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APPENDIX B: LIST OF ACRONYMS
Pages 175-177

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... BSALREAL Average real starting salary for baccalaureates in a particular field (obtained from the Endicott Report) BTOP20 Percentage of a cohort with a baccalaureate from an institution with a graduate program ranking in one of the top 20 according to the National Research Council's 1981-82 Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States BTOP40 Percentage of cohort with a baccalaureate from an institution with a graduate program ranking in one of the top 40 according to the National Research Council's 1981-82 Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States CASPAR Computer Aided Science Policy Analysis and Research System of the National Science Foundation CPC College Placement Council 175
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... Number of full-time equivalent faculty members Percentage of each cohort with a foreign baccalaureate degree Mean quantitative score from the Graduate Records Examination ; Mean verbal score from the Graduate Records Examination Percentage in each cohort who are Hispanic Student attributes (i.e., AGE, SAMEFLD, SELECT) Percentage of each doctorate cohort that are married National Survey of Hospital and Medical School Salaries produced at the University of Texas Institutional environment and policies (i.e., FORBACC, BTOP40, BCARN1ST, BCARN2ND, PTOP40, PCARN1ST, PCARN2ND, FACULTY, R&D)
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... SDRSAL10 Average real doctorate salary for doctorates 10 years after receipt of the degree (based on SDR data) Percentage of those in a DRF cohort seeking employment or postdoctorate study Percentage of each cohort from selective undergraduate colleges and universities Percentage of each cohort with federal support Percentage of each cohort reporting own earnings as primary source of support Percentage of each cohort with private foundation support Percentage of each cohort with research assistantship Percentage of each cohort with a teaching assistantship Percentage of the total doctorates who hold temporary visas Tuition and financial aid (i.e., TUITION, SUPPED SUPPRIV, SUPTA, SI3PRA)
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