This document will reanalyze the program metrics in research and instruction to determine the robustness of the conclusions drawn on the basis of those metrics. The research metrics, with definitions, are as follows:
sri: Academic Analytics SRI score when comparing units to Public AAU Institutions. If a unit has multiple SRI scores available, they were averaged.
total_sponsored_awards_inc_nuf_rsch_pub_serv_teach_avg_awards_budget: Average sponsored awards for FY20-24. Included are all sponsor types: federal, industry, state agencies, associations/nonprofits and the NU Foundation, for purpose codes research, teaching and public service divided by total state appropriated budget.
research_awards_growth_inc_nuf_fy20_fy24: Growth of sponsored research awards from FY20 to FY24. Included are all sponsor types: federal, industry, state agencies, associations/nonprofits and the NU Foundation. This was calculated by taking the dollar growth over the time period of FY24 – FY20 as a percentage of total growth for the institution resulting in that unit’s share of the overall growth dollars for the institution over the reported time period.
p1_expenditures_normalized: The average competitively funded federal research support as defined by the AAU membership policy, federal research expenditures less USDA research expenditures adding in awards from USDA Agriculture Food and Research Initiative (AFRI). Expenditures and AFRI awards are credited to departments using NuRamp routing forms. For PI/co-PIs who routed their credit through a unit outside a department, efforts were made to credit a department using the individual’s HR tenure org unit, primary org unit and any secondary appointments. This is normalized by the average of the full-time employees with faculty status who are on the tenure track or tenured as reported to the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center.
awards_normalized: NCR highly prestigious awards, including national academy memberships in engineering, medicine and science. The data source AAU uses for highly prestigious awards is Academic Analytics (AcA) and only awards for T/TT faculty in benchmarked AcA units is reported to the AAU. This is normalized by the average of the full-time employees with faculty status who are on the tenure track or tenured as reported to the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center. This is normalized by the average of the full-time employees with faculty status who are on the tenure track or tenured as reported to the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center.
books_normalized: The total number of books published over the time period 2014-2023. The data source AAU uses for highly prestigious awards is Academic Analytics (AcA) and only books published for T/TT faculty in benchmarked AcA units are reported to the AAU. This is normalized by the average of the full-time employees with faculty status who are on the tenure track or tenured as reported to the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center.
citations_normalized: The total number of books published over the time period 2014-2023. The data source AAU uses for highly prestigious awards is Academic Analytics (AcA) and only books published for T/TT faculty in benchmarked AcA units are reported to the AAU. This is normalized by the average of the full-time employees with faculty status who are on the tenure track or tenured as reported to the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center.
The teaching metrics, with definitions, are:
instructional_sch_4Y_share_growth: Change in share (percentage) of total instructional SCH from AY2020 to AY2024.
all_majors_share_growth: Change in share (percentage) of total (duplicated) majors from AY2020 to AY2024. Majors is the sum of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
instructional_sch_2024: Sum of SCH attributed to instructors’ home departments in 2024.
total_majors_n_2024: Total number of majors in 2024.
instructional_sch_to_instructional_fte_2024: Instructional SCH divided by apportioned teaching FTE.
budget_to_sch_2024: Total original state aided budget divided by SCH.
total_realizable_base_tuition_less_budget_2024: This is estimated by total_realizable_base_tuition less original state-aided budget, apportioned for percent_teaching. total_realizable_base_tuition is calculated by taking the base tuition rate for undergraduate, graduate, and professional courses for residents and non-residents (6 tuition rate) and multiplying that rate by the number of SCH generated at each rate. This is the total tuition dollars minus the instruction budget.
avg_retention_rate_2024: Average of first-year to second-year retention rates of last 5 cohorts. Note that average retention rates for units with average starting cohorts less than 5 were nullified.
ratio_completions_majors_2024: Ratio of all degree completions (all majors attached to a degree) to all majors, including non-primary, in 2024.
Given these metrics for each academic program, we can calculate Z-scores for each metric, either across the entire university, or by pooling similar programs, and then average the Z-scores to get an average Z-score for research and an average for teaching.
Although pools were created, the metrics calculated across the entire university were the ones that were used to guide decision-making, so it makes sense to start there. Here is the raw data for research metrics for each unit.
