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Nov 13, 2025

Case Study of Arizona’s K–12 Education Savings Account Program: What State Policymakers Can Learn

The authors examine the growth and use of Arizona’s Education Savings Account (ESA) program and offer key recommendations for states implementing or expanding ESAs, which help parents who opt out of public schools fund their children’s education.
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Aug 25, 2025

Participation and Outcomes for Career and Technical Education Students in Nevada

This report examines how Nevada high schoolers’ participation in Career and Technical Education (CTE) relates to college and workforce outcomes. It documents variation across career clusters and key findings from interviews about strengthening CTE.
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Aug 25, 2025

Leveraging Decision-Support Systems to Increase Urban Water Security

Decision-support systems can help decision makers evaluate response strategies before an urban drinking water supply crisis occurs. The experiences of five cities that have dealt with a drought-induced crisis are discussed in this article.
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Aug 20, 2025

Geographic Scale Matters in Analyzing the Effects of the Built Environment on Choice of Travel Modes: A Case Study of Grocery Shopping Trips in Salt Lake County, USA

Drawing upon a travel diary survey conducted in a fast-growing metropolitan region of the United States, this research investigated a variety of influential factors affecting travel mode choices associated with grocery shopping.
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Jun 30, 2025

Guidance for Research on College Student Support Interventions: Lessons Learned from a Study of Single Stop

This research brief provides guidance to researchers on opportunities to strengthen the implementation and take-up of college student support interventions based on findings from a study of Single Stop across ten U.S. colleges.
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Jun 2, 2025

Promising Approaches to Student Basic Needs Support: Evidence from Leading Colleges and the Literature

Drawing on a literature review, feedback from subject-matter experts, and interviews, the authors identify promising approaches to student basic needs support and provide guidance for community colleges on implementing those approaches.
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Jun 2, 2025

Addressing College Student Food Insecurity in Colorado: Student Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and College Practices

The authors of this report examine college students’ rates of participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Colorado and describe college efforts to provide SNAP outreach and application support.
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Jun 2, 2025

Lessons for Colleges on Delivering Basic Needs Support: Findings from a Study of Single Stop

The authors of this brief summarize lessons learned from the implementation of Single Stop, a student basic needs program. The authors then leverage the study lessons to provide guidance to college practitioners on the delivery of basic needs support.
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Jun 2, 2025

The Six Core Features of Student Basic Needs Support in Community Colleges

This research brief provides guidance to colleges on six core features that are found in promising basic needs approaches. The research draws on a literature review, advice from five research experts, and interviews with staff at 16 leading colleges.
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Jun 2, 2025

Connecting Students to Basic Needs Support: An Evaluation of Single Stop Across Ten Colleges

The authors of this report examined the implementation of student basic needs program Single Stop across ten U.S. institutions, student take-up across institutions and subgroups of interest, and outcomes for students who utilized services.
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Feb 18, 2025

I'm a Scientist and Sleep Expert. Utah Needs to See the Light on Daylight Saving Time

The Utah House's recent passage of a temporary switch to permanent standard time addresses the widely held desire to eliminate the biannual clock changes. But the discussion surrounding this move has not fully considered the critical differences and implications of choosing between permanent standard time and permanent Daylight Saving Time.
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Feb 5, 2025

Drought Can Hit Almost Anywhere: How Five Cities That Nearly Ran Dry Got Water Use Under Control

Communities across the United States can learn from the experiences of cities that have had to confront major water supply crises and start planning now to avoid the worst impacts of future droughts.

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