Publication Date
2021
Document Type
Dissertation/Thesis
First Advisor
Hu, Xiaodan
Degree Name
Ed.D. (Doctor of Education)
Legacy Department
Department of Counseling and Higher Education (CAHE)
Abstract
The Research Apprentice Program is a pre-college, summer enrichment program that seeks to recruit underrepresented students into the field of agriculture and the College of ACES at the University of Illinois. The program has been in operation for more than thirty years and has reported many successes. Among these successes are a recruitment rate of 55% and a graduation rate of 96%. This program has yet to be formally evaluated. This study was conducted to provide a formative evaluation of the program to assess if the intended outcomes of the administrative participants are consistent with the lived experiences of the student participants. This evaluation was conducted using the CIPP model of evaluation. The findings indicate that the intentions of the administrative participants to provide academic enrichment, discipline content introduction, and recruitment are consistent with the lived experiences of the student participants.
Recommended Citation
Oglesby, Stanford B. III, "A Qualitative Evaluation of a Pre-College Summer Program: The Research Apprentice Program" (2021). Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations. 7504.
https://huskiecommons.lib.niu.edu/allgraduate-thesesdissertations/7504
Extent
121 pages
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University
Rights Statement
In Copyright
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Media Type
Text
