Measuring Quality in Communication Doctoral Education Using Network Analysis of Faculty-Hiring Patterns

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作者
Barnett, George A. [1 ]
Danowski, James A. [2 ]
Feeley, Thomas Hugh [3 ]
Stalker, Jordan [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Commun, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Commun, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
[3] SUNY Buffalo, Dept Commun, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA
关键词
JOURNALS; PRODUCTIVITY; ASSOCIATION;
D O I
10.1111/j.1460-2466.2010.01487.x
中图分类号
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要
This research examines the prestige of doctoral degree programs in communication based on a network analysis of program links among 102 doctoral programs and 2,194 tenure-track faculty members. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Journalism & Mass Communication), Michigan State University (Communication), University of Texas-Austin (Communication Studies), and University of Illinois (Speech Communication) are the top four programs in terms of placement centrality in communication. Centrality of programs in this network, measured by out-degree, closeness centrality, and eigenvector indices, is positively related to subjective prestige ratings of faculty and department chairs (Neuendorf, Skalski, Atkin, Kogler-Hill, & Perloff, 2007). Faculty size was also related to network centrality and interdisciplinarity of program. Further, centrality of programs is positively related to program prestige controlling for faculty size.
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页码:388 / 411
页数:24
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