One of the central pillars of evaluation is assessing the quality of something, often described as its merit. Along with worth (value) and significance (importance), assessing the merit of a program, product or service is one of the principal areas that evaluators focus their energy. However, if you think that would be something that’s relatively …
Next to the church, the university may be the most enduring formal institution in our society. And like nearly every institution from banking to manufacturing to healthcare and even the church, the university is facing a major disruption from social and technological change. The church’s (simplified) Â purpose is to provide a place of worship, communion …
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As we go back to school it is time to consider how the stresses of teaching and education build up over time and why it might be worth re-thinking its impact.
