Program Evaluation

Laurie Harrington

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Laurie Harrington

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Career and Education Awareness

Career and Technical Education

Disability Employment

Health Care Sector Strategies

Program Evaluation

Executive Director

Harrington

Laurie

Laurie Harrington is the Executive Director of the Heldrich Center. She is responsible for the center's work on secondary career and technical education, education and career awareness, sectoral labor market analysis, healthcare sector employment, and the public workforce development system. Harrington is also responsible for developing and managing the center's postsecondary career education and information initiatives and sector-based labor market analyses, including healthcare, childcare, and climate-related initiatives. She has extensive knowledge of workforce development policy, sectoral demand analysis, qualitative program and policy evaluation, work-based welfare policies, school-to-work, disability employment, and the public workforce development and education systems. In addition, Harrington oversees the center’s evaluations of public workforce programs. Harrington received an MPAP from the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.

Telephone

848.932.1694

lharrington@ejb.rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurie-harrington-67179a122/

Contributor Type

Leadership

Evaluation of The WorkPlace's Platform to Employment

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Evaluation of The WorkPlace's Platform to Employment

Topic

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Status

Completed

Funded By

AARP Foundation through a grant from The WorkPlace

Work Category

Projects

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Excerpt

In 2013 and 2014, the Heldrich Center conducted an evaluation of Platform to Employment, an initiative of The WorkPlace, the Workforce Investment Board for southwestern Connecticut. Through Platform to Employment, The Workplace offers assistance to long-term unemployed individuals, especially those who have exhausted extended Unemployment Insurance benefits, to help them prepare for returning to work. The model recognizes that extreme long-term unemployment can take a devastating toll on job seekers’ psychological state, rendering many virtually unemployable, and incorporates an emphasis on mental health counseling. It also includes opportunities for subsidized work experience with employers that have committed to participating in this effort to reduce long-term unemployment. With funding from the AARP Foundation, The WorkPlace adapted the model to serve a group of older job seekers who have been disproportionately represented among the long-term unemployed. The Heldrich Center documented the program and evaluated the part of the effort that focused on older job seekers.

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Evaluation of program that assists older, long-term unemployed workers.

Evaluation of the Rutgers University Professional Science Master’s Degree Program

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Evaluation of the Rutgers University Professional Science Master’s Degree Program

Topic

student learning assessment

Program Evaluation

Education & Training

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Published Date

January 1, 2014

Status

Completed

Funded By

National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

Work Category

Projects

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Excerpt

The Heldrich Center conducted a process evaluation of the implementation of Rutgers University’s professional science master’s degree program. The center also helped the program roll out e-portfolios and assess student learning.

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Evaluation of professional science master's degree program.

Identifying Gaps and Setting Priorities for Employment and Training Research

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Identifying Gaps and Setting Priorities for Employment and Training Research

Topic

Education & Training

Program Evaluation

research

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Published Date

October 18, 2011

Type

Research Publications & Reports

Related Authors

Carl E. Van Horn, Ph.D.

Work Category

Research Products

(OLD) Related Experts

Carl E. Van Horn

Attachments

ETA_Research_Gaps_Priorities_0.pdf (9.21 MB)

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Reviews workforce and related research funded by several federal agencies. Also reviews research and evaluation projects undertaken by regional, state, and local workforce agencies and research supported by several national and regional foundations, as well as research that has been or is being conducted independently by leading researchers without substantial public or private support. Identifies high-priority research topic areas to examine over the next five years.

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Reviews workforce and related research funded by several federal agencies.

Brittney Donovan

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Brittney Donovan

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Program Evaluation

Qualitative Research

Food Security

Research Project Coordinator

Donovan

Brittney

Brittney Donovan is a Research Project Coordinator at the Heldrich Center where she is involved in research on workforce development and program evaluations. Brittney has extensive experience in the nonprofit sector and with AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. Brittney holds a B.M. in Music Education from the Crane School of Music and a Master’s in Public Administration from Marist College.