| name | pool | sri | total_sponsored_awards_inc_nuf_rsch_pub_serv_teach_avg_awards_budget | research_awards_growth_inc_nuf_fy20_fy24 | p1_expenditures_normalized | awards_normalized | books_normalized | citations_normalized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEC | Agriculture | 0.300 | 1.857 | 47308.81 | 18806.534 | 0.000 | 0.112 | 9.287 |
| Agricultural Economics | Agriculture | -0.400 | 0.857 | 378258.71 | 21382.544 | 0.000 | 0.048 | 13.700 |
| Agronomy and Horticulture | Agriculture | -0.050 | 1.358 | -457256.10 | 102704.887 | 0.000 | 0.098 | 84.482 |
| Animal Science | Agriculture | -0.400 | 0.704 | 6508702.23 | 37935.398 | 0.027 | 0.108 | 24.391 |
| Biochemistry | Agriculture | -0.200 | 1.724 | 2690083.36 | 267494.407 | 0.000 | 0.048 | 91.089 |
| Biological Systems Engineering | Agriculture | -0.500 | 1.594 | 5507774.27 | 105640.430 | 0.000 | 0.032 | 49.090 |
| Entomology | Agriculture | -0.700 | 0.691 | -995753.79 | 38948.875 | 0.000 | 0.060 | 41.018 |
| Food Science and Technology | Agriculture | 0.100 | 0.755 | 1374818.36 | 62032.891 | 0.000 | 0.081 | 166.848 |
| Plant Pathology | Agriculture | -0.400 | 0.607 | 279876.05 | 92264.159 | 0.154 | 0.077 | 70.033 |
| School of Natural Resources | Agriculture | -0.200 | 1.273 | 4026357.44 | 114637.956 | 0.027 | 0.385 | 95.616 |
| Veterinary Medicine | Agriculture | -0.100 | 0.223 | 2421015.28 | 100838.897 | 0.000 | 0.159 | 46.955 |
| Nebraska Coop | Agriculture | NA | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Architecture | Architecture | -0.200 | 0.142 | 89564.00 | 262.556 | 0.000 | 0.546 | 10.239 |
| Community & Regional Planning | Architecture | 0.300 | 1.226 | 1099616.25 | 21759.020 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 61.041 |
| Interior Design | Architecture | -0.550 | 0.011 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.404 |
| Landscape Architecture | Architecture | -0.400 | 0.060 | 10300.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.156 | 0.266 |
| Raikes School | Business | NA | 0.022 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| College of Law | Business and Law | NA | 0.327 | 1797348.12 | 460.924 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Finance | Business and Law | -0.500 | 0.057 | -20192.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.117 | 9.073 |
| Management | Business and Law | -0.100 | 0.051 | 34518.00 | 1571.024 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 26.449 |
| Marketing | Business and Law | -0.400 | 0.017 | 0.00 | 476.042 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 14.103 |
| Accountancy | Business and Law | -0.100 | 0.052 | -45000.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.221 | 21.743 |
| Supply Chain Management & Analytics | Business and Law | -0.100 | 0.064 | 42658.00 | 4167.455 | 0.000 | 2.717 | 44.065 |
| Journalism | Communications | -0.300 | 0.594 | 29182.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.263 | 5.513 |
| Advertising | Communications | -0.300 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 20.654 | 0.000 | 0.215 | 4.591 |
| Broadcasting | Communications | -0.600 | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.185 | 0.056 |
| Communication Studies | Communications | 0.400 | 0.037 | 30806.50 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.015 | 19.349 |
| Sports Communication | Communications | NA | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 4.500 |
| Educational Administration | Education | -0.100 | 0.061 | 4079.00 | 9687.999 | 0.000 | 0.392 | 9.882 |
| Educational Psychology | Education | -0.300 | 0.847 | -555019.09 | 97012.054 | 0.000 | 0.965 | 42.445 |
| Special Education | Education | -0.450 | 3.649 | -3900591.35 | 104350.918 | 0.000 | 0.237 | 26.734 |
| TLTE | Education | -0.300 | 0.343 | -214828.20 | 14080.921 | 0.000 | 0.573 | 8.472 |
| TMFD | Education | -0.500 | 0.134 | -380357.50 | 8749.036 | 0.000 | 0.385 | 48.269 |
| CYFS | Education | -0.400 | 0.579 | 11523.81 | 16824.712 | 0.000 | 0.107 | 29.322 |
| Nutrition & Health Sciences | Education | -0.700 | 1.978 | -4301601.35 | 125368.303 | 0.158 | 0.105 | 86.738 |
| Chemical Engineering | Engineering | -0.900 | 0.720 | 338416.05 | 53492.083 | 0.000 | 0.414 | 58.434 |
