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Evaluating a Four State Workforce Education Project: Questions of Investigative Interest and Impact
Online Journal for Workforce Education and Development
  • Neal Grandgenett, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • Elliott Ostler, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  • John Jeanetta, Applied Information Management Institute
  • Jeanne Surface, Applied Information Management Institute
Abstract

How can a large scale, multi-state, collaborative workforce development project be evaluated? This article describes the evaluation process of the Midwest Center for Information Technology (MCIT). The project uses “impact threads” to connect the outcomes of the project to strategic evaluation questions. The MCIT project, involving 10 public two-year colleges located in Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota, strives to assist partner colleges in enhancing information technology training and related degree programs. The MCIT was funded as a regional center within the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program of the National Science Foundation (NSF). This article details the evaluation plan for the center, including how selected data is systematically mapped to impact threads and further illustrates the evaluation process by providing some examples of MCIT's progress.

Citation Information
Neal Grandgenett, Elliott Ostler, John Jeanetta and Jeanne Surface. "Evaluating a Four State Workforce Education Project: Questions of Investigative Interest and Impact"
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jeanne_surface/2/