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University-Based Centers

University-Based Centers TIG Week: Using an Asset-Based Approach for Understanding and Evaluating HBCUs by Adrian Neely

Greetings! My name is Adrian Neely. I am a Research Associate at the HBCU STEM US Center at Morehouse College. The mission of our center is to promote undergraduate success and retention of students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines. Our center includes STEM programs and interventions to support undergraduate student success …

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University-Based Centers TIG Week: How Do You Become an Evaluation Teaching Center? by Cathy Hearn, Vicki Bigelow, and Nate Phipps

Hi, we are Cathy Hearn, Vicki Bigelow, and Nate Phipps of the University of Michigan Center for Education Design, Evaluation, and Research (CEDER). Here we share our model for creating a supportive, authentic learning environment for new and emerging evaluators. A version of this blog post was first presented at the 2022 American Evaluation Association …

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University-Based Centers TIG Week: Creating Effective Data Dashboards through University-based Collaborations by Miriam Jacobson and Natashia Bibriescas

Hello everyone! We are Miriam Jacobson and Natashia Bibriescas with the Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) STEM Evaluation Services team at The University of Texas at Austin.  As university-based evaluators, we work with researchers and educators to study computer science (CS) education through evaluation, research, and data analytics. This year we were part of a …

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Introduction to the University-Based Centers TIG Week by Sam Robison and Joey Rutherford

Hi, we are Sam Robison, Associate Professor of Research at the Social Research and Evaluation Center (SREC) at Louisiana State University, and Joey Rutherford, Associate Director of the Center for Research Evaluation (CERE) at the University of Mississippi. We, along with Sarah Mason (from CERE) and Eden Kyse from Montclair State’s Center for Research and …

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Centering Equity in a University-Based Evaluation Center by Liz Litzler, Erin Carll, and Emily Knaphus-Soran

Hi!  We are Liz Litzler, Erin Carll, and Emily Knaphus-Soran from the University of Washington Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity. In honor of next week being University-Based Center TIG Week, today, we would like to share a little about how we center equity in our work as a University-Based Center. As a center that is focused on conducting high quality program evaluation and research to improve equity and broaden representation in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields, we feel like we are always thinking about equity- both in how we do our work and how we operate the center.

Picking the Best Tool for the Job: Qualtrics vs. REDCap by Madeleine deBlois and Rachel Leih

Hello! We’re Madeleine deBlois and Rachel Leih, from the Community Research, Evaluation & Development (CRED) Team at the University of Arizona (UA). CRED is a fun & funky group of folks at UA who come from a variety of backgrounds and work on a broad range of projects for UA departments, UA’s Cooperative Extension, and community partners.