responses

Buck1985
TerraDiscussion.docx

Terra,

When speaking about program evaluation, that is an essential tool in evaluating university flaws and successes it is important to discuss the various roadblocks to a uniformed system. The biggest roadblock would be the cost. With this cost of data collection, is the ways in which it is collected. Many universities believe in purchasing expensive tools that would all them to collect in a more uniform and mainstream way. A well-defined budget would need to be put in place to make sure that the cost of the overall evaluation is balanced and justified. This way the department could see just how much they are spending in each category to see if they can afford the tools needed for collection. However, the data collection results yield an outcome that is worth the money spent on tools. When universities use data-driven collection their results, they can see what is working and what is not working. With this data, they can make effective changes to go in a positive direction. Technological infrastructure helps get the data needed in a timely manner and analyze it effectively. This cuts down on the manual labor that university administrators would need to do. For Binchley College, it was helpful that they had so much data collected and it was laid out in a clear to understand manner to interpret. I think of data of concern was the lack of background between the different year. It would be critical to see if any on-campus events or changes yielded a better return. One aspect that needed to be changed was the cost metrics. It would have been beneficial to see where the donations from the alumni were being spent compared with the amount donated. This way we could break it down into categories and change what is needed. This way the budget would stay the same year after year.