Institutional and Faculty Influences on the Reputation of Doctorate-Granting Programs in Special Education

Document Type

Article

Department

Educational Studies (CGU)

Publication Date

1993

Disciplines

Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Special Education and Teaching

Abstract

This study is based on a survey of all faculty members in 66 qualifying doctorate-granting special education programs in the United States. Seventy-two percent of the faculty responded to the survey. Faculty members were asked to rate the quality of each program except their own. The top 10 programs are reported in the study. Additionally, data on several productivity and output variables were gathered, including publication records from a computer data base for each of the 700 faculty members. Using multiple regression analysis, it was, determined that 73% (R = .85, p

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