Abstract
The profession of evaluation continues to grow, generating more demand for evaluation services than can be fulfilled by the supply of well-trained evaluation practitioners. In this brief forum article, we discuss the current state of evaluator education in the United States and the ways in which university-based programs support the development of evaluation practitioners and scholars. We then discuss the opportunities and challenges university-based programs face, focusing on program design, the challenges of being an evaluation-focused faculty member, and the specific needs of evaluation graduate students. We conclude by providing a research agenda for evaluation scholars interested in advancing the knowledge base about university-based evaluator education.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 428-438 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | American Journal of Evaluation |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 9 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2021.
Keywords
- curriculum
- evaluation
- evaluation faculty
- evaluator education
- graduate students
- university evaluation programs