Eric Bettinger
Associated IES Content
Grant
Beyond Triage: A Randomized Experiment in Sustained Pre-College Advising
This project evaluated a state-sponsored college access program known as Advise Texas (Advise TX) run by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB). The primary goal of Advise TX is to provide a uniform and readily available college access program that will raise the rates of college enrollment and completion among low-income, first-generation-college, and underrepresented high school students in Texas.
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305E130009
Grant
Improving Information and Access to Financial Aid: Expanding the FAFSA Experiment
The purpose of the proposed research is to test the effects of simplifying the financial aid application process and providing assistance at scale. Findings from previous efficacy studies found that these two supports led to a 20 percent increase in college attendance in our target areas in Ohio and North Carolina. The team will recruit participants in this scale-up evaluation from the 3.5 million individuals who use free tax-filing services, and will randomly assign families to different ty...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A120280
FY2017
Reading, Writing, and Language Development FY2022
FY2022 - FY2023
Reading, Writing, and Language Development
Minutes of Meeting: June 29, 2011
NBES meeting minutes on June 29, 2011
FY2022
FY2022 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2021
FY2021 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2020
FY2020 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2019
FY2019 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
FY2018
FY2018 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
FY2018
FY2018 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
FY2017
FY2017 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
Grant
College Completion Network Lead
The College Completion Network Lead provides the organizational structure needed to ensure that the College Completion Network runs smoothly and accomplishes its goals and objectives. The Network Lead coordinates annual meetings of the entire Network as well as ongoing working group meetings focused on crucial completion-related topics. The Lead will conduct independent research to inform the network and the broader public, including a gap analysis of current college completion research and ...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305N170003
FY2016
FY2016 Single-Session Peer Review Panel
Grant
Nudges to the Finish Line: Experimental Interventions to Prevent Late College Departure
This research team will investigate whether text messages that provide personalized information to students attending open- and broad-access enrollment institutions will help them complete their college degrees. The team will complete both development and evaluation activities. The main objective during the development phase of the project will be to develop a text messaging campaign that is informed by the specific informational, behavioral, and psychological challenges that can pose obstac...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305N160026
FY2015
Single-Session Panels
FY2014
FY2014 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
Grant
Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness
During the past 40 years, the United States has made major advances in expanding access to postsecondary education, but many students arrive at college without the requisite English and math skills to perform college-level work. Community colleges and other open-access institutions have traditionally responded by placing such students into sequential developmental (or remedial) education courses with outdated curricula and instructional practices. Unfortunately, research indicates that stude...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C140007
FY2013
FY2013 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
FY2012
FY2012 Education Systems and Broad Reform Peer Review Panel
FY2011 IES Peer Reviewers
FY2011 IES Research Peer Review Panel
Grant
The Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment
The Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment (CAPSEE) conducts research and provides national leadership (in cooperation with IES) in order to advance knowledge regarding the link between postsecondary education and the labor market. The Center aims to clarify this link with attention to three key topics: (1) relatively short-term occupational degrees (occupational associate degrees and certificates or diplomas) that are designed to improve labor market outcomes; (2) th...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C110011
Grant
National Center for Postsecondary Research
The National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) focuses on measuring the effectiveness of programs designed to help students make the transition to college and master the basic skills needed to advance to a degree. NCPR is currently pursuing research in dual enrollment; postsecondary remediation, including learning communities; and financial aid. Established through a five-year grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, NCPR is housed at t...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A060010
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