Telephone

848.932.1030

brittney.donovan@rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittney-donovan-83923a138/

Contributor Type

Research Staff

Jimmy Green

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Jimmy Green

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Research Design

Predictive Analysis

Data Collection and Management

Performance Measurement

Program Evaluation

Alternative Education

Career and Technical Education

Logic Models

Theories of Change

Research Project Manager

Green

Jimmy

Jimmy Green is a Research Project Manager at the Heldrich Center. He is primarily responsible for managing aspects of New Jersey’s centralized longitudinal data system, the New Jersey Education to Earnings Data System.

Jimmy has primarily worked as a leader in performance measurement and evaluation for public and nonprofit organizations serving youth, with a focus in alternative education programs serving disengaged and disconnected youth, including Domus Kids, Newark Public Schools, and the Newark Opportunity Youth Network. He has conducted numerous studies — from quasi-experimental evaluations of youth program interventions, summative and formative analyses of student academic, social emotional, and workforce performance. He also has experience developing performance measurement systems that have aided organizations in becoming data driven and evidence based.

Jimmy holds a B.A. in Economics from Colorado State University and a Master’s in Public Administration from the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University.

Telephone

848.932.1736

jimgreen@ejb.rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-green-mpa-72786725/

Contributor Type

Research Staff

Grace Maruska

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Grace Maruska

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Project Management

Data Collection and Analysis

Qualitative Analysis

Program Evaluation

Research Project Coordinator

Maruska

Grace

Grace Maruska is a Research Project Coordinator at the Heldrich Center where they are involved in research related to workforce development policies and programs in New Jersey. Grace has extensive experience in qualitative research and project management. They are currently pursuing a Master in Public Policy from the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Grace holds a B.A. in English Literature from the University of St. Thomas.

Telephone

848.932.1085

grace.maruska@ejb.rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracemaruska/

Contributor Type

Research Staff

Marjory Palius

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Marjory Palius

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Qualitative Research

Project Management

Program Evaluation

Grant Writing

Learning Theories and Design of Learning Environments

Research Project Manager

Palius, Ed.D.

Marjory

Marjory Palius is a Research Project Manager at the Heldrich Center, where she is involved in research on workforce development, education and training, and program evaluations. She also collaborates on efforts to garner additional resources to extend the center’s work on further developing NJEEDS and other key areas of research and evaluation studies. She has expertise in conducting qualitative research and in project management.

Marjory has conducted educational research at Rutgers Graduate School of Education, where she held a series of staff and non-tenured faculty positions over a 20-year period. She has served as a co-principal investigator on three grants from the National Science Foundation, and has collaborated on several other studies led by colleagues at Rutgers. Marjory’s research has examined adult learning in formal and informal settings, focusing on topics that have included teachers learning from video resources and professional development activities for doctoral-level STEM researchers.

Marjory holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Smith College, and she earned a Master’s degree in Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education and a doctorate in Learning and Teaching from Rutgers University.

Telephone

848.932.1692

marjory.palius@rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjory-palius-b415803/

Contributor Type

Research Staff

Stephanie Walsh

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Stephanie Walsh

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Data Collection and Analysis

Income and Work Support Policies

TANF

SNAP

Medicaid

CHIP

childcare

tax credits

housing

Program Evaluation

Assistant Director of Research & Director of NJSDS

Walsh, Ph.D.

Stephanie

Stephanie Walsh is the Assistant Director of Research at the Heldrich Center. She earned her doctorate in planning and public policy at Rutgers University. She also holds a Master's degree in public policy. Stephanie also serves as the Director of the New Jersey Statewide Data System, overseeing the governance, research agenda, and publications that use the linked longitudinal data. Her research interests focus on how data can inform public programs and policies to better support service delivery and improve individual outcomes.

Telephone

848.932.1084

stephanie.walsh@ejb.rutgers.edu

Linkedin Link

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanielholcomb/

Contributor Type

Leadership