The profession of evaluation continues to grow, generating more demand for evaluation services than can be fulfilled by the supply of well-trained evaluation practitioners. In this brief forum article, we discuss the current state of evaluator education in the United States and the ways in which university-based programs support the development of evaluation practitioners and scholars. We then discuss the opportunities and challenges university-based programs face, focusing on program design, the challenges of being an evaluation-focused faculty member, and the specific needs of evaluation graduate students. We conclude by providing a research agenda for evaluation scholars interested in advancing the knowledge base about university-based evaluator education.

评估行业不断发展，对评估服务的需求超出了训练有素的评估从业人员的供应所能满足的需求。在这篇简短的论坛文章中，我们讨论了美国评估师教育的现状以及基于大学的课程支持评估从业者和学者发展的方式。然后，我们讨论了以大学为基础的课程面临的机遇和挑战，重点是课程设计、成为以评估为重点的教职员工的挑战以及评估研究生的具体需求。最后，我们为有兴趣推进大学评估教育知识库的评估学者提供研究议程。