https://www.acacamps.org/blog/parents-evaluation-holy-grail

Greetings Camp Evaluators, and a thousand thanks for taking a minute to read about evaluation during this busy, busy precamp season. I have a topic for you that is likely very real for you right now...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/new-camp-industry-research-series-part-3-programming-purpose

This blog is part of a series that gives a snapshot of the results of the Sites, Facilities, and Programs survey completed by 2,426 ACA-accredited camps. Check out...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/12-gifts-merry-evaluating

I’m going to offer something that is in the spirit of the holiday season - gifts to help your evaluations!

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/social-belonging-youth-success-research-promising-practices-part-2-how-can-we-improve-our-practice

Hi everybody! Thanks for joining me again for Part 2 of the summary of the...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/social-belonging-youth-success-research-promising-practices-part-1-what-do-we-know

Have you ever walked in to a meeting, a class, or even a practice or activity and thought “wow, I do NOT belong here”? What kinds of feelings does an experience like that evoke in you? Positive...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/your-mark-get-set-go-step-step-guide-reading-using-qualitative-research

If you want to engage with research, I’ve created this easy guide to help you move from finding papers online to reading them, and ultimately implementing the suggestions in your own programs. 

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-pro-camp-researcher-introducing-acas-new-research-assistant

Hi Camp Pros! I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and let you know a bit about what I’m doing here on the American Camp Association® (ACA) Research 360 blog and in the...

https://www.acacamps.org/article/camping-magazine/2016-camper-enrollment-strong-enrollment-comes-new-challenges

The results from the 2016 Enrollment Survey are in, and here's the bottom line: Camps had a good year as enrollment continued to rise. The majority of camps reported at least maintaining the same...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/have-data-party-share-evaluation-results

Greetings! I am Kendra Lewis, evaluation coordinator for the California 4-H Youth Development Program at University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources. I am going to share my experience...

https://www.acacamps.org/blog/camp-research-give-get-kind-thing

I’m going to say this right up front: Today’s Research 360 post is a shameless plug for research — more specifically, a plug for participating in camp research, and encouraging others to do the same...