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Student-Run Mental Health Education Efforts May Help Improve Mental Health Climate on College Campuses

Jun 27, 2018

Getting college students to engage with peer-run organizations that focus on mental health awareness can improve college students' knowledge about mental health, reduce stigma, and may play an important role in improving the campus climate toward mental health.
Commentary

Teens Are Driving Drowsy Every Day, and That's Dangerous

Mar 12, 2018

About 1 in 10 car crashes are caused by drowsy driving, and young drivers between the ages of 16 and 24 account for more than half of them. Many parents unwittingly allow their teens to drive while tired on a daily basis.

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Commentary

Louisiana's Education System Is Evolving: Here's What Parents Need to Know

Louisiana has taken big steps to improve its education policies and the education of the state's children, from birth to grade 12. Parents can help their children benefit from the reforms by being informed about the changes and knowing how to take advantage of new resources.

Sep 12, 2018
Dissertation

Dissertation

Choose Wisely: A Study of College Major Choice and Major Switching Behavior

This dissertation explores the college major decision-making process, both for initial and subsequent major choices, and analyzes the associations between major choice behaviors and student outcomes such as time to degree and probability of graduation.

Aug 31, 2018
Dissertation

Dissertation

Financial Education among Financially Vulnerable Populations in the United States

Examines if state-mandated financial education improves debt-related and college-going behaviors among economically vulnerable young adults.

Aug 29, 2018
Essay

Social and Emotional Learning Prepares Students for Life

The goal of social and emotional learning is to give students the skills they need to work in teams, communicate their ideas, and manage their emotions. Research can help educators determine which programs work and which ones qualify for federal funding under the Every Student Succeeds Act.

Aug 27, 2018
Commentary

How Early Childhood Education and Care Can Help to Tackle the Impact of Childhood Disadvantage

Disadvantaged children underperform educationally partly because on average they experience more risk factors. Interventions to address multiple causes of underperformance for disadvantaged children may have a better chance of success. The calibre of early childhood education and care professionals also likely matters.

Aug 20, 2018
News Release

News Release

Student-Run Mental Health Education Efforts May Help Improve Mental Health Climate on College Campuses

Getting college students to engage with peer-run organizations that focus on mental health awareness can improve college students' knowledge about mental health, reduce stigma, and may play an important role in improving the campus climate toward mental health.

Jun 27, 2018
Report

Impacts of the Intensive Partnerships Initiative

The Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative enhanced how teachers are evaluated and improved teacher staffing policies. But it did not lead to gains in student achievement or graduation rates.

Jun 21, 2018
Research Brief

Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching Enhanced How Teachers Are Evaluated But Had Little Effect on Student Outcomes

This brief summarizes the final report of a six-year evaluation of the Intensive Partnerships for Effective Teaching initiative, documenting the policies and practices each site enacted and their effects on student outcomes.

Jun 21, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Persistence of Shifts in Beliefs Associated With Exposure to Alcohol Advertising Among Adolescents

Youths are exposed to an average of three alcohol ads per day-and black and Hispanic youths' exposure is roughly double that of white youths—and the effect of a single exposure can last up to two days.

Jun 21, 2018
Infographic

Infographic

Enriching Kids: The Benefits of Using Public Funds to Pay for Out-of-School (OST) Time Programs

This infographic provides an overview of the opportunity and attainment gaps between high-and low-income students and how public funding for after-school programs can help address these gaps.

May 31, 2018
Commentary

The Case for Corequisites: What Are the Ingredients of Success?

More than two-thirds of community college students and 40 percent of four-year college students take at least one developmental education course. States and colleges across the United States are experimenting with innovative approaches to developmental education to improve graduation rates for struggling students.

May 23, 2018
Report

Sustaining Pennsylvania's State System Universities

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education is facing considerable challenges, such as demographic shifts, limited state funding, and strong competition. Options are available to address the system's long-term sustainability and viability, but major changes would be needed.

Apr 25, 2018
Testimony

Five Options for Long-Term Sustainability of Pennsylvania's State System Universities

Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education faces significant challenges to its long-term sustainability, including population shifts and limited state funding. There are options to address these issues and avoid closures, but major structural changes will be needed.

Apr 25, 2018
Dissertation

Dissertation

Finding the Force of the Future: Improving Air Force Officer Outreach through an Investigation of School and Community Attributes

Seeks to improve understanding of the factors indicative of applications to the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps' High School Scholarship Program.

Apr 17, 2018
Commentary

Bridging the Growing College Divide Among Young Americans

Over the last decade, more Americans age 25 to 34 earned four-year college and graduate degrees, but the number of those without college degrees also increased. New ways of communicating educational options and outcomes to young people are needed.

Apr 13, 2018
Commentary

Ready, Set, College

With the nation investing at least $1 billion a year in developmental education, states and colleges are rethinking their approaches to reform. Are states moving too fast to mandate developmental education policy? It depends on the policy.

Mar 5, 2018
Commentary

Here's How a National Database Could Help Colleges Fight Sexual Assault

At a moment of heightened awareness around sexual violence, America's colleges and universities have an opportunity to lead by example, through a commitment to full transparency about campus sexual assaults and openness to learning from each other's failures and successes.

Mar 2, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Using the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised in High Stakes Contexts: Does Evidence Warrant the Practice?

The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised -R shows positive associations to child outcomes up to a mid-level score of 3.4, beyond which it may lose its usefulness; a more process-oriented measure may be needed for classrooms at the higher end of the score distribution

Mar 2, 2018

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