Dr. Chris L. S. Coryn leads the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program.

Welcome to IDPE

Dr. Daniel L. Stufflebeam supports the program by mentoring Dr. Coryn.


The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program (IDPE) develops thought leaders in evaluation who have:

  • Deep knowledge of evaluation theory, methodology, and practice
  • Superior skills in practical and critical thinking
  • A knack for seeing opportunities for innovation and improvement

   What's New

Past "What's New" Items   

Special Announcement

We are now accepting  applications for fall 2008.

Events

Fall 2008

The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program at Western Michigan University is pleased to announce a special Evaluation Café ("Contemporary Thinking About Causation in Educational Evaluation:  A Dialogue with Tom Cook and Michael Scriven"), Friday, October 24, 2008, from noon until 2 p.m. in the Bernhard Center, room 105.  more information

Spring 2008

The Dissertation Support Group (DSG) is meeting biweekly in The Evaluation Center conference room. Schedules and reminders for these meetings will be sent out via the EVAL_WMU listserv.

Notices

Daniela C. Schroeter, IDPE student, recently published Training Competencies Through Internet Supported Cooperative Learning.  more information

Dr. Chris L. S. Coryn recently published his first book, titled Models for Evaluating Scientific Research.  more information

Dr. Chris L. S. Coryn will be presented the Michigan Association for Evaluation (MAE) John A. Seeley Friend of Evaluation Award on March 31 in Lansing, Michigan

The  tenth issue of the Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation  is now online.

Dr. Chris L. S. Coryn, two IDPE students, and former IDPE director E. Jane Davidson, recently published a paper in the Evaluation Journal of Australasia [Coryn, C. L. S., Gugiu, P. C., Davidson, E. J., & Schröter, D. C. (2008). Needs assessment in hidden populations using respondent-driven sampling. Evaluation Journal of Australasia, 7(2), 3-11.].

IDPE Summer 2008 Newsletter is now  online.

The Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Evaluation program (IDPE) has been named as one of the top ten doctoral programs in Educational Evaluation and Research (see  http://www.academicanalytics.com/TopSchools/TopPrograms.aspx#4) according to the Academic Analytics Faculty Scholarly Productivity (FSP) Index (see  http://www.academicanalytics.com/TopSchools/TopPrograms.aspx), which includes faculty productivity factors such as publications (book and journal articles), citations to publications, research funding, and awards and honors.

Additional evaluation-related news and events can be found on The Evaluation Center  Web site.