Research Support and Skill
Research Support
and
Skill
Development
for
Online
Graduate
Students
Students
Laura Knight Lynn, PhD, Executive Director
Daniel Salter, PhD Director, Strategic Research Initiatives Louis Milanesi PhD Director Research Quality Management Louis Milanesi, PhD Director, Research Quality Management
Center for Research Quality Walden University
Lee Stadtlander, PhD
School of Psychology School of Psychology Walden University
For
Discussion
Today
•
Walden
University
Background
C
t li i
R
h S
t
d Q
lit
•
Centralizing
Research
Support
and
Quality
Assurance
for
Students
•
Research
Quality
Assurance
Efforts
and
Findings
Walden
University
Background
History
•
Founded
in
1970
as
a
distance
‐
education
institution
to
assist
Colleges
•
Richard
W.
Riley
College
of
Education
&
Leadership
working
adults
with
completing
their
doctoral
education.
•
Accredited
by
the
Higher
Learning
Commission
of
the
North
Central
A
i ti
i
1990
•
College
of
Management
&
Technology
•
College
of
Health
Sciences
•
College
of
Social
&
Behavioral
Sciences
Association
since
1990.
•
Fully
owned
by
Laureate
Education,
Inc.
since
2004.
•
Launched
full
four
‐
year
d
d
i 2008
•
College
of
Undergraduate
Studies
Student
Demographics
undergraduate
programs
in
2008.
•
Curriculum
primarily
online
with
face
‐
to
‐
face
residencies
for
all
doctoral
programs
and
one
master’s
program; field experiences for some
g p
•
Winter
2012
Enrollment
=
49,142
•
5.1%
are
international
students
•
6911
doctoral
students
in
the
research
program;
field
experiences
for
some
Centralized
Research
Services
•
In
2007
research
services
for
students
and
faculty
were
centralized
under
the
Center
for
Research
Quality
y (
(CRQ)
)
•
CRQ
is
comprised
of
the
following
offices:
–
Office
of
Student
Research
Administration
–
Office
of
Research
Quality
Management
–
Office
O ce o
of
Research
esea c
Ethics
cs a d o p a ce
and
Compliance
History
of
Research
Enhancement
Initiatives
2004 Walden
2009‐2010
Revised
Research
2011 Wave II
External Walden Dissertation Rubric Research Course Sequence External
Evaluation of
Dissertations
2007
CRQ Forms
Doctoral Task Force
2010 Wave I External
Evaluation of
2011‐2013
Implementation
of Revised
Doctoral Task Force
Recommendations
Evaluation of
Dissertations Assessment
Tools, Resources
“Rockman” Wave I and Wave II Studies
Rockman
Wave
I
and
Wave
II
Studies
•
Wave
I
participants
(N=48)
were
tenured
professors from Research I (Research
•
The
comparison
group
was
benchmarked
against two nationally recognized
professors
from
Research
I
(Research
University/Very
High)
universities
•
Wave
II
participants
(N=55)
were
associate
or
full
professors
from
peer
institutions
in
against
two
nationally
recognized
authorities
on
higher
education
–
Carnegie
classifications
to
align
to
structural
similarities
in
program
arrays
Th S
f E
d D
one
of
the
four
academic
disciplines
examined
in
Wave
I.
•
The
Wave
II
study
sought
to
expand
on
the first study by
–
The
Survey
of
Earned
Doctorates
to
align
to
the
scholar
practitioner
career
trajectories
of
our
graduates
the
first
study
by
–
Affording
a
contrast
of
Walden
dissertation
quality
to
the
quality
of
dissertations
from
other
universities
–
Providing
a
comparison
to
universities
that
are
more
closely
aligned
to
Walden’s
mission
that
embraces
open
access
to
education
Universities Included in the Wave I & II Studies
Universities
Included
in
the
Wave
I
&
II
Studies
Wave I Study Wave II Study
Arizona State University University of Connecticut Brown University University of Hawaii Florida State University University of Illinois Indiana University University of Iowa
Andrews University Seton Hall University Barry University Tennessee State University
i i ' i i
Indiana University University of Iowa Michigan State University University of Kentucky Ohio State University University of Massachusetts,
Amherst
Penn State University University of Miami
Duquesne University Texas Woman's University East Carolina University University of Northern Colorado
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Penn State University University of Miami UC Berkeley University of Minnesota UC San Diego University of Pittsburgh UCLA University of South Florida
Fielding Graduate University University of San Francisco Indiana University of PA University of South Dakota Louisiana Tech University of the Pacific University of Alabama at
Birmingham
University of Utah
University of Arizona University of Washington University of Colorado,
B ld
University of Wisconsin‐
M di
y Morgan State University
Doctoral
Quality
Ratings
of
External
Faculty
of
Walden
Dissertations
versus
Comparison
p
Universities
The
study
was
designed
to
examine
the
quality
of
Walden
dissertations
against
dissertations
from
peer
i
i
i
institutions.
Among
a
randomly
selected
set
of
23
peer
dissertations
and
a
set
of
32
randomly selected Walden
randomly
selected
Walden
dissertations,
no
statistical
differences
were
found
in
doctoral
quality.
*1 = significantly below minimal doctoral
quality, 2 = somewhat below, 3 = meets
i i l d t l lit t ti 4 minimal doctoral quality expectations, 4 =
somewhat above, 5 = significantly above
