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Hello, my name is Stephen Axelrad – the founder and chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation Topical Interest Group.  One of the reasons why I wanted to start this TIG was to broaden the military’s understanding of what program evaluation is and broaden program evaluator’s understandings of what the military community is.  While there …

Memorial Day Week: Defining Evaluation in the Military by Stephen Axelrad Read More »

Hello! It’s Stephen Axelrad and Lara Hilton, the Co-Chairs of the Military and Veteran Evaluation TIG. We will be sharing experiences evaluating military programs where context can sometime constrain design. This information should be of interest to a broad group of evaluators who assess programs where the setting may dictate or limit the kinds of …

MVE TIG Week: Military Evaluation Methods: Maintaining Rigor when Context Limits Design Choices by Stephen Axelrad and Lara Hilton Read More »

Hello, my name is Stephen Axelrad. I am the founder and chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group (TIG).  I am excited to kick off MVE TIG Week on AEA365.  I founded this TIG to raise awareness and promote greater use of AEA guiding principles and evaluation theory and methods in …

MVE TIG Week: Being at the “tip of the spear” of important social issues: Why evaluators should pay attention to the military in understanding and contributing to positive social change? By Stephen Axelrad Read More »

Hello, I am Stephen Axelrad the chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group. One of the reasons why I wanted to start this TIG was to help evaluators navigate the complex web of stakeholders in the military community. Many evaluators have little to no experience in the military and its formal structure. …

MVE TIG Week: Engaging Military Stakeholders in Military Evaluations by Stephen Axelrad Read More »

Hello, I’m Stephen Axelrad. As the chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group, one of the reasons why I wanted to start this TIG was to broaden the military’s understanding of what program evaluation is and broaden program evaluator’s understandings of what the military community is. While there are pockets of …

MVE TIG Week: Stephen Axelrad on Defining Evaluation in the Military Read More »

Hello, I’m Stephen Axelrad. As the chair of the Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Topical Interest Group, I am very excited to introduce this upcoming week for AEA365 dedicate to military and veteran issues in evaluation. Last month, we made our Annual Conference debut. This week is an opportunity of us to introduce our TIG …

MVE TIG Week: Stephen Axelrad on Military and Veteran Evaluation (MVE) Week Read More »