The UTSA RISE and MARC programs evaluate all of our program components on a continual basis.  Evaluation is a mandatory component of this grant; the NIH will not award it without a full evaluation plan included. We thank our mentor and student participants for cooperating with our evaluation efforts.  We are in the process of streamlining our evaluation procedures.

We are very fortunate to have an on-site evaluator, Ms. Danielle Gordon. She carries out the day-to-day evaluation activities. Her responsibilities include:

• Create evaluation plans for program grants
• Creating and revising evaluation tools (mostly surveys) for the whole program and for individual activities
• Obtaining a baseline of student performance on program entry
• Tracking student progress and GPAs
• Obtaining ongoing feedback from students and mentors
• Reporting on activity and program success and required improvements
• Assisting with writing annual progress reports
• Obtaining Human Subjects approval
• Tracking activities of Alumni
• Surveying alumni to determine required program improvements
• Assist with publishing data from successful interventions

We also have an external evaluator, Dr. Rick McGee, who comes and performs anonymous focus groups and reports how we are doing and what suggestions he recommends.