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Peer reviewedHealy, Margaret A. – New Directions for Student Services, 2000
Discusses the program evaluation process as a critical step in effective program planning. Highlights how a systematic collection of data allows programmers to gather evidence of how programs help students meet their learning objectives and fulfill institutional goals. Also discusses how the results of program evaluation can inform the next…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Organizational Objectives
Tholkes, Ben F. – Camping Magazine, 1998
Defines camping risks and lists types and examples: (1) objective risk beyond control; (2) calculated risk based on personal choice; (3) perceived risk; and (4) reckless risk. Describes campers to watch ("immortals" and abdicators), and several "treatments" of risk: avoidance, safety procedures and well-trained staff, adequate…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Camping, Decision Making, Legal Responsibility
Hendricks, Bruce – 1996
This paper outlines purposes of program evaluation and provides practical information to help individuals from a wide spectrum of backgrounds use evaluation to move their program ahead in a purposeful manner. Wisely moving ahead requires an assessment of an organization's past and present as well as an examination of its assumptions about the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Evaluation Utilization
Peer reviewedBrown, Terry J. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1998
Summarizes risk-management research in categories of practical relevance to outdoor recreation stakeholders and the research community: conceptualization of risk; risk/benefit studies; risk monitoring; risk management in organizations and programs (identification, evaluation, control, planning, evaluation); legal issues; and risk communication.…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Decision Making, Educational Research, Literature Reviews


