To provide relevant information to educators and administrators in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the What Works Clearinghouse conducted a rapid evidence review to report on what works in distance learning programming.
Our Spotlight video series is highlighting each of our network research teams and their projects. In this video, Rashida Welbeck, a project director at MDRC, describes the Men of Color College Achievement project.
This report from the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance examines the effects of expanding Pell Grant eligibility for short occupational training programs.
This journal article presents a case study of Black students' enrollment, persistence, and graduation at Cityville University to highlight the structural problems that undermine persistence among Black undergraduates at postsecondary institutions.
This report from the U.S. Department of Education highlights the educational inequities and opportunity gaps present in postsecondary education in the United States, examines efforts by institutions of higher education to address inequities, and suggests practices to advance diversity and inclusion on college campuses as well as areas for future research.
This report from the Project for Education Research that Scales (PERTS) shares three principals that have proven to be effective when scaling up evidence-based educational practices: (1) center on the experience, (2) keep measuring while scaling, and (3) create a user-centered framework for implementing the practice.