Planning and Conducting Needs Assessments: A Practical Guide
(Deceased.) James W. Altschuld(PhD, MS, The Ohio State University (OSU); BS, Case Western Reserve University) is now Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Human Ecology at OSU after 27 years of teaching research techniques and program evaluation. For the latter, he developed and taught a sequence of courses on theory, needs assessment, and design. He has authored or co-authored seven previous books—six were on needs assessment (four in the Needs Assessment Kit of 2010 and where he also served as editor for a fifth one), and one on the evaluation of science and technology education. In addition, he has written numerous articles and chapters on how to assess needs, as well as on evaluation research, practice, training, and credentialing/certification. He has  presented nationally and internationally for over 40 years, given many workshops, and has been the recipient of local, state, and national honors including the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Practice Award from the American Evaluation Association for contributions to the field of evaluation.