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ContentsIntroductionBackground....................................................................................................................................................3Medical and Engineering Programs................................................................................................................4<strong><strong>The</strong>Center</strong> at Six Years.....................................................................................................................................4<strong>The</strong> Advisory Board, <strong>The</strong> Staff and Institutional Support................................................................................6Deconstructing University Rankings: Medicine and Engineering, andSingle Campus <strong>Research</strong> CompetitivenessFinding Number One.....................................................................................................................................7Measuring Market Share.................................................................................................................................7<strong>The</strong> Challenge of Comparability.....................................................................................................................8<strong>The</strong> Magic of Medicine and Engineering........................................................................................................9<strong>The</strong> Medicine and Engineering Data..............................................................................................................9Impact on Rankings.....................................................................................................................................11Some Observations on Institutional Profiles.................................................................................................12Deconstructing the <strong>Research</strong> University and the Search for Number One....................................................16Appendix...............................................................................................19Data Tables.....................................................................................27-228Part I: <strong>The</strong> <strong>Top</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Universities</strong>....................................27<strong>Universities</strong> Ranking in the <strong>Top</strong> 25 Nationally.............................................................................................28<strong>Universities</strong> Ranking in the <strong>Top</strong> 26-50 Nationally........................................................................................30Private <strong>Universities</strong> Ranking in the <strong>Top</strong> 25 among Privates...........................................................................32Public <strong>Universities</strong> Ranking in the <strong>Top</strong> 25 among Publics............................................................................34Private <strong>Universities</strong> Ranking in the <strong>Top</strong> 26-50 among Privates.....................................................................36Public <strong>Universities</strong> Ranking in the <strong>Top</strong> 26-50 among Publics.......................................................................36Part II: <strong><strong>The</strong>Center</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Universities</strong>...............................................41Total <strong>Research</strong> Expenditures.........................................................................................................................42Federal <strong>Research</strong> Expenditures......................................................................................................................50<strong>Research</strong> by Major Discipline.......................................................................................................................58Endowment Assets........................................................................................................................................66Annual Giving..............................................................................................................................................74National Academy Membership...................................................................................................................82Faculty Awards.............................................................................................................................................90Doctorates Awarded.....................................................................................................................................98Postdoctoral Appointees.............................................................................................................................106SAT Scores.................................................................................................................................................114National Merit and Achievement Scholars..................................................................................................122Change: <strong>Research</strong>.......................................................................................................................................130Change: Private Support and Doctorates....................................................................................................138<strong>The</strong> <strong>Top</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Research</strong> <strong>Universities</strong> 2005Page

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