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Planning & Design | Blog Post
2018

Becoming a Sustainability Sleuth: Leaving and Looking for Clues of Long-Term Impact

Hello! I’m Rebecca from SageFox Consulting Group, and I’d like to start a conversation about measuring sustainability. Many of us work on...

Management | Blog Post
2018

Successful Practices in ATE Evaluation Planning

In this essay, I identify what helps me create a strong evaluation plan when working with new Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program...

Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2018

Evaluation Feedback Is a Gift

I’m Christopher Lutz, chemistry faculty at Anoka-Ramsey Community College. When our project was initially awarded, I was a first-time National Science Foundation...

Communication, Dissemination, & Use of Results | Blog Post
2018

Creating Interactive Documents

In 2016, I was an intern at the Evaluation Office (EVAL) of the International Labour Organization, where the constant question was, “How...

Management | Blog Post
2018

Modifying Grant Evaluation Project Objectives

When performing grant evaluations, our clients develop specific project objectives to drive attainment of overall grant goals. We work with principal investigators...

Interpretation | Blog Post
2018

Measure What Matters: Time for Higher Education to Revisit This Important Lesson

If one accepts Peter Drucker’s premise that “what gets measured, gets managed,” then two things are apparent: measurement is valuable, but measuring...

Planning & Design | Blog Post
2018

Attending to culture, diversity, and equity in STEM program evaluation (Part 2)

In my previous post, I gave an overview of two strategies you can use to inform yourself about the theoretical aspect of...

Planning & Design | Blog Post
2018

Attending to culture, diversity, and equity in STEM program evaluation (Part 1)

The conversation, both practical and theoretical, surrounding culture, diversity, and equity in evaluation has increased in recent years. As many STEM education...

Management, Planning & Design | Blog Post
2018

Documenting Evaluations to Meet Changing Client Needs: Why an “Evaluation Plan” Isn’t Enough

No plan of action survives first contact with the enemy – Helmuth van Moltke (paraphrased) Evaluations are complicated examinations of complex phenomena....

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