With contemporary requirements for objective measurement, program evaluation is a certain necessity. Most program evaluation is designed in response to external demands for assessment. Moreover, such evaluation is typically developed only after programs already exist. However, the proliferation of online learning provides new opportunities for…

The imperative for prospective teachers, school districts, Illinois policy makers and the public as a whole to know more about teacher preparation is the motivation behind this report. At the request of Advance Illinois, the authors evaluated 111 undergraduate and graduate programs in 53 education schools as well as three "independent…

The Product Design and Development (PDD) course is part of the graduate curriculum in the Engineering Design and Advanced Manufacturing (EDAM) study in the MIT-Portugal Program. The research participants included about 110 students from MIT, EDAM, and two universities in Portugal, Instituto Superior Técnico-Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (IST) and…

In the field of second/foreign language teaching, needs analysis is widely recognized as an essential step in curriculum design and program evaluation. A needs-based approach to Hebrew language education has been advocated by a number of researchers and educators. In a study that employed interviews and surveys, the Hebrew language learning needs…

As American society becomes increasingly diverse, it is paramount that university graduate programs produce culturally responsive leaders capable of synergistically energizing an increasingly heterogeneous work force. Inherent in this charge is the egalitarian approach to graduate program design. Culturally responsive leadership development is…

I investigate the nexus of gender, student ability, and post-baccalaureate (PB) program quality. This is the first general empirical study of graduate and professional educational investment to consider inter-field differences in quality and gender composition. A primary goal of this dissertation is to establish whether admissions policy can…

Sixty supervisors, 44 graduates of the undergraduate program and 47 master's program graduates, completed questionnaires to evaluate the special education program at Memphis State University. In addition, 26 supervisors and 70 graduates were interviewed. Results revealed that 10 program components were found to be very important or essential for…

THE MAJOR OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERIENCED-TEACHER FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN AMERICAN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS--(1) BY ASSISTING SELECTED, POTENTIALLY INFLUENTIAL TEACHERS TO PURSUE FULL-TIME GRADUATE EDUCATION IN SPECIALLY PLANNED COURSES OF STUDY, AND (2) BY FOSTERING AND STRENGTHENING AN INCREASED CONCERN…

What a realistic training program should require, given a broad scope of research methodology, is discussed. Considering the core of evaluation research training, the diversity of methodologies raises issues about what is to be taught and how the involvement of students in actual projects is discussed. (Author/GK)

Recounts the author's experiences as a graduate student in social psychology at Northwestern University at the time the training program for program evaluation was being established. Explains the importance of the early training for the evaluator's career. (SLD)

The National Study of New Professionals in Student Affairs is a year-long study of the transition of 90 new professionals to their first full-time job in the field. Data collection for this qualitative study was conducted monthly through an online survey system. We report findings of the study that bear on graduate program curricula,…

The Counselor Education Program at the University of Texas at Austin was designed to provide, through didactic learning, individuation, and various experiental activities, the opportunity for each student to achieve the greatest possible development of the knowledge, attitudes, and skills that characterize a Master's degree level professional…

In January of 1967 the Appraisals Committee of the Ontario Council of Graduate Schools was created to evaluate suggested programs for graduate degrees that would provide students with an educational opportunity fully consistent with the acceptable standards generally established for the relevant discipline in universities inside and outside…