ELRT
Evaluation, Measurement & Research
Career Opportunities
Evaluation training at Western Michigan University is offered at the master's and Ph.D. levels through the Department of Educational Leadership, Research & Technology . The master's degree program prepares graduates for staff positions in evaluation in diverse settings. The Ph.D. program prepares graduates for leadership positions in evaluation in many settings.
Some careers for EMR graduates are:
- Educational Evaluation
- Cluster, Multi-site and Multi-level Evaluation
- Collaborative, Participatory and Empowerment Evaluation
- Computer Use in Evaluation
- Crime and Justice Evaluation
- Distance Education and Other Educational Technologies
- Environmental Program Evaluation
- Evaluation Managers and Supervisors
- Evaluation of Services for Special Needs Populations
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health
- Extension Education Evaluation
- Health Evaluation
- Human Services Evaluation
- Independent Consulting
- International and Cross Cultural Evaluation
- Business and Industry
- Minority Issues in Evaluation
- Needs Assessment
- Nonprofit and Foundation Evaluation
- Qualitative Methods
- Quantitative Methods: Theory and Design
- Research, Technology and Development Evaluation
- State and Local Government
- Theories of Evaluation
Resource guide
Evaluation, Measurement and Research resources for career guidance and exploration
Job Opportunity Links:
- Job bank of American Evaluation Association (AEA)
- Job opportunities of Michigan Association for Evaluation (MAE)
- Opportunities of National Council on Measurement in Education (NCME)
- Job & career opportunities of American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Career network of the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Job web of American Statistical Association (ASA)
- Careers of American Psychological Association (APA)
- Career opportunities of National Education Association (NEA)