Process Evaluation: The Vital (and Usually) Missing Piece in Educational Research

Rebecca Brent is President of Education Designs, Inc., a consulting firm located in Cary, N.C. She is a faculty development and evaluation consultant for the College of Engineering at North Carolina State University and Co-director of the National Effective Teaching Institute sponsored by the American Society for Engineering Education. Brent received her B.A. from Millsaps College in Jackson, Miss., her M.Ed. from Mississippi State University, and her Ed.D. from Auburn University. She was an Associate Professor of education at East Carolina University before starting her consulting firm in 1996.