The Impacts of Using a Collaborative Evaluation Approach in Higher Education: A Case Study of Local YMCAs Providing College Access Services

Autor/in	Campbell, Johnavae E.
Titel	The Impacts of Using a Collaborative Evaluation Approach in Higher Education: A Case Study of Local YMCAs Providing College Access Services
Quelle	(2013), (194 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-3036-3856-5
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Case Studies; Access to Education; Youth Programs; Pilot Projects; Evaluation; Cooperation; Organizational Culture; Higher Education; Surveys; Interviews; Capacity Building; Program Development; Program Implementation; Evaluation Utilization; Stakeholders; Participation; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Jugendsofortprogramm; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Evaluierung; Co-operation; Kooperation; Unternehmenskultur; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Programmplanung; Teilnahme
Abstract	This dissertation offers a case study of the YMCA of the USA's pilot Higher Education Service Project (YHESP) with 61 local YMCAs on how the collaborative evaluation approach functioned to facilitate an organizational culture around evaluation and reinvention strategies of YMCAs as college access service providers. Multiple data collection sources were used following this two-year pilot project cycle. Analysis of survey data, interviews, and archival information allowed significant themes to emerge and described YMCA participants' experiences of key aspects of impact of this collaborative evaluation approach that compel (or inhibit) YMCA organizations to willingly change the course of their program planning and implementation. The survey analysis revealed strong influence by the collaborative evaluation approach to support capacity building, evaluation knowledge, evaluation use, and stakeholder engagement. Especially significant from interview analysis was finding agreement by YMCAs of varying size and initial capacity to the use of collaborative evaluation as a tool to challenge dominant discourses of YMCAs as "swim and gym" facilities. Thus, program impact in this study was characterized by collaboration and capacity, with those staff who had limited initial evaluation capacity showing the greatest involvement in the evaluation and experiencing the greatest overall impact. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01