| Architectural Engineering | Engineering | 1.100 | 0.593 | -419240.54 | 28259.986 | 0.000 | 0.077 | 30.768 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering | -0.600 | 0.707 | -761185.89 | 153424.384 | 0.000 | 0.511 | 114.502 |
| School of Computing | Engineering | -0.100 | 0.703 | 3488240.88 | 146473.717 | 0.000 | 0.379 | 77.120 |
| Mechanical & Materials Engineering | Engineering | -0.400 | 1.312 | -1137628.46 | 156900.453 | 0.000 | 0.213 | 116.037 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering | -0.300 | 2.226 | 4608974.20 | 221849.932 | 0.000 | 0.720 | 65.513 |
| Music | Fine Arts | -0.300 | 0.093 | 0.00 | 172.394 | 0.000 | 0.313 | 0.117 |
| Theatre & Film | Fine Arts | -0.767 | 0.312 | 0.00 | 571.673 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.297 |
| Art Art History & Design | Fine Arts | -0.500 | 0.095 | 68704.85 | 1506.418 | 0.000 | 0.240 | 0.106 |
| Classics & Religious Studies | Humanities | -0.250 | 0.034 | -30081.00 | 0.000 | 0.134 | 0.806 | 0.142 |
| English | Humanities | 0.000 | 0.151 | 126906.50 | 9752.522 | 0.311 | 1.809 | 0.393 |
| History | Humanities | -0.100 | 0.383 | 110819.00 | 5726.073 | 0.439 | 1.593 | 0.293 |
| Modern Languages & Literatures | Humanities | 0.000 | 0.080 | 170458.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 2.205 | 0.869 |
| Philosophy | Humanities | -0.500 | 0.027 | -70943.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.631 | 2.018 |
| Chemistry | Sciences | -0.700 | 1.574 | -1420286.44 | 231961.071 | 0.000 | 0.630 | 100.292 |
| Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Sciences | -0.900 | 0.811 | 395383.02 | 96055.087 | 0.000 | 0.068 | 27.878 |
| Mathematics | Sciences | -0.300 | 0.444 | -1005567.55 | 49424.916 | 0.000 | 0.246 | 9.756 |
| Physics & Astronomy | Sciences | -0.300 | 2.437 | 10397285.85 | 455321.549 | 0.000 | 0.342 | 303.033 |
| Biological Sciences | Sciences | -0.200 | 1.019 | -1338229.41 | 158481.884 | 0.000 | 0.117 | 67.142 |
| CSMCE | Sciences | NA | 0.000 | 0.00 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Statistics | Sciences | -0.100 | 0.362 | -455843.15 | 74518.631 | 0.000 | 0.109 | 34.019 |
| Economics | Social Sciences | -0.400 | 0.226 | 487500.19 | 6971.771 | 0.000 | 0.073 | 8.956 |
| Ethnic Studies | Social Sciences | NA | 0.036 | 0.00 | 3947.454 | 0.097 | 1.001 | 5.535 |
| Political Science | Social Sciences | -0.300 | 0.141 | 609878.00 | 2682.387 | 0.000 | 2.167 | 12.666 |
| Psychology | Social Sciences | -0.600 | 2.176 | 1726882.72 | 126452.755 | 0.000 | 0.376 | 54.230 |
| Sociology | Social Sciences | 0.100 | 0.921 | -1949052.67 | 127594.561 | 0.000 | 0.273 | 16.237 |
| Womens & Gender Studies | Social Sciences | NA | 0.114 | -53451.80 | 4863.730 | 0.000 | 0.687 | 34.618 |
| SGIS | Social Sciences | -0.300 | 0.171 | -22847.57 | 12167.183 | 0.393 | 0.497 | 11.596 |
| name | pool | Z_sri | Z_total_sponsored_awards_inc_nuf_rsch_pub_serv_teach_avg_awards_budget | Z_research_awards_growth_inc_nuf_fy20_fy24 | Z_p1_expenditures_normalized | Z_awards_normalized | Z_books_normalized | Z_citations_normalized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEC | Agriculture | 1.7421079 | 1.6218685 | -0.1948818 | -0.4382573 | -0.3160963 | -0.5211908 | -0.5512885 |
| Agricultural Economics | Agriculture | -0.3548194 | 0.2988200 | -0.0409580 | -0.4074841 | -0.3160963 | -0.6326849 | -0.4629109 |
| Agronomy and Horticulture | Agriculture | 0.6936443 | 0.9616673 | -0.4295536 | 0.5639975 | -0.3160963 | -0.5455801 | 0.9546144 |
| Animal Science | Agriculture | -0.3548194 | 0.0963935 | 2.8102941 | -0.2097427 | -0.0070849 | -0.5281592 | -0.2488062 |
| Biochemistry | Agriculture | 0.2443027 | 1.4459030 | 1.0342652 | 2.5325831 | -0.3160963 | -0.6326849 | 1.0869304 |
| Biological Systems Engineering | Agriculture | -0.6543804 | 1.2739067 | 2.3447653 | 0.5990657 | -0.3160963 | -0.6605584 | 0.2458317 |
| Entomology | Agriculture | -1.2535025 | 0.0791939 | -0.6800073 | -0.1976356 | -0.3160963 | -0.6117798 | 0.0841767 |
| Food Science and Technology | Agriculture | 1.1429859 | 0.1638690 | 0.4225391 | 0.0781274 | -0.3160963 | -0.5751957 | 2.6041283 |
| Plant Pathology | Agriculture | -0.3548194 | -0.0319422 | -0.0867155 | 0.4392720 | 1.4464130 | -0.5821641 | 0.6652496 |
| School of Natural Resources | Agriculture | 0.2443027 | 0.8492081 | 1.6557625 | 0.7065507 | -0.0070849 | -0.0455987 | 1.1775910 |
| Veterinary Medicine | Agriculture | 0.5438638 | -0.5399928 | 0.9091224 | 0.5417063 | -0.3160963 | -0.4393123 | 0.2030749 |
