Highlights_What_Clients

Highlights of Projects:

For the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, conducted a program review of the
Foundation's Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program which has involved
2700 students at more than 70 colleges and universities in a unique program that
seeks to increase the number of minority students, and others with a demonstrated
commitment to diversity in higher education, to pursue PhDs in core fields in the
Arts and Sciences. The program review gathered information that documented the
20-year-old program's achievements and challenges; indicated the effects of the
program on participants and program stakeholders; and provided information that
was designed to strengthen the future operation of the program. The program
review investigated how participants and institutions have been affected by the
program; what kinds of program-related challenges program stakeholders
encountered; and what kinds of changes program stakeholders (i.e., participants,
alumni, and coordinators) suggested for refining and strengthening the program.

Link to Report: Mellon Mays Undergrad Program Evaluation Report

For the Associate Provost and the Office of Institutional Diversity, Brown University,
conducted a Program Review of the Third World Transition Program (TWTP), a pre-
orientation program for newly entering, first-year, minority students at Brown
University.The program review collected data on the program's mission, operation,
and outcomes identified benefits to program participants and the Brown University
community; and provided recommendations to University leaders for improving the
program’s effectiveness.

Consult to the national office of City Year to provide program evaluation expertise to
City Year senior managers.

Conducted an end-of-program, project review of the Boston Higher Education
Partnership's GEAR-UP in Boston project. The project review gathered evidence
from a range of stakeholders in both the K-12 and higher education communities
about the effects of the program, with a special emphasis on understanding the
ways that a coordinated multi-partner, multi-stakeholder initiative enhances the
effectiveness of what might otherwise be smaller, more numerous and multiple
school/college sponsored student assistance programs. BHEP is a collaborative
effort on the part of the Boston Public Schools and the higher education community
to promote quality teaching and learning for Boston students. The collective vision
for the BHEP is to assure that Boston students graduate from high school
academically prepared with adequate scholarship assistance to enroll and
succeed in college. To accomplish this, the BHEP matches the strengths of area
institutions of higher education with the needs of public school teachers and
students.

For CAST (The Center for Applied Special Technology) provide program evaluation
oversight for a Federally funded (U.S. Department of Education) 15-state Accessible
Instructional Materials (AIM) Consortium, which is a group of states working
together to ensure that state and local education agencies are prepared to increase
the quality, availability, and timely delivery of instructional materials in specialized
formats to students with print disabilities. Under the coordinating leadership of
CAST, the AIM Consortium project facilitates the development and refinement of
state systems for providing appropriate, high-quality instructional materials in
specialized formats to students and educators.

For the Boston-based, national philanthropy, the Partnership for Excellence in
Jewish Education (PEJE), designed and conducted a program evaluation of PEJE's
Resources Development Initiatives Grant Program, a national program that
provides technical expertise to day schools by furnishing fundraising consultants
who assist schools to strengthen their schools’ development/fundraising
capacities. Made recommendations to PEJE leaders for enhancing the program’s
long-term effectiveness.

For the National Center on Family Homelessness, a national organization that
addresses the needs of homeless families, designed and conducted an evaluation
of a pilot domestic violence prevention program that serves the health, mental
health, and educational needs of families with pre-school aged children.

Conducted a program evaluation of Worcester Public Schools' LSL-Read to Learn
program, an initiative supported by the Improving Literacy Through School Libraries
grant, which is awarded under the auspices of the Federal Department of Education’
s Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs. The Worcester Public
Schools’ LSL-Read to Learn program sought to support Worcester Pubic Schools’
commitment to improving students’ literacy, raising students’ test scores, and
supporting schools’ improvement plans, by deploying advanced learning
technologies and by enhancing school library collections in five schools, which
serve approximately 6,000 WPS students.

For Massachusetts Campus Compact, at Tufts University and the Nellie Mae
Foundation, designed and conducted a two-year, multi-site, cluster evaluation of
college and university student-provided after-school tutoring programs in
Massachusetts that serve educationally at-risk elementary students.

For the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Office of Community Programs,
designed and implemented a comprehensive program assessment and strategic
planning initiative for the Massachusetts Area Health Education Centers (AHEC)
network. The statewide AHEC network is designed to implement community-based
programs to improve the supply, distribution, diversity and quality of health care
professionals through community/academic partnerships, and to improve access to
quality health care for underserved areas and underserved populations.

With Future Management Systems and the Massachusetts Department of
Education, designed and conducted a three-year evaluation of 'Project Focus,' a
multi-agency collaboration designed to provide pre-service and professional
development activities for educators, parents, students, and other interested
stakeholders. Partnering organizations included the Institute for Community
Inclusion, The Federation for Children with Special Needs, the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health, and the Massachusetts Department of Education.

