draft of the conceptual framework for evaluation & assessment of the national science foundation...
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Draft of the
Conceptual Framework for Evaluation & Assessment of the
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Alliance for Graduate Education & the Professoriate (AGEP) Program
Developed by
Yolanda S. George, AAAS Education & Human Resources Programs and
Patricia Campbell, Campbell-Kibler Associates, Inc.
With input from the AGEP Community
Help AGEP awardees to build a comprehensive evaluation and
assessment infrastructure to examine their graduate education enterprise in terms of creating a diverse S&E PhD
workforce.
The primary goal of the AGEP Program evaluation capacity building project is to:
Recruitment and talent spotting strategies. Admissions and selection processes.Financial aid, particularly as it affects new graduate student enrollment and retention.Academic preparation & support programs, particularly during the early course-taking years.Advising, mentoring, and retention. Workforce preparation.PhD career counseling and employment placement.
The evaluation framework and model for change are focused on graduate student affairs, including:
Graduate School and Academic Deans Provosts and Other Administrators
S&E Department Chairs
S&E Departmental Admissions and Selection Committees
S&E Departmental Graduate Program Directors or Advisors
S&E Faculty
Key Administrators Using Evaluation & Assessment to Make informed Decisions
Race/Ethnicity
Gender
Citizenship
S&E Departments
Collection And Use Of Disaggregated Data
UM applicants & admits
New or first time UM enrollees;
Overall UM enrollment;
UM students advancing to doctoral candidacy;
UM students completing degrees (Master’s or PhD).
Post PhD Employment
Quantitative data should be used to examine patterns and trends in number and percentage of:
Number and percentage of S&E departments involved Number of S&E faculty involved Number of S&E faculty involved in graduate student recruitment.S&E departmental practices related to graduate student admissions and selection.S&E departmental practices related to academic preparation, advising and workforce mentoringS&E departmental practices related to faculty evaluation and incentives.Family leave policies and practices within the graduate school or departments. As related to graduate students.Data collection practices, particularly use of disaggregated data, at the in decision-making.
Indicators of Infrastructure Changes in Graduate Programs
The quality of the implementation including participants’ and/or external reviewers’ perceptions about the intended objectives of a workshop or program component.
Time-on-task
The effectiveness of the interventions or to what extent did the intervention achieve its intended objectives.
Also, data and information need to be collected on
Quantitative and qualitative studies about policies, practices, and programs in the Graduate School & S&E departments should be used to determine
What is working and not working
What works for whom.
Using the meeting to begin to reflect on infrastructure changes in graduate schools
How building a comprehensive evaluation and assessment infrastructure
How to better work with institutional researchers, other campus research units, external evaluator
How to involve S & E departments
AGEP Program Director will review Expectations
NSF HRD Evaluation Office & Performance Assessment
Lessons Learned by Some AGEP Institutions
Strand 1 --Building a data collection infrastructure related to graduate students
and their progression to the PhD.
CGS PhD Completion Project
Working with STEM departments and faculty to ensure retention in PhD programs, particularly during the first years of graduate school
Strategies for helping students to be successful on qualifying exams
Strategies to reduce time to degree
Strand 2Retention & Progress to the PhD
Strand 3
Assessing recruitment and departmental admissions/selections efforts.
Other Agenda Elements
Foundation & Discipline Perspectives
NSF Director
Using WebCASPAR
Update on AGEP Data Collection
NSF Director
This is a community effort.
The framework is evolving
This is not an easy journey, neither is it one that can be completed quickly
In Summary