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When same-old same-old just won’t do

December 9, 2025

By: Sarah Mason, Shannon Sharp

When you’re evaluating a program that trains college students to challenge the dominant
paradigm, what methods can you choose?

About a year ago, CERE faced this...

Need an evaluator? Hire a wonderer

December 9, 2025

By: Sarah Mason, Catherine Randall

Non-profits often ask us what to look for when they hire an evaluator. How do we find the right evaluator? (they ask) What’s the difference between a good evaluator...

It’s all about the people, friends!

December 8, 2025

By: Sarah Mason

In November last year, the 2019 American Evaluation Association conference ended with thought leader Jennifer Greene asking evaluators to think about how they might practice...

One Month at CERE

December 8, 2025

By: Catherine Randall

When I first came to CERE I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I have a background in Journalism and Marketing, and when I saw an email for a social media assistant...

One Year at CERE: A Leap of Faith

December 8, 2025

By: Jonathan Cox

When I was about fourteen years old, I went to the public library to check out a book: Gleim CPA Exam Preparation. To my parents, this wasn’t much of a shock as I’d been creating...

Judgment during the time of COVID-19

December 8, 2025

By: Sarah Mason

In the months (and years) to come, social and news media will be awash with critiques of local, national and global responses to the COVID-19 crisis.

‘Too slow,’ ‘too reckless,’...

One Year as a CERE Graduate Assistant…

December 8, 2025

By: Rachael Dickens

Since Junior year of college, it was my dream to be a Graduate Assistant (GA) as I found myself admiring the duties and responsibilities of the GA’s that I worked under. Fast...

Together, Apart: Evaluation in 2020

December 8, 2025

By: Moira Ragan

The COVID-19 situation has disrupted life for all of us, personally and professionally. For those of us lucky enough to be working—albeit not without difficulties and limitations—we...