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.

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

A group of students are walking to the college

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

Putting Evidence to Work for Student Support: Videos from the Tools for Postsecondary Schools Toolkit

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Brief

Multiple Measures Assessment and Corequisite Courses: Alternate Ways to Place and Prepare New College Students

Podcast Episode

Adapting a Wraparound Student Support Program for College Students in Rural Areas: A Conversation with Crystine Miller and Alyssa Ratledge

Methodological Publication

Empirical Benchmarks for Planning and Interpreting Causal Effects of Community College Interventions

Working Paper

Long-Term Effects of the Dana Center Math Pathways Model

Evidence from a Randomized Trial

Project

Postsecondary Education

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