Robert F. Boruch Faculty Profile

Robert F. Boruch
University Trustee Chair Professor of Education and Professor of Statistics

PhD, Iowa State University, 1968; BE, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1964

Research Areas
Statistical research and policy; design of controlled field experiments; ethics and data access in surveys; program evaluation; survey research methods; federal evaluation policy.

Recent Consulting
U.S. General Accounting Office, 1992-present; U.S. Department of Education, 1990-present; U.S. Department of Justice, 1988-present; Pelavin Associates, 1992-present; Smith-richardson Foundtion, 1998; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1998

Current Projects
Redesign of socil security disability system; Design of macro-level multi-site experiments; Taxonomy on linkage of record systems, surveys, & evaluations.

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1990-present. University of Pennsylvania: 1989-present. Previous appointment: Northwestern University. Visiting appointment: University of Chicago

Other Positions
Staff Associate, Social Science Research Council, 1969-71; Research Associate, American Council on Education, 1968; Project Director, National Academy of Sciences, 1969.

Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Fellow, American Statistical Association, 1989; Gunnar and Alva Myrdal Award for Evaluation, Evaluation Research Society, 1983; Fellow, Center for Advanced Study, 1985; Donald T. Campbell Award, Policy Studies Organization, 1989; Visiting Scholar, Max Planch Institute, Berlin, 1998.

Professional Leadership 2003-2007
Editorial Board, Evaluation Review, 1979-present; New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1985-present; Member, Board of Trustees, William T. Grant Foundation, 1995-present

Corporate and Public Sector Leadership 2003-2007
Member, Advisory Council on Education Statistics, National Center on Education Statistics, 1995-present; Member, Research and Education Advisory Panel, U.S. General Accounting Office, 1990-present; Member, Evaluation Review Panel, Office of the Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education, 1989-present

Representative Publications
(with S. Coyle and C. Turner)
Evaluating AIDS Prevention Programs: Expanded Edition. Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1991.

Controlled Experiments for Planning and Evaluation: A Practical Guide. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1997.

(with G. Terhanian)
"Cross Design Synthesis". Advances in Educational Productivity, 1998.