| Nebraska Coop | Agriculture | NA | -0.8350326 | -0.2168850 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.7372758 |
| Architecture | Architecture | 0.2443027 | -0.6471597 | -0.1752291 | -0.6597848 | -0.3160963 | 0.2348787 | -0.5322231 |
| Community & Regional Planning | Architecture | 1.7421079 | 0.7870249 | 0.2945434 | -0.4029867 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | 0.4851700 |
| Interior Design | Architecture | -0.8041609 | -0.8204791 | -0.2168850 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.7291851 |
| Landscape Architecture | Architecture | -0.3548194 | -0.7556497 | -0.2120945 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.4445386 | -0.7319487 |
| Raikes School | Business | NA | -0.8059256 | -0.2168850 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.7372758 |
| College of Law | Business and Law | NA | -0.4023958 | 0.6190565 | -0.6574150 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.7372758 |
| Finance | Business and Law | -0.6543804 | -0.7596189 | -0.2262763 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.5124803 | -0.5555742 |
| Management | Business and Law | 0.5438638 | -0.7675572 | -0.2008308 | -0.6441537 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.2075913 |
| Marketing | Business and Law | -0.3548194 | -0.8125408 | -0.2168850 | -0.6572344 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.4548402 |
| Accountancy | Business and Law | 0.5438638 | -0.7662341 | -0.2378144 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.3313024 | -0.3018367 |
| Supply Chain Management & Analytics | Business and Law | 0.5438638 | -0.7503575 | -0.1970449 | -0.6131366 | -0.3160963 | 4.0169685 | 0.1451979 |
| Journalism | Communications | -0.0552583 | -0.0491418 | -0.2033126 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.2581343 | -0.6268690 |
| Advertising | Communications | -0.0552583 | -0.8350326 | -0.2168850 | -0.6626745 | -0.3160963 | -0.3417549 | -0.6453335 |
| Broadcasting | Communications | -0.9539414 | -0.8350326 | -0.2168850 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.3940178 | -0.7361543 |
| Communication Studies | Communications | 2.0416690 | -0.7860798 | -0.2025570 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | 1.0519216 | -0.3497805 |
| Sports Communication | Communications | NA | -0.8350326 | -0.2168850 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.6471560 |
| Educational Administration | Education | 0.5438638 | -0.7543267 | -0.2149879 | -0.5471878 | -0.3160963 | -0.0334040 | -0.5393726 |
| Educational Psychology | Education | -0.0552583 | 0.2855895 | -0.4750228 | 0.4959906 | -0.3160963 | 0.9648168 | 0.1127547 |
| Special Education | Education | -0.5045999 | 3.9927714 | -2.0310391 | 0.5836611 | -0.3160963 | -0.3034288 | -0.2018837 |
| TLTE | Education | -0.0552583 | -0.3812270 | -0.3168010 | -0.4947097 | -0.3160963 | 0.2819153 | -0.5676102 |
| TMFD | Education | -0.6543804 | -0.6577441 | -0.3937882 | -0.5584048 | -0.3160963 | -0.0455987 | 0.2293899 |
| CYFS | Education | -0.3548194 | -0.0689875 | -0.2115253 | -0.4619322 | -0.3160963 | -0.5299013 | -0.1500548 |
| Nutrition & Health Sciences | Education | -1.2535025 | 1.7819574 | -2.2175477 | 0.8347361 | 1.4921924 | -0.5333855 | 0.9997945 |
| Chemical Engineering | Engineering | -1.8526246 | 0.1175623 | -0.0594887 | -0.0239016 | -0.3160963 | 0.0049221 | 0.4329606 |
| Architectural Engineering | Engineering | 4.1385963 | -0.0504649 | -0.4118726 | -0.3253258 | -0.3160963 | -0.5821641 | -0.1210963 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering | -0.9539414 | 0.1003627 | -0.5709104 | 1.1698957 | -0.3160963 | 0.1739054 | 1.5558140 |
| School of Computing | Engineering | 0.5438638 | 0.0950705 | 1.4054860 | 1.0868626 | -0.3160963 | -0.0560512 | 0.8071783 |
| Mechanical & Materials Engineering | Engineering | -0.3548194 | 0.9008070 | -0.7459928 | 1.2114211 | -0.3160963 | -0.3452391 | 1.5865549 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering | -0.0552583 | 2.1100734 | 1.9267359 | 1.9873115 | -0.3160963 | 0.5380034 | 0.5747292 |
| Music | Fine Arts | -0.0552583 | -0.7119891 | -0.2168850 | -0.6608618 | -0.3160963 | -0.1710296 | -0.7349327 |
| Theatre & Film | Fine Arts | -1.4542084 | -0.4222415 | -0.2168850 | -0.6560920 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.7113013 |
