Issues for Consideration

NSF-ATE program officers were interested in widely disseminating the evaluation data collected by the WMU evaluation project. Toward that end, we commissioned several issue papers in early 2001. An issue is defined here as a topic or situation that requires further consideration to make a decision or reach a conclusion.

Each paper found below is unique. That is, each paper is based on a direction chosen by the author to best illuminate the paper’s issue, and hence, reflects the author’s personal opinion grounded by data (e.g., survey and site visit data). As such, these papers are an eclectic set, varying in tone, content, length, and the amount of judgment and recommendations. However, all are designed to provide information for ATE program illumination and improvement.

Summary Document

We developed a newsletter-type document, which summarizes findings and recommendations from these papers. We believe this document may be useful to such audiences as ATE collaborators, administration, and other supporters. To download this document, click on Issues at a Glance [251 KB].

Issue Papers

For a paper of interest to you, we invite you to download the document Issues for Consideration [40 KB] and then the paper’s executive summary, and if desired, the entire paper. Click on the desired title to download the PDF file.

Issues for Consideration [40 KB]
This document is intended to accompany each paper.
It provides background and summary information.
Collaboration Executive Summary [25 KB] Full Paper [84 KB]  
Dissemination Executive Summary [14 KB] Full Paper [78 KB]  
Materials Development Executive Summary [19 KB] Full Paper [77 KB] Brochure
Professional Development Executive Summary [12 KB] Full Paper [111 KB]  
Program Improvement Executive Summary [30 KB] Full Paper [100 KB]  
Recruitment and Retention Executive Summary [15 KB] Full Paper [111 KB] Brochure
Sustainability Executive Summary [18 KB] Full Paper [72 KB] Brochure

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