Theoretical and conceptual frameworks across local evaluation efforts in a nationwide consortium.

Abstract

This paper describes the theoretical and conceptual frameworks used to guide the site-level evaluations of Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) programs, part of the Diversity Program Consortium (DPC), funded by the National Institutes of Health. We aim to provide an understanding of which theories informed the evaluation work of the DPC and how the frameworks guiding BUILD site-level evaluations are conceptually aligned with one another and with the consortium-level evaluation.