Academic Analytics Rankings at the U of U
Academic Analytics recently ranked the Department of Special Education in the College
of Education 15th in the country with regard to faculty scholarly productivity. As Dr. Michael Hardman,
interim senior vice president for Academic Affairs stated, “These rankings are indicative
of the high quality and hard work of the U’s dedicated faculty and represent their
commitment to academic excellence."
The Academic Analytics Database includes information on over 270,000 faculty members associated with more than 9,000 doctoral programs and 10,000 departments at more than 385 universities in the United States and abroad. The rankings are based on a variety of data that include faculty publications (peer-reviewed journals and books), citations by others outside the respective university, federal research funding and awards and honors.