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Evaluation and self-study will contribute new
knowledge to improve campus climate, recruitment,
and retention at Marshall.
Key personnel:
Marcia Harrison and
Heidi Williams, partnered with
Frances Hensley.
Data collection and analysis involved in the MU-ADVANCE
evaluation represents a creative research activity
that contributes new knowledge relevant to
effecting a campus climate change and improving
recruitment and retention. The data collection
instruments, focusing on retention and recruitment
issues, include
web-based surveys, phone interviews, in-person
interviews, and site visits. As a whole, these instruments reflect the goals
and objectives for participants and the program.
The results are disseminated
via the MU-ADVANCE website, publications, state and
regional workshops, presentations, and through the
distribution of announcements to campus, local, and
WV interest groups. Meeting minutes and yearly
reports are posted routinely.
Meetings/minutes.
News items based on MU-ADVANCE evaluation:
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board provides
guidance to the MU-ADVANCE team. The Board meets
annually to review the Program's progress and external
evaluation reports, and to offer suggestions for
improvement.
MU-ADVANCE Advisory Board
members:
Gayle Ormiston, Provost
of Marshall University, Huntington, WV
Kay Goodwin, WV Secretary of
Education and the Arts, Charleston, WV
Paul Hill, Vice Chancellor of the WV Division of Science and Research, WV Higher Education Policy Commission,
Charleston, WV
Barbara Howe, Director, Center for Women's
Studies, Associate Professor of History, West
Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
Lesley Rosier-Tabor, Executive Director,
State Board of Registration for Professional
Engineers, Charleston, WV
Kat Williams, Coordinator of
Women’s Studies, Marshall University,
Huntington, WV
Linda Vona-Davis, AWIS WV
Chapter President-Elect; West Virginia
University-Health Sciences Center, Department of
Surgery, Morgantown, WV
External Evaluation
Dr. Rose Shaw serves as the external
evaluator for MU-ADVANCE. She meets annually
with the MU-ADVANCE team members to assess
programs. In addition, Dr. Shaw oversees the
collection and reporting of MU-ADVANCE
questionnaires concerning the effectiveness of the
recruitment and faculty development programs.
Dr. Shaw helped develop the
MU-ADVANCE logic model,
which describes what the program is and what it will do –
how NSF investments are linked to results.
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