Strategic Plan

Strategies

Contribute to increasing the capacity and effectiveness of campus and community organizations by promoting the practice of evaluation research.

• Establish and maintain community partnerships.
• Conduct evaluations.
• Assist organizations in program evaluation.
• Offer a certificate program to students and members of the community;

Prepare competent evaluators.

• Create opportunities for students to develop and increase skills through hands on practice under the direction of expert research faculty.
• Offer courses that teach program evaluation and include evaluation projects in other classes.
• Provide internships.
• Offer a Certificate Program in Program Evaluation

Provide faculty and students with opportunities for applied research which could include the scholarship of engagement and the scholarship of teaching; Contribute to the improvement of the art and science of evaluation.

• Promote the recognition of evaluation research as valued scholarship for faculty and students.
• Sponsor professional development programs on campus.
• Identify additional funding for professional development opportunities.
• Facilitate collaborative research projects;

Produce high quality evaluations for campus and community groups.

• Recruit and implement appropriate projects.
• Match projects to faculty and classes.
• Coordinate a support and project management system to ensure the success of projects.
• Create a structure of support for students and faculty who will be continuously available to respond to requests for evaluation projects.