The Evaluation Center at Â鶹´«Ã½ maintains a directory of past Evaluation Cafe presentations for instructional purposes.
"Shaping stories to fit evaluation issues"
Date: Jan. 22, 2003
Presenters: Dr. Robert Stake, director, Center for Instructional Research and Curriculum Evaluation, University of Illinois; and Dr. Laurie Thorp, Michigan State University
"The evaluator’s methodological toolkit: A helicopter tour with a few landings"
Date: Jan. 30, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Jane Davidson, associate director, The Evaluation Center and assistant professor of sociology, WMU
"Complex systems theory as a perspective on theory building in evaluation"
Date: Feb. 13, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Jonathan A. Morell, senior policy analyst, Altarum
"Toward a methodology of evaluation"
Date: Feb. 27, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Christopher Nelson, senior research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"The success case method for evaluation"
Date: March 10, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Robert Brinkerhoff, professor of counseling psychology and counselor education, Â鶹´«Ã½
"Beyond use: A theory of evaluation influence"
Date: March 24, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Gary Henry, professor of public administration and urban studies, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University
"The boundaries of evaluation"
Date: April 7, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Carolyn Sullins, senior research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Developing capacity in evaluation and assessment in southern Africa"
Date: April 28, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Sarah Howie, director of the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment, University of Pretoria, South Africa
"Improving public schools by example rather than competition: Results from the statewide evaluation of charter schools in Connecticut"
Date: May 14, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Gary Miron, principal research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Prospective evaluation: Thoughts on how to assess the potential merit and worth of programs"
Date: July 11, 2003
Presenter: Dr. Christopher Nelson, senior research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU
"Evaluation in the private sector: A glimpse inside Andersen Learning and Personal Growth’s Evaluation and measurement function"
Date: July 22, 2003
Presenter: Carl Hanssen, research associate, The Evaluation Center, WMU