Management, Planning & Design | Blog Post
2019
What Grant Writers Need to Know About Evaluation
Fellow grant writers: Do you ever stop and ask yourselves, “Why do we write grants?” Do you actually enjoy herding cats, pulling...
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Management | Blog Post
2019
5 Tips for Evaluating Multisite Projects*
Conducting evaluations for multisite projects can present unique challenges and opportunities. For example, evaluators must be careful to ensure that consistent data...
None | Blog Post
2019
SWOT Analysis: What Is It? How Can It Be Useful?
Hello! My name is Cherie Avent, and I am a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. As a...
Planning & Design | Blog Post
2019
11 Important Things to Know About Evaluating Curriculum Development Projects*
Curriculum development projects are designed to create new content or present content to students in a new format with new activities or...
Planning & Design | Blog Post
2019
Completing a National Science Foundation Freedom of Information Act Request
You probably have heard of a FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) request, but it was probably in the context of journalism. Often,...
Management | Blog Post
2019
An Evaluative Approach to Proposal Development*
A student came into my office to ask me a question. Soon after she launched into her query, I stopped her and...
Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2019
LinkedIn for Alumni Tracking
Post-program outcomes for students are obviously huge indicators of success and primary metrics for measuring medium and long-term outcomes and impacts. EvaluATE’s...
Management | Blog Post
2019
Grant Evaluation: What Every PI Should Know and Do*
A number of years ago, the typical Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Principal Investigator (PI) deemed evaluation a necessary evil. As a PI,...
Data Collection and Analysis | Blog Post
2019
Alumni Tracking: The Ultimate Source for Evaluating Completer Outcomes
When examining student programs, evaluators can use many student outcomes (e.g., enrollments, completions, and completion rates) as appropriate measures of success. However, to...
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