Appendix E

 Most Recent CUDCP Biennial Survey 

Biennial Survey of Clinical Psychology Program Directors:  1998

 Present Response                 N=97  (61% of Membership) 

 

1998

1996

1994

Ph.D. Degree Offered

93%

91%

94%

Accredited

96%

97%

97%

Training Model

 

 

 

Scientist-Practitioner

80%

71%

87%

Clinical Scientist

7%

19%

8% 

Practitioner

3%

3%

3%

Practitioner-Scientist

5%

 

 

Other

4%

6%

2%

University Based

94%

88%

91%

Health Center Affiliation

19%

20%

 

 

Member of NCSPP

5%

Member of APPIC 

79%

Member of APCS

24%

  

Top Two Specializations (We Combined First and Second Choices)

 

 

 

Clinical Child

51%

Family Systems/Therapy

8%

Behavioral Medicine

22%

Gerontological Psychology

6%

Clinical Neuropsychology

13%

Forensic Psychology

5%

Community Psychology

10%

Pediatric Psychology

4%

Other = 30%  (Health = 7%; Adult = 7%; Many Others) 

Primary Theoretical Orientation

 

Cognitive-Behavioral/Social Learning   

68%

Psychodynamic/Psychoanalytic/Ego-analytic

8%

Applied Behavioral/Behavioral Analytic 

8%

Systems Theory 

1%

Humanistic/Existential/Phenomenological  

0%

Other 

14%

                                                 Relative Emphasis of Clinical (=1) To Research (=7) Activities 

Mean = 4.6 (S.D. = 1.10);  Mode = 4;    Median = 4

 

Current Students and Recent Admissions (Comparisons to Previous Surveys) 

 

1998 (SD)

1996

1994

1990

First Four Years 

31.7 (15.3)

38.1

37.1

38.6

Total Students

50.8 (25.3)

57.1

57.0

57.8

Percentage Women

71%

68%

68%

65%

Percentage Minority Men 

6%

 

 

 

Percentage Minority women

15%

 

 

 

Percentage Minority

21%

18%

19%

12%

Percentage Challenged (ADA)

2%

1%

 

 

Number of Applicants

197 (99.1)

229

274

217

Number Accepted

14  (  7.9)

16

15

19

Number Enrolled

8  (  4.0)

10

9

10

% 1st Year support

87% (28.9)

84%

 

 

                        (2.6 to 1 Ratio of Minority Women to Men; Constant 1998-1996)

 

Funding and Financial Aid

% of Students Funded on Grad Assistantships (GAs)

1998

1996

First Year

82% (29%)

90%

Second -Fourth

78% (25%)

81%

Fifth and Above

36% (35%)

37%

 

Hours Worked as GA

M = 15.9 (S.D. = 4.24)

Mode = 20

Median = 16

 

 

1998

1996

1994

1990

Estimated Direct Support

$9,654

$10,254

$8,958

$7,161

Indirect Support

$8,818

$ 6,979

 

 

 

Tuition Waiver

Full = 66%

Partial = 21%

None = 13%

 

Worth of Waiver

$7704 ($5680)

Range  $400 - $23,000

Medical Benefits

Yes = 35%

No = 65%

Estimated  Worth

$941 ($927)

Range $250 - $2655

 Financial aid data are probably not reliable.  It was difficult to compute actual support because so much variation existed both within and across programs (e.g., 9-month vs. 10 month or more; in-state vs. out-of-state tuition, provision of fellowship support to some students, different response rates across categories, etc.).