| Art Art History & Design | Fine Arts | -0.6543804 | -0.7093430 | -0.1849306 | -0.6449255 | -0.3160963 | -0.2982025 | -0.7351530 |
| Classics & Religious Studies | Humanities | 0.0945222 | -0.7900490 | -0.2308756 | -0.6629213 | 1.2175157 | 0.6878236 | -0.7344320 |
| English | Humanities | 0.8434248 | -0.6352523 | -0.1578612 | -0.5464170 | 3.2432568 | 2.4351456 | -0.7294054 |
| History | Humanities | 0.5438638 | -0.3283050 | -0.1653434 | -0.5945172 | 4.7081996 | 2.0588529 | -0.7314080 |
| Modern Languages & Literatures | Humanities | 0.8434248 | -0.7291887 | -0.1376055 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | 3.1250155 | -0.7198727 |
| Philosophy | Humanities | -0.6543804 | -0.7993103 | -0.2498804 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | 0.3829569 | -0.6968621 |
| Chemistry | Sciences | -1.2535025 | 1.2474458 | -0.8774563 | 2.1080998 | -0.3160963 | 0.3812148 | 1.2712355 |
| Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Sciences | -1.8526246 | 0.2379597 | -0.0329935 | 0.4845586 | -0.3160963 | -0.5978430 | -0.1789733 |
| Mathematics | Sciences | -0.0552583 | -0.2475991 | -0.6845717 | -0.0724882 | -0.3160963 | -0.2877500 | -0.5418960 |
| Physics & Astronomy | Sciences | -0.0552583 | 2.3892366 | 4.6188634 | 4.7763776 | -0.3160963 | -0.1205088 | 5.3314557 |
| Biological Sciences | Sciences | 0.2443027 | 0.5131538 | -0.8392918 | 1.2303129 | -0.3160963 | -0.5124803 | 0.6073526 |
| CSMCE | Sciences | NA | -0.8350326 | -0.2168850 | -0.6629213 | -0.3160963 | -0.7163055 | -0.7372758 |
| Statistics | Sciences | 0.5438638 | -0.3560891 | -0.4288964 | 0.2272828 | -0.3160963 | -0.5264171 | -0.0559897 |
| Economics | Social Sciences | -0.3548194 | -0.5360237 | 0.0098499 | -0.5796361 | -0.3160963 | -0.5891325 | -0.5579173 |
| Ethnic Studies | Social Sciences | NA | -0.7874029 | -0.2168850 | -0.6157647 | 0.7940557 | 1.0275323 | -0.6264284 |
| Political Science | Social Sciences | -0.0552583 | -0.6484828 | 0.0667675 | -0.6308773 | -0.3160963 | 3.0588158 | -0.4836185 |
| Psychology | Social Sciences | -0.9539414 | 2.0439210 | 0.5862833 | 0.8476910 | -0.3160963 | -0.0612775 | 0.3487686 |
| Sociology | Social Sciences | 1.1429859 | 0.3834951 | -1.1233839 | 0.8613311 | -0.3160963 | -0.2407134 | -0.4121033 |
| Womens & Gender Studies | Social Sciences | NA | -0.6842051 | -0.2417453 | -0.6048189 | -0.3160963 | 0.4805142 | -0.0439938 |
| SGIS | Social Sciences | -0.0552583 | -0.6087913 | -0.2275114 | -0.5175714 | 4.1817358 | 0.1495161 | -0.5050470 |
We can also visualize this data by plotting the individual metrics for each program (Fig. 1). There is not a lot to see here except that some units have very similar scores for each metric, whereas other units can have wide variation in Z-score depending on which metric is being examined.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 1: Individual metric Z-scores for each unit. Mouse over to identify the metric represented by each point.
However, what the University has done is to pool these individual Z-scores into an overall research metric by averaging them. Averaging weights each metric the same; for units that don’t have a value for a particular metrics (e.g., they don’t have an SRI), the average is calculated across the remaining six metrics, which implicitly weights those metrics a bit more than in other units, but still equally within a unit. Fig. 2 shows the average research score for each unit, arranged by pool for ease of finding units, even though the Z-scores were not calculated within a unit.
Figure 2: Average research score for each unit, organized by pool. Mouse over to identify each point to unit.
The University also considered, although ultimately did not use, metrics that were calculated based on the pool each unit was placed into. In this case, to calculate the Z-score, the mean and standard deviation were calculated within a pool of units, rather than across the entire university. Figure 3 is the equivalent of Fig. 1, showing the Z-scores for each metric for each unit.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 3: Individual metric Z-scores for each unit when Z-scores were computed within a pool. Mouse over to identify the metric represented by each point.
Figure 4 is the equivalent of Fig. 2, showing the average research score, when Z-scores were calculated within pools.
