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The American Evaluation Association - Call for proposals for the Annual Conference, November 10-13 in San Antonio. Submission deadline: Friday, March 19
As Unemployment Rises, Where Are The Jobs? NPR reports: “As far as the Internet, the comment about the Internet, I - we talked about math skills earlier. I think there's a great future for people with mathematics and statistics skills because so many companies are now trying to take a more analytical approach. I mean, the advertising she mentioned, now there are math - you know, ad agencies that hire mathematicians to measure the effectiveness and efficiency of advertising. You know, the old joke about the businessman who says I know that 80 percent of my advertising is wasted. I just don't know which 80 percent it is.” Full Story...
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Dr. Gary Miron, William J. Mathis, Elana Tornquist, and Jessica Urschel, completed the study "Schools Without Diversity: Education Management Organizations, Charter Schools, and the Demographic Stratification of the American School System." This report explores the highly debated question as to whether charter schools increase or decrease school segregation.
Jason Davey, a doctoral student in the Evaluation, Measurement, and Research program co-authored an article for the research journal Transfusion. The title of the article is, "Paired crossover study of two plateletpheresis systems concerning platelet product quality and donor comfort."
Michelle Bakerson earned her doctorate in Evaluation, Measurement, and Research in December, 2009, after presenting her dissertation on the cognitive, social and institutional factors related to the retention of Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship Recipients. Michelle is an assistant professor of research and assessment at the University of Indiana, South Bend.
Michael Kiella was elected in May of 2009 to the first Board of 
Directors of the newly formed Allegan (Michigan) District Library. His committee appointments are to the Personnel, Finance, and Millage Committees. The Allegan District Library is formed from the previous Allegan City library and serves the area bounded by the Allegan Public School District. Michael is leading efforts to classify dimensions of merit in the creation of the library’s job-grade structure in his role as chair of the Personnel Committee. Michael was also recently re-elected by the Kalamazoo Section of the American Chemical Society as alternate councilor for the ACS-National organization. In addition to his role as alternate councilor, he is also the Section’s chair of the Legislative Action Network.
- Congratulations to Dr. Liliana Rodriquez, alumnae of evaluation, measurement and research, and board president of the American Evaluation Association, for receiving the AEA Marcia Guttentag Award. The award is presented to a promising new evaluator during the first five years after completion of his or her Master's or Doctoral degree and whose work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators.
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