 Sources of Graduate Support 

 

Programs Tapping Source

M Students/Program

Median

Range/Program

Federal Sources

 

 

 

 

National Institute of Health

57

5.5  (  4.8)

5

1 - 30

National Science Foundation

16

1.7  (  0.7)

2

1 – 3

Health and Human Services

15

5.1  (10.4)

2

1 – 42

Department of Defense

7

1.4  (  0.8)

1

1 – 3

Other Federal Sources

31

4.1  (  5.5)

2

1 – 30

Non-Federal Sources

 

 

 

 

University

85

20.2  (12.5)

18

1 – 94

State or Local Government

42

6.3  (  6.9)

3

1 – 30

Non-Profit Agencies

36

6.0  (  5.4)

4

1 – 23

For-Profit Institutions

15

1.8  (  0.9)

2

1 – 3

Charitable Organizations

10

3.1  (  2.6)

2

1 – 10

 

About Our Faculty

 

1998

1996

1994

1990

Total In Department

25.5  (13.6)

27.3

29.5

28.2

Women In Department

9.5 ( 5.9)

8.7

7.9

 

Total In Program

9.5 ( 3.9)

9.0

9.6

9.8

Women In Program

3.2 ( 1.7)

3.2

3.1

3.0

Instructors’ Salary

$32,443 ($  9,616)

$34,847

$26,500

$28,714

Assistant Professor

$43,817 ($  4,817)

$42,034

$39,000

$32,422

Associate Professor

$52,773 ($  7,535)

$52,185

$45,100

$40,451

Full Professor

$73,088 ($13,707)

$67,890

$59,300

$54,572

 

Adjunct Faculty and Hiring Needs

Adjunct Faculty Hired

Men =   5.56  (7.4)

Women = 4.13  (6.4)

Core Faculty Lost

Men =   1.08  (1.0)

Women = 0.46  (0.6)

Anticipated Hiring

Mean = 1.59  (1.2)

Range            0-4.5

 

By Program

21 programs = 0 hires

25 = 1

25 = 2

11 = 3

4 = 4

                

Specialized Hiring Targets

(63% of Programs)

 

 

Child Clinical

11%

Neuropsychology

6%

Behavioral Health

7%

Developmental

5%

          Many Others (Gerontological Psychology; Addictions; Hearing Impaired; Rural; Anxiety Disorders; Native American)

 

About Us As Clinical Directors 

 

Men = 63%

Women = 37%

Full Professor

 

 

Service Length

7.7 Years

6.2 Years

Mean Salary

$85,930

$72,675

Associate Professor

 

 

Service Length

3.5 Years

2.4 Years

Mean Salary

$58,081

$61,673

Overall (n=79 of 97 respondents)   5.7 Years   $74,129  ($20,642)  (mdn and mode = $71,000)

 

Appointment Basis

 

9-Month

30%

9 Month+Summer

36%)

10-Month

4%

11-Month

8%

12 Month

23%)

 Since many have requested a more detailed breakdown of salary, these data are presented on page 7.

 

Combat Duty “Perks” and Other Information

 

 

 

Reduced Teaching Load *

89%

Control Clinic Budget

23%

Extra Graduate Assistants        

20%

Own Secretary

38%

Salary Bonuses

12%

Own Travel Budget

31%

Higher Percent Raises

2%

Control Program Budget

24%

Teach Summer Practica

32%

Member of CUDCP Net

84%

Have Read DCT Manual

79%

Average Helpfulness Rating

3.28 (out of 4)

                           * Modal Reduction = 50%; one course

 

About Our Psychological Clinics 

75 Programs (77% Have their Own Psychology Clinics,

Which Are directed By

 

Directors of Clinical Training

18% (Poor Wretches!!)

Tenure-Track Faculty

62%

Non-Tenure Track Faculty

20%

 

Clinic Directors appointed for:

 

 

 

12-months

67%

10-months

8%

11-months

10%

9-months

15%

Full-time

57%

Half-Time

19%

Three-Quarter Time

2%

One-Quarter Time

9%

 

Curriculum Issues 

Psychological Assessment Hours

Hours

Mdn

Mode

Required

117  (63.8)

112

84

Optional

63  (51.4)

42

42

Hours Required for:

 

 

 

Interviewing

26.0  (22.3)

20

42

Intellectual Assessment

35.3  (17.1)

40

42

Objective Personality

27.3  (15.0)

26

42

Projective Assessment

19.9  (19.2)

17

42

 

Reasons for Teaching Projectives

 

Faculty believe in utility of such devices

47%

Faculty believe helps students obtain internship

49%

Students have interests in using devices

20%

Other (2 clusters; should know VS limitations)

21%

 

Offer Post-doctoral Respecialization?

