DREU Evaluations

DREU: Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates

Known as the DMP, Distributed Mentor Project, from 1994-2008

Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates from Underrepresented Groups in Computer Science and Engineering

The LEAD Center (Learning Through Evaluation Adaptation and Dissemination) at the University of Wisconsin at Madison performed a third party evaluation of the DMP Program from 1995-2001. In 2006, the evaluation of the DMP program was taken over by the ATLAS institute at the University of Colorado. The evaluations were based on exit surveys completed by each year's DMP participants and annual tracking surveys of all DMP participants.

Distributed Mentor Project (DMP) - Final Evaluation Report (coming soon). Lecia Barker and Christopher Hovey, Atlas Assessment & Research Center, June 2009.

Distributed Mentor Project: Comprehensive Participant Survey Analyses (1994-2000) (pdf). Olga Lucia Herrerra. The LEAD Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. October 2001.

Distributed Mentor Project: Student Participant Feedback Survey Analyses for 1999 (pdf). Sue Daffinrud. The LEAD Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. February 2000.
Computing Research Association - Distributed Mentor Project (CRA-DMP) Evaluation Report #2 (html). The LEAD Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. March 1997.
The 1997 report describes the impact of the research and mentoring experiences on the students, as well as the context from which they are coming to the project. It is more comprehensive than the 1996 report.
Computing Research Association - Distributed Mentor Project (CRA-DMP) Evaluation Report #1 (html). Baine B. Alexander, Sue M. Daffinrud, Heather A. Lewis. The LEAD Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison. January 1996.
The 1996 preliminary report provides an in-depth look at the experiences of the students and mentors who participated in the project during the summers of 1994 and 1995, as well as recommendations for improving the project.