Participation by the College's faculty and administrators in the internal evaluation process constitutes a significant investment of internal resources and represents the institution's commitment to the project and increasing recognition of the value of evaluation. Overall evaluation of the Title III project is directed by the Title III Coordinator. Evaluation within each of the program activities is managed by the Activity Director. Since the project is developmental in nature, its evaluation design takes into account both process and outcome objectives, both formative and summative data, and includes both internal and external evaluation. Evaluation of the project, like evaluation of the long-range plan to which it is related, is a means to ensure the highest possible level of achievement.
Evaluation is formative and summative.
Within each grant year the emphasis throughout the evaluation process is on formative evaluation and any areas identified as needing improvement are addressed immediately. Formative evaluation allows for adjustment of objectives and schedules, reallocation of resources, and revised managerial decisions by project and college administrators based on the preliminary evaluation results. Summative evaluation is conducted at the end of each grant year and focuses on accomplishments toward the specific objectives for that year. Final summative evaluation will be conducted at the end of the project and will focus on total accomplishments relevant to project objectives and institutional development goals. The extensive responsibilities of the PAC as related to the Title III project include biannual meetings to review the progress of each activity with key personnel, including the external evaluator.