## Warning: Removed 3 rows containing missing values or values outside the scale range
## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 4: Average research score for each unit when individual Z-scores were calculated within pools. Mouse over to identify each point to unit.
Here are the raw data for instructional metrics for each unit.
| name | pool | instructional_sch_4Y_share_growth | all_majors_share_growth | instructional_sch_2024 | total_majors_n_2024 | instructional_sch_to_instructional_fte_2024 | budget_to_sch_2024 | total_realizable_base_tuition_less_budget_2024 | avg_retention_rate_2024 | ratio_completions_majors_2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALEC | Agriculture | 0.0002856 | -0.0018326 | 6618.80 | 149 | 570.19 | 205.01 | 1092199.71 | 0.9174 | 0.2819 |
| Agricultural Economics | Agriculture | -0.0018129 | -0.0013908 | 6245.00 | 327 | 764.38 | 261.50 | 616379.59 | 0.9211 | 0.2446 |
| Agronomy and Horticulture | Agriculture | -0.0012897 | -0.0004808 | 10442.11 | 347 | 518.22 | 258.24 | 1910448.73 | 0.8839 | 0.2594 |
| Animal Science | Agriculture | -0.0017958 | -0.0023322 | 6467.00 | 406 | 595.87 | 333.13 | 554651.85 | 0.8706 | 0.2562 |
| Biochemistry | Agriculture | 0.0008973 | 0.0005319 | 4703.10 | 419 | 631.80 | 189.41 | 1505954.62 | 0.8805 | 0.2267 |
| Biological Systems Engineering | Agriculture | -0.0040599 | -0.0023668 | 4922.42 | 324 | 493.72 | 301.89 | 823372.36 | 0.9142 | 0.2623 |
| Entomology | Agriculture | 0.0003191 | 0.0005570 | 3485.00 | 124 | 771.02 | 168.12 | 1008544.02 | NA | 0.2016 |
| Food Science and Technology | Agriculture | 0.0033570 | -0.0012666 | 6352.11 | 138 | 625.83 | 228.61 | 829131.92 | 0.9189 | 0.4855 |
| Plant Pathology | Agriculture | -0.0002511 | 0.0002467 | 709.00 | 64 | 236.18 | 702.52 | 16759.59 | NA | 0.1875 |
| School of Natural Resources | Agriculture | 0.0010176 | 0.0010343 | 8188.39 | 495 | 523.34 | 304.62 | 1060098.27 | 0.8134 | 0.2444 |
| Veterinary Medicine | Agriculture | -0.0001780 | -0.0000220 | 1919.31 | 144 | 427.46 | 1139.21 | -988438.73 | 0.8179 | 0.1597 |
| Nebraska Coop | Agriculture | NA | NA | 120.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Architecture | Architecture | 0.0025541 | 0.0032436 | 8061.00 | 403 | 663.31 | 174.21 | 1394805.58 | 0.8483 | 0.2680 |
| Community & Regional Planning | Architecture | 0.0002444 | 0.0007432 | 1034.00 | 41 | 369.42 | 219.84 | 350355.97 | NA | 0.3659 |
| Interior Design | Architecture | -0.0002476 | 0.0019887 | 2592.00 | 158 | 522.37 | 147.97 | 416360.82 | 0.9154 | 0.2215 |
| Landscape Architecture | Architecture | 0.0000636 | -0.0001583 | 466.00 | 38 | 277.38 | 263.96 | 108147.00 | NA | 0.1316 |
| Raikes School | Business | 0.0018204 | NA | 3032.40 | NA | 862.70 | 340.54 | 63927.28 | NA | NA |
| College of Law | Business and Law | 0.0022083 | 0.0035221 | 13998.76 | 465 | 613.31 | 292.42 | 5326597.83 | NA | 0.3398 |
| Finance | Business and Law | -0.0036245 | -0.0067249 | 14043.00 | 1070 | 1550.00 | 100.96 | 4919996.84 | 0.8940 | 0.2402 |
| Management | Business and Law | 0.0018514 | 0.0023313 | 20650.00 | 645 | 1937.15 | 67.55 | 6789269.44 | 0.8426 | 0.2915 |
| Marketing | Business and Law | 0.0018855 | 0.0042545 | 12272.00 | 751 | 1524.66 | 69.30 | 5082139.89 | 0.8590 | 0.2650 |
| Accountancy | Business and Law | 0.0012937 | 0.0021775 | 17531.00 | 657 | 1853.17 | 114.85 | 5838755.52 | 0.8793 | 0.2953 |
| Supply Chain Management & Analytics | Business and Law | 0.0018464 | -0.0006396 | 9317.00 | 122 | 1217.91 | 95.80 | 3428170.20 | 0.8983 | 0.3934 |
| Journalism | Communications | -0.0044955 | -0.0013509 | 4086.50 | 162 | 583.79 | 191.98 | 4864392.76 | 0.9073 | 0.2222 |
| Advertising | Communications | 0.0006865 | -0.0048878 | 10806.00 | 646 | 871.10 | 100.45 | 1473387.09 | 0.9231 | 0.2817 |
| Broadcasting | Communications | -0.0013442 | 0.0006822 | 2935.50 | 212 | 511.14 | 203.17 | -128750.75 | 0.8857 | 0.1887 |
| Communication Studies | Communications | -0.0003331 | -0.0016913 | 10886.00 | 160 | 1209.02 | 80.59 | 3876870.45 | 0.8442 | 0.3250 |
