ERIC Number: ED614693
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2021
Pages: 14
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Enriching Program Evaluation through Insiders' Opinions: An American University Graduate Program
Online Submission, RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Arastirmalari Dergisi v23 Article 54 p861-874 2021
Assessing the quality of education is a vital stipulation for all graduate programs that aim to secure and bolster their current rank among similar programs. Program evaluation is usually carried out by parties not directly related to a program. In other words, outsiders evaluate programs. Insiders who have first-hand experiences and impressions formed on those experiences are typically excluded from the evaluation process. Inclusion of the perspectives of insiders into the gathered data in program evaluation, however, would certainly add depth and enrich reports produced at the end of program evaluation studies. Another important point is the limitation of traditional curriculum evaluation studies due to the fact that they do only one of the four types of evaluations that exist in the literature. Including the views of insiders in the evaluation process and choosing a data collection tool that will enable multiple types of evaluation to be done in a single effort will also contribute to a more comprehensive assessment of graduate programs. In order to carry out such a program evaluation, this study conducted an evaluation based on the impressions of insiders about the aspects related to the quality of education provided in an American university graduate program. The participants were all faculty members and students in the program. The results showed that both groups expressed positive opinions about the majority of the dimensions directly related to the quality of the education provided in the program. It was also determined that there were areas that were not primarily related to the quality of education which needed improvement, but that most of those areas would become areas of high satisfaction with little effort.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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