14%

 

 

Courses Offered In

Is Course New?
(Within 2 Years)

Ethics/Professional Issues

91%

27%

Multicultural Issues

87%

34%

Program Evaluation

49%

17%

Supervision

37%

14%

Consultation

29%

11%

Other Innovative Course1

23%

 


1
Two Clusters Emerged - Skills Training emphasized issues such as grant writing, resume preparation; internship interviewing, etc; Specialty Areas included rural or urban health issues, specialized populations, substance abuse, etc. 

Practicum Teaching Load

M =     2.7 credits

Modal = 3 credits

Students

M =    4.7

( 2.0;   Range 2-12)

Contact Hours

M =  12.6

(21.1;  Range 1-90)

 

Internship and Job Placements 

Hours of Student Involvement in Required Practica

 

First Year

M =   3.8 (  3.9)

Second Year

M = 11.0 (11.1)

Third Year

M = 13.0  (11.4)

Fourth Year

M = 11.3  (12.9)

 

Intern Applicants Per Clinical Program

M = 7.7

(3.95; 1 - 31)

As a % of total number

Applicants Placed on “UND”

M = 7.0

(3.73; 0 - 28)

M = 90%  (16%)

Applicants Placed Later

M = 0.5

(1.40; 0 - 11)

 

Placed At Accredited Sites

M = 7.0

(3.87; 0-11)

M = 91%  (17%)

Placed At Full-Time Funded Sites

M = 6.9

(3.93; 0-29)

M = 89%  (22%)

  

Placed At Less Than Full-Time Funded

(Combines Other Categories)               M = 0.5       (2.07; 0 - 14)

11 Programs; 7 had 1 such placement; 1 each had 2, 7, 13, and 14)

 

Unplaced (Combines current, 2 yr.,>2 years) M = 0.6       (1.18; 0 -  6)

32 Programs; 16 had 1 non-placement; 9 = 2; 5 = 3; 2 had 6 students unplaced

 

Number of Sites applied To                             M = 11.3    (3.59; 1 - 20)

 

APPIC Hours

 

Direct Services

M =  1166     (1205; 300 - 9229)

Indirect services

M =    689     (  409;   75 - 2000)

Supervision Received

M =    449     (  327; 144 - 2072)

 These data were based on only 57 respondents and were inflated by a single program outlier who reported 9229 and 2072 hours of direct service and supervision; after removal the results are: 

APPIC Hours

M

SD; Range

Mdn

Mode

Direct Services

1022

526; 300 - 2661

926

500

Indirect services

688

408;   75 - 2000

570

400

Supervision Received

419

243; 144 - 1575

360

200

 

Our Graduates 

Graduates   (1997-98)

M =  8.0

(5.37; 0 - 32)

Years to Completion

M =  6.4

(1.19; 4 - 9.5)

 

 

 

Graduates   (1996-97)

M =  7.5

(4.65; 0 - 26)

Years To Completion

M =  6.6

(1.14; 4 - 10)

 

 

 

Graduates   (1991-96)

M = 36.1

(19.7;  0 - 127)

Years To Completion

M =   6.7

( 1.25; 4 - 10)

 

Primary Professional Activity of 1991-96 Graduates (Number of Students) 

Therapy

M = 14.0

Assessment

M =  5.8

Consulting

M = 3.2

Research

M =  5.7

Administration

M = 2.9

Teaching

M =  5.4

Supervision

M = 2.4

 

 

 

Primary Occupational sites of 1991-96 Graduates (Number of Students)

Independent Practice

M = 5.5

State/County Hospital

M = 1.0

University Teaching Faculty

M = 5.4

Medical Center

M = 5.2

Community Mental Health Center

M = 3.4

Student

M = 0.3

University Counseling Center

M = 1.6

Public General Hospital

M = 1.5

VA Medical Center

M = 1.4

Not Currently Employed

M = 0.4 (0 - 3)

All Other Sites

<1 Person

 

 

                            

Our Top 10 Issues and Concerns 

These data are organized in two ways.  Your average ratings of importance reflect the best estimate of membership’s concern about each issue (1 = no problem to 5 = major problem); frequency data describe the percentage of members who endorsed each issue as one of the two most important for CUDCP to focus on. 

