NRC: A Data Based Assessment of Research Doctorate Programs
Timeline
A detailed project timeline can be found at the NRC website. Major milestones are listed below:
- August 2006 — kick-off meetings, initial faculty data request distributed
- October – December 2006 — list of faculty and students prepared and sent to NRC; prepare for program questionnaires
- January 22, 2007 — campus program questionnaires due
- January – February 2007— faculty and student questionnaires distributed
- February 8, 2007— all program questionnaires due to NRC
- February 15, 2007— all faculty questionnaires due to NRC (any questionnaires received after this date will not be included in the ratings surveys; final deadline April 1)
- June 30, 2007— all student questionnaires due to NRC
- Summer/Fall 2007— validation of all submitted data
- July 2009— release of the NRC Study Methodology Guide
- July 2010— UNC-Chapel Hill and peer comparison data sent to participating programs
- September 2010— release of the final report and data; please see the Pre-Release and Results webpages for additional detail