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Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George H.; Groen, Jeffrey A.; So, Eric; Price, Joseph – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2007
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation's Graduate Education Initiative (GEI) provided funding to 54 departments in the humanities and related social sciences during the 1990s to improve their PhD programs. This article estimates the aspects of PhD programs the GEI influenced and how these aspects influenced attrition and graduation probabilities. It uses…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Doctoral Programs, College Students, Graduation Rate
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Bickel, William E. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1984
An evaluation research capability was used to document the design and implementation of two programs in a large urban school district. This paper describes the research context, the origins of the role of resident evaluator, the broad functions of this role, and factors contributing to the usefulness of this approach. (BW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Utilization