City University of New York (CUNY)

The purpose of this efficacy study is to determine the impact of the Diagnostic Assessment and Achievement of College Skills (DAACS) on postsecondary students' outcomes and the generalizability of any effects across different types of postsecondary institutions. DAACS is a fully developed suite of free, open-source, online diagnostic assessments of reading, writing, mathematics, and self-regulated learning. Students and advisors use these resources to support newly enrolled students in makin...

The purpose of this project is to better understand the immediate and longer-term education and employment impacts of the COVID disruption on two-year and four-year undergraduates. The project will focus on students enrolled in the City University of New York (CUNY) system, which includes 7 open access community colleges and 11 four-year colleges of various levels of selectivity.

This partnership will develop and test a mentorship model for extending advising to college-accepted high school graduates during the summer months after graduation. Prior research has documented a pattern of "summer melt" in which motivated and academically-prepared high school graduates who have been accepted to college decide not to enroll in college. Summer melt is especially prevalent among low-income, African American, and Latinx students. Through prior research, the partnership team i...

In this project, researchers seek to identify malleable factors that have the potential to increase the low percentage of community college students who transfer to a bachelor's degree program and subsequently complete a bachelor's degree. By identifying the specific stages in the transfer pipeline at which many students stall-as well as the supports that can help them to transition to subsequent stages-this project will generate actionable insights for college leaders and inform future rese...

he team sought to enhance the capacity of the NYCDOE and CUNY to monitor student progress toward college-ready credentials, hold schools and colleges accountable for helping students reach this goal, and develop interventions and supports for schools that struggle to keep students on track toward college.

The Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Research and Training Fellowship in the Educational Sciences (IPoRT Fellowships) prepared future leaders in educational science and technology research.