Category: ELRC

Loran Parker and Willie Burgess

Purdue ELRC takes #NextGiantLeap, names new director

The College of Education named Loran C. Parker as the new director of the Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC). She will succeed Wilella (Willie) Burgess, who has directed the Center for the past 23 years. Parker will officially begin...
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ELRC’s Somalia education evaluation report recognized as a Purdue Fall 2025 Featured Dataset

The Purdue University Research Repository (PURR) recognized the College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center’s "Somalia Education Evaluation Reports" as a PURR Fall 2025 Featured Dataset. This selective distinction acknowledges exemplary publications that align with PURR’s mission for open,...
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ELRC reflects on 2024 successes, plans for 2025

The College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center held a yearly staff retreat to reflect upon their 2024 accomplishments and plan for 2025.

Phil VanFossen and six ELRC staff members standing in the main lobby of Beering Hall. They are holding a plaque inscribed with the Kellogg Award.

Kellogg Foundation awards McDavid 2024 Community Engagement Scholarship award

The W.K. Kellogg Foundation honored Lindley McDavid, senior evaluation and research association with the Evaluation and Learning Research Center, with a 2024 W.K. Kellogg Foundation Community Engagement Scholarship Awards at an awards ceremony in Portland, OR. McDavid received the award...
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College’s ELRC collaborates in Somali education intervention

The Somali Ministry of Education is working to rebuild an education system decimated by civil unrest and natural disasters, and the College of Education’s Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC) is helping them.

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PERU-Hub team, partners evaluate project’s progress at Peru workshop

Two representatives from the Evaluation and Learning Research Center (ELRC) in Purdue University’s College of Education traveled to Peru to lead a workshop for the PERU-Hub project, funded by USAID.