| Sports Communication | Communications | 0.0036503 | 0.0066267 | 2838.00 | 429 | 656.94 | NA | NA | 0.8733 | 0.1422 |
| Educational Administration | Education | -0.0007162 | -0.0015043 | 2843.00 | 188 | 259.16 | 479.98 | 190309.19 | NA | 0.2979 |
| Educational Psychology | Education | -0.0001863 | 0.0017586 | 9203.00 | 114 | 939.66 | 174.69 | 3049129.91 | NA | 0.2982 |
| Special Education | Education | -0.0018971 | -0.0028754 | 8568.00 | 467 | 367.65 | 142.43 | 3424933.54 | 0.9129 | 0.3041 |
| TLTE | Education | -0.0016796 | -0.0034539 | 13888.00 | 999 | 656.05 | 170.62 | 3425841.54 | 0.8794 | 0.2152 |
| TMFD | Education | -0.0014535 | -0.0015231 | 3018.00 | 98 | 656.09 | 196.85 | 811267.09 | 0.7692 | 0.2143 |
| CYFS | Education | 0.0006768 | -0.0034046 | 9633.00 | 547 | 514.03 | 187.18 | 3093648.64 | 0.8500 | 0.3199 |
| Nutrition & Health Sciences | Education | -0.0011543 | 0.0021528 | 10691.00 | 1049 | 843.47 | 113.78 | 5596563.49 | 0.8527 | 0.1849 |
| Chemical Engineering | Engineering | 0.0003850 | -0.0004593 | 2426.00 | 189 | 319.21 | 573.25 | 10279.20 | 0.8911 | 0.1534 |
| Architectural Engineering | Engineering | 0.0034216 | 0.0034889 | 12071.94 | 1089 | 561.28 | 243.72 | -381211.26 | 0.8508 | 0.2075 |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Engineering | 0.0009910 | 0.0017169 | 7864.00 | 306 | 426.23 | 421.73 | -927018.97 | 0.8252 | 0.1797 |
| School of Computing | Engineering | 0.0048025 | 0.0071102 | 17358.00 | 1162 | 934.48 | 207.10 | 4551740.25 | 0.8459 | 0.1575 |
| Mechanical & Materials Engineering | Engineering | -0.0007383 | 0.0025480 | 11384.06 | 767 | 660.90 | 232.40 | 2637344.47 | 0.8423 | 0.1695 |
| Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering | -0.0008785 | 0.0013980 | 7275.00 | 395 | 490.39 | 318.55 | 35411.43 | 0.8792 | 0.1646 |
| Music | Fine Arts | 0.0038943 | 0.0001050 | 20830.00 | 371 | 751.31 | 189.72 | 5513672.39 | 0.8654 | 0.2156 |
| Theatre & Film | Fine Arts | -0.0027078 | 0.0033580 | 5429.00 | 238 | 400.66 | 394.99 | 1179349.27 | 0.8750 | 0.1471 |
| Art Art History & Design | Fine Arts | 0.0017059 | 0.0021304 | 11000.00 | 432 | 656.72 | 151.96 | 2288855.24 | 0.8447 | 0.1968 |
| Classics & Religious Studies | Humanities | 0.0056992 | -0.0008392 | 7951.00 | 34 | 1827.82 | 69.87 | 2593110.92 | NA | 0.4412 |
| English | Humanities | -0.0026772 | -0.0019559 | 21403.00 | 366 | 910.04 | 141.36 | 6231783.26 | 0.7964 | 0.2459 |
| History | Humanities | -0.0029373 | -0.0003234 | 13022.50 | 198 | 1221.85 | 109.54 | 3680413.74 | 0.8864 | 0.2475 |
| Modern Languages & Literatures | Humanities | -0.0015760 | -0.0024591 | 14218.50 | 179 | 572.10 | 144.06 | 4150436.94 | 0.8605 | 0.2514 |
| Philosophy | Humanities | -0.0001172 | 0.0006145 | 5989.00 | 90 | 1618.65 | 94.24 | 2067751.03 | NA | 0.1556 |
| Chemistry | Sciences | 0.0030767 | -0.0006956 | 21704.90 | 198 | 2022.82 | 81.65 | 8656406.91 | 0.8080 | 0.2020 |
| Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | Sciences | -0.0010143 | -0.0005203 | 4671.00 | 111 | 680.90 | 224.92 | 1487970.49 | 0.7745 | 0.2342 |
| Mathematics | Sciences | -0.0060076 | -0.0037396 | 31698.75 | 381 | 1518.28 | 85.02 | 10843140.20 | 0.8390 | 0.2572 |
| Physics & Astronomy | Sciences | -0.0022363 | -0.0003983 | 12268.00 | 184 | 1061.98 | 134.16 | 4546975.81 | 0.7723 | 0.1630 |
| Biological Sciences | Sciences | 0.0004908 | 0.0057907 | 23372.00 | 810 | 1568.59 | 95.22 | 5352768.67 | 0.8624 | 0.2074 |
| CSMCE | Sciences | -0.0000384 | NA | 770.25 | NA | 1925.63 | 61.34 | NA | NA | NA |
| Statistics | Sciences | -0.0013281 | 0.0003265 | 6775.00 | 66 | 1278.30 | 165.68 | 2635845.67 | NA | 0.0909 |
| Economics | Social Sciences | -0.0064238 | -0.0041222 | 14435.00 | 225 | 2136.30 | 63.78 | 6194470.23 | 0.8797 | 0.2933 |
| Ethnic Studies | Social Sciences | -0.0000026 | -0.0004835 | 279.00 | 14 | 89.67 | 1327.28 | 107892.57 | NA | 0.2857 |
| Political Science | Social Sciences | -0.0014493 | -0.0031561 | 7768.00 | 335 | 927.63 | 163.58 | 2013696.05 | 0.8672 | 0.3164 |
