Postsecondary Education

We evaluate strategies and interventions designed to help students from low-income backgrounds succeed in and complete college. We also help colleges and higher education government agencies use evidence to improve programs and practices.

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Brief

Lessons from a Statewide Transfer Grant Program

Impacts of the Texas Transfer Grant Pilot Program on Community College Student Transfer

Project

Using Machine Learning to Identify Impact Variation in Randomized Control Trials

Project

Best Practices for Estimating Program Effects in Cluster Randomized Trials

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Report

Access to Success

Insights for Implementing a Multiple Measures Assessment System

Issue Focus

Supporting Students’ Career Building

An Introduction to Turn Pro

MDRC in the News

MDRC’s Alyssa Ratledge on Access to and Impacts of Rural Colleges

PBS Wisconsin

Project

Texas’s Updated Funding Formula for Allocating State Funding to Community Colleges

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Infographic

Higher Graduation Rates, Higher Earnings

Positive Outcomes from the ASAP Ohio Demonstration

Project

Promising Practices for Supporting Part-Time Community College Students

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Commentary

With a Little Extra Help and Support, Rural Students Can Overcome Daunting Barriers to Higher Education

Brief

Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Long-Term Follow-Up Cost Analysis

Brief

Impact Findings from the Dana Center Mathematics Pathways Long-Term Follow-Up Study

Project

Evaluation of Part-Time Students Accelerating in Learning (SAIL), a Replication of CUNY’s ASAP Program

Working Paper

The Long-Term Effectiveness of Multiple Measures Assessment

Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Video

Postsecondary Education

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