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Current Research, Evaluation, and Assessment News

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Research |

The associate vice president for research shares how she’s redefining the research infrastructure at UNLV, one grant and project at a time. 

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Campus News |

Donors step up to support UNLV programs that serve the community in the aftermath of October 1 shooting.

Research, Evaluation, and Assessment In The News

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment is conducting the poll. Bradley Marianno, the center’s director, said last week that attorneys have been enthusiastic about participating. Hundreds have already responded.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Time is running out for lawyers to provide feedback on judges for the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation. This is the 14th time since 1992 that the news organization has spearheaded the survey, which aims to inform voters and identify the best and worst judges.

Las Vegas Review Journal

UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment is handling the logistics of the poll. Surveyors will not be able to identify the attorneys who respond.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Survey invitations for the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s 2025 Judicial Performance Evaluation land in attorneys’ inboxes and mailboxes starting Tuesday. UNLV’s Center for Research, Evaluation and Assessment is conducting the poll, and surveyors will not be able to identify attorneys who respond.

Las Vegas Review Journal

The Las Vegas Review-Journal is bringing back its Judicial Performance Evaluation, a survey meant to gauge the caliber of Clark County judges and inform voters and potential candidates.

EducationWeek

In the space of just a few short years, the nation’s teachers’ unions have gone from being regular White House guests during Joe Biden’s administration to leading nationwide protests against the Trump administration’s education and economic agenda.

Recent Research, Evaluation, and Assessment Accomplishments

Megan Griffard, Brad Marianno, and Mark Spinrad (all Center for Research Evaluation and Assessment) published the empirical research article, "Expanding Policy Priorities Through Data Integration and Extreme Case Analysis: Evidence From a School Finance Study," in the Journal of Mixed Methods Research (JMMR), which is the premiere outlet for…
Amanda Hoffman (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment) was awarded $10,000 from the Women in Measurement ResearcHER program to complete a project titled, "Evaluating the Impact of Faculty Advisor Relationships on the Job Preparedness and Career Goals of Graduate Students in Measurement."  
Megan R. Griffard, Ph.D. (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) Bradley D. Marianno, Ph.D. (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education and the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment) and Mark L. Spinrad, Ph.D. (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment) presented some of their current research on K-…
Bradley Marianno (Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education; Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Mark Spinrad (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Sean Mulvenon, Megan Griffard (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education), and Monica Ceja Rodriguez (Educational Psychology, Leadership,…
Mark L. Spinrad (Center for Research, Evaluation, and Assessment), Stefani R. Relles, and Doris L. Watson (both Educational Psychology, Leadership, and Higher Education) published a manuscript, Not in the Greater Good: Academic Capitalism and Faculty Labor in Higher Education, in the special issue of Education Sciences, "Sustainable Higher…
Em Coombes (Sociology, CREA), along with other collaborators, published the Manifesto for Sex Positive Social Media. This manifesto sets out guiding principles that governments, policy-makers, platforms, and other stakeholders can take into account in their design, moderation, and regulation practices.  Human rights principles…