 

Mean

Frequency

 

Mean

Frequency

Appropriate Job Markets

3.6

31%

Gender Balance

2.7

5%

Managed Care Issues

3.3

8%

Curriculum Development

2.5

10%

Funding of Students

3.2

18%

Science-Practice Integration

2.5

25%

Internship Placements

3.2

20%

Diversity in Student Group

2.5

4%

State Legislation of Practice

2.8

6%

Faculty Development

2.3

3%

 Four Programs reported having had to deal with various law suits.

 

                                                                                            Additional Selected Analyses

 Additional statistical analyses addressed specific issues that members raised at the CUDCP meeting.  Salary data are tricky to interpret because only 55 of the 97 respondents provided information specific enough to permit analysis by cell and cross-tabulating the figures by length of appointment, rank, and gender within rank yields small sample sizes.  Overall salaries reported on page 4 involve a larger sample and are inflated by one anonymous outlier that is 75% larger than the next highest salary.  Nonetheless, here they are:                                                                                         

Appointment Basis

Salary

Appointment Basis

Salary

Nine-Month

 

Ten-Month

 

Associate Professor

 

Full Professor

 

Male (n = 1

$44,814

Male  (n = 2)

$72,400

Female (n = 4)

$46,657

Female (n = 0)                                           

 

Full Professor

 

Eleven-Month

 

Male (n = 7)

$78,662

Associate Professor

 

Female  (n = 3)

$70,773

Male  (n = 1)

$60,000

 

 

Female  (n = 1)

$67,500

Nine Month + Summer

 

 

 

Associate Professor

 

Full Professor

 

Male (n = 6)

$57,200

Male  (n = 0)

 

Female  (n = 3)

$53,647

Female (n = 2)

$67,500

Full Professor

 

 

 

Male (n = 5)

$75,500

Twelve-Month

 

Female (n = 5)

$68,400

Associate Professor

 

Ten-Month

 

Male (n = 2)

$59,000

Female  (n = 3)

$79,333

 

 

Associate Professor

 

Full Professor

 

Male (n = 0)

 

Male (n = 8)

$84,437

Female (n = 0)

 

Female  (n - 2

$78,000

 Multiple analytic strategies (e.g., ANCOVA covarying out length of service revealed a significant main effect for rank, but not gender. 

                  Relationships Between Faculty/Student Ratio, Admission Selectivity and Selected Variables 

Several members requested information pertaining to correlates of ratio of students to faculty and ratio of applicants to students who were offered admission (not final class size).  To ensure adequate sample size, we assessed FTE of clinical faculty via an internet search of programs that did not provide this information on the survey.  When we added these faculty data, it changed one conclusion that we had made during the CUDCP presentation.  The number of clinical faculty has not declined compared to size over the past decade as we then indicated.  The revised figure is reflected on page 3 of this survey. 

Student-Faculty Ratio

M =   6 to 1

Mdn =   5.2 to 1

(SD = 3.0)

Range = 1.7 - 20.7

Admission Selectivity 

M =  15.9

Mdn = 14.0

(SD = 9.6)

Range = 2.3 - 48.2

 These two variables are correlated -.36 (p,001), indicating that more selective programs have fewer students per faculty member.

Correlated Variable

Student-Faculty Ratio

Admission Selectivity

Research Emphasis

-.20

.34***

Required Assessment Hours

.55***

-.33**

Optional Assessment Hours

.45**

-.22

Average Internship Sites Applied To

.36***

-.42***

 Neither variable was significantly correlated with

·             Length of time to graduation for 1997, 1996, or 1991-95 cohorts

·             Number of graduates who endorse research, teaching, or clinical work as their primary professional activity

·             Clinical director’s length of service or salary

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