to a question during the Board of Visitors meeting
on Friday, June 9, and that you included in your recent
article on graduate student funding ["Grad student
funding not up to snuff," UVA News, June 13].
In the article, you noted, "While 35 of approximately
100 graduate departments at University of California-Berkeley
rank in the National Research Council's Top 10, UVA scored
only five out of 50, a measly 10 percent." A
more pertinent statistic relates to the number of Ph.D.
programs ranked by the NRC.
In 1995 the NRC ranked 41 different programs. Of those
41 programs, UC-Berkeley offered degrees in 36 of the
areas. Of those 36 programs, 35 (97 percent) were ranked
in the
Top 10 of the NRC rankings.
The University offered degrees in 32 of the NRC areas.
Of those 32 programs, 5 (16 percent) were ranked in the
Top 10 of the NRC rankings.
Thus, while both the University and Berkeley offered
far more degree programs than those above, not all were
included
in the NRC rankings.
Roseanne Ford
Associate VP for Research & Graduate Studies, U.Va.
Charlottesville
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