| Psychology | Social Sciences | 0.0019163 | 0.0080852 | 25616.00 | 1303 | 2330.25 | 54.67 | 10023955.95 | 0.8087 | 0.2210 |
| Sociology | Social Sciences | -0.0026855 | -0.0027933 | 7254.00 | 124 | 1405.27 | 125.02 | 2097544.90 | 0.7255 | 0.1855 |
| Womens & Gender Studies | Social Sciences | -0.0002415 | -0.0002117 | 669.00 | 32 | 430.23 | 229.36 | 695714.32 | NA | 0.2188 |
| SGIS | Social Sciences | 0.0018139 | -0.0023259 | 11923.00 | 270 | 932.50 | 120.91 | 3925296.84 | 0.8512 | 0.3000 |
Similarly, Fig. 5 plots the Z-scaled instructional metrics for each unit. You can mouse over each point to see which metric is being plotted. Interestingly, here we see much more spread within each unit. There are few units whose metrics are very tightly grouped; the norm is to have some metrics on which a unit scores quite well, and some where it scores quite low.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 5: Z-scaled instructional metrics for each unit.
Fig. 6 shows the average instructional score for each unit when Z-scores are calculated across the entire University.
Figure 6: Average instructional score for each unit.
Similarly, we can recalculate the individual Z-scores within each pool of units and plot those. Fig. 7 is the equivalent of Fig. 5.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 7: Z-scaled instructional metrics for each unit when Z-scores are calculated within each pool.
Finally, Fig. 8 shows the average instructional score when individual metric Z-scores were calculated within a pool.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 8: Average instructional score for each unit when individual metric Z-scores are calculated within a pool.
Fig. 9 shows research and teaching scores plotted together when component metric Z-scores are calculated across the entire University.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 9: Research and teaching scores when individual metrics are calculated across the entire University.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 10: Research and teaching scores when individual metrics are calculated across the entire University, highlighting the programs that have been chosen for elimination or restructuring.
Fig. 11 shows research and teaching scores plotted together when component metric Z-scores are calculated within pools.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 11: Research and teaching scores when individual metrics are calculated across the entire University.
Fig. 12 shows research and teaching scores plotted together when component metric Z-scores are calculated within pools, highlighting programs that are being eliminated or realigned.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 12: Research and teaching scores when individual metrics are calculated across the entire University.
Finally, we can combine research and teaching into a single composite score based on the weight given by each unit to research and instruction. research_weight is calculated as (percent_research)/(percent_teaching + percent_research); instruction_weight is calculated as (percent_teaching)/(percent_teaching + percent_research). percent_teaching is calcuated as sum(appointment_apportionment_percent_teaching_fte) / sum(appointment_apportionment_fte); that is, it is the percent of FTE in a unit that is apportioned to teaching. For example, if a department has 10 faculty, and 10 FTE, and everyone in the department’s apportionment is 50% research, 40% teaching, and 10% service, then the percent_teaching is 0.4; if two of those 10 people were actually 80% teaching, then the percent_teaching would be \((8*0.4 + 2*0.8)/10 = 4.8/10 = 0.48\). percent_research is calculated similarly.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 13: Weighted research and teaching scores when individual metrics are calculated across the entire University.
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## (`geom_interactive_point()`).Figure 14: Weighted overall score for each unit, by pool.