The Survey of Earned Doctorates - USETDA 2021 Conference.
Channel: USETDA
Date: 2022-03-13

The Survey of Earned Doctorates - Tips on Compliance, Privacy and Institutional Data Resources.

Patricia Green
https://www.rti.org/
RTI International (contracted administrator by NSF for the Survey of Earned Doctorates), Project Director, Survey of Earned Doctorates

Peter Einaudi
https://www.rti.org/
RTI International (contracted administrator by NSF for the Survey of Earned Doctorates), Director, Systems Analysis and Programming

Abstract
This plenary panel presentation will explore the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED). We will begin with an overview of the survey and its uses, best practices to motivate respondents, and improved access to survey data using new data tools that can be used for analysis and planning.

The Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) gathers information annually from approximately 50,000 new research doctorate graduates from U.S. universities about their educational histories, funding sources, and post-doctoral plans.

Each year SED data are added to a historical record of doctoral graduates dating back to 1920. This Doctorate Records File (DRF) is used to track the number of graduates in various disciplines, follow their educational paths and movement into the labor market, and study related information about doctoral education.

The results of this annual survey provide an objective basis for policy decisions that aim to improve our system of doctoral education. Maintaining a high response rate is essential to the statistical integrity of the SED data and, thus, to the legitimacy of the policy decisions that rely on these data. Consequently, the SED project team works closely with each Graduate School Dean and their staff to help them distribute and collect the SED in ways that facilitate student cooperation without creating undue burden.

In addition to contributing to an accurate and complete data resource, participation in the SED gains your institution access to an institution profile (containing summary information) and an institution dataset.

Source: https://sedsurvey.org/

Keywords
ETD, electronic theses and dissertations, SED, Survey of Earned Doctorates, compliance, privacy, institutional data analysis

United States Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Association.

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