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Benchmarking 101
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 14:49
Hello camp evaluators, and happy fall season. While some of you are as busy as ever, others are taking a deep breath for the first time in months. No matter where you are at, you...
Factors That Influence Inclusion Practices
Mon, 09/10/2018 - 12:29
Hello! I hope everyone had a wonderful summer full of excitement and learning! I am new to the ACA Research 360 Blog and would like to introduce myself and share my story with you...
2018 Business of Camp: Interesting Trends and Otherwise
September 1, 2018
Trends in camp business operations are altogether interesting and not interesting. Interesting because the business of camp is dynamic and evolving quickly to meet the demands of...
Program Quality Matters for Youth Development
Mon, 08/20/2018 - 10:58
Greetings camp evaluators! Congratulations on making it to the end (or very nearly the end) of your summer season. I am so excited to present the following guest post for this week...
Let's Get Retrospective!
Mon, 08/13/2018 - 12:29
Think back to the start of summer—are there things you know now that you wish you knew then?
How to Measure Success
Mon, 07/16/2018 - 12:26
I used to be a camp director, which means that, like many of you, my summers were spent in the whirl of camp. Each day flew into the next, and never did a day pass without a crisis...
How to Measure Enrollment: Part Three
Tue, 07/03/2018 - 09:39
Hello camp evaluators! Welcome to Part 3 of my series on measuring enrollment. When I started this series, I believe I had in mind that it would be a single blog, but that blog...
Program Outcomes at a Resident Camp for Youth with Serious Illnesses, Disabilities, and Life Challenges
July 1, 2018
In 2005, the American Camp Association (ACA) published the first large-scale national research project assessing the youth development outcomes of children who attend day and...
How to Measure Enrollment: Part Two
Tue, 06/19/2018 - 09:46
To truly understand if you are serving campers in the ways you hope, you need to look at enrollment from several different angles.
How to Measure Enrollment: Part One
Tue, 06/05/2018 - 09:28
Enrollment represents the number of campers we serve — but, as straightforward as that sounds, it’s not.
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