Consulted to the Director of School Support Services, Fall River Public Schools to
develop a School Improvement Plan review process. Reviewed the district’s school
improvement plans for Fall River’s elementary schools, and provided
recommendations for monitoring the future implementation of school improvement
plans.

For the Massachusetts Department of Education, Department of Accountability and
Targeted Assistance, designed and conducted an evaluation of 'School Linked
Services,' a statewide program that links at-risk students and their families with
supportive social and human services in 40 communities in Massachusetts. The
two-year evaluation provided program designers with recommendations for refining
program implementation and for enhancing program effectiveness.

For Massachusetts Campus Compact (MACC) and the Corporation for National and
Community Service, conducted a summative evaluation of MACC’s Learn and Serve
grant program, a three-year grant program that supports campus/community
partnerships and community-based research projects.

For the President of Merrimack College, designed and conducted a program
effectiveness assessment of the college’s Urban Resource Institute (URI), a
college-community partnership serving the city of Lawrence and the Merrimack
Valley region. The evaluation proposed recommendations for restructuring URI and
the college’s approach to campus/community partnerships.

For the Massachusetts Service Alliance, one of the State’s largest not-for profit
organizations, designed and conducted an evaluation of a 50-site, multi-year youth
mentoring initiative funded by the Massachusetts state legislature and the
Corporation for National and Community Service.

"Brad Rose Consulting, Inc. recently conducted a program review of the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation’s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program (MMUF). MMUF is a national
program that operates at 33 American colleges and universities, plus the 39 UNCF member
institutions and two South African universities. The program’s objective is to support
minority students, and others with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial
disparities, in pursuing PhDs in the arts and sciences. MMUF aims to support program
participants to become faculty and scholars of the highest distinction. Over 240 MMUF
fellows have earned PhDs and are now teaching around the U.S.

Brad Rose Consulting Inc. designed and conducted a substantial and extremely useful
review of our MMUF program. I was impressed with the thoughtfulness and sensitivity with
which Brad approached and carried out the program review. Brad’s work helped us to
document the impacts of the program and to identify ways that we can strengthen MMUF. I
was very pleased with the program review, and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Brad Rose
Consulting, Inc. to other colleagues who seek similar services."

Lydia L. English
Director of MMUF and Program Officer for Higher Education
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

"Brad Rose recently completed an evaluation of our federally sponsored GEAR-UP program.
His evaluation of our program, which coordinated multiple projects between institutions of
higher education and Boston high schools, helped us to examine the value-added of a multi-
site, multi-stakeholder collaboration. This is the second evaluation that Brad has conducted
for organizations which I have led. What I especially like about Brad's approach to
evaluation is that he is interested not only in finding out if the program works, but how the
program can better support the goals of the entire organization. Brad brings a unique
perspective as an organizational sociologist along with a strong set of skills to his work as a
program evaluator. I highly recommend Brad Rose Consulting to any organization that
seeks to understand the impact of their programs as well as how those programs meet
overall organizational goals."

Deborah Hirsch, Executive Director, Boston Higher Education Partnership

"The world of evaluation for the social sector has changed. What was once fairly straight-
forward, now demands much more rigorous mixed-method performance reviews for
organizations that are interdisciplinary and results-oriented. Dr. Rose has become one of the
leading thinkers for the transfer of knowledge as non-profits and social enterprises build the
next generation of evaluation frameworks. Dr. Rose has an encyclopedic knowledge of
content and methods for bench marking success, constructing strategic evaluation, and
conducting high impact continuous quality assurance. He is particularly good at solving
complex challenges that require team collaboration, and he is adept at responding to
diverse constituencies. His work has provided significant strategic advantage for us, as our
fiscal operation grows beyond $45 million a year. He translates theory into practice so that
organizations can act to build success. He is an asset for getting the job done!"

Dr. Andy Munoz, Vice President, City Year

" Brad Rose has consulted to Massachusetts Campus Compact for a number of years. Over
the years, he has evaluated our VISTA, Learn and Serve, and After-school grant programs.
Each evaluation project Brad has designed for us has captured the outcomes we strive to
achieve, and has helped us to see where our programs need improvement. Brad always
brings great ideas, and his consulting work has really helped MACC to measure the impact
of its programming. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to any non-profit that they draw on
Brad's evaluation expertise and experience. His knowledge of evaluation is a real asset. But
more importantly, he works with clients to make sure that they understand the key
evaluation issues and the best ways to measure the impacts of the work that they do."

Barbara Canyes, Executive Director, Massachusetts Campus Compact at Tufts University