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Title:
A Scalable Growth Mindset Intervention to Raise Achievement and Persistence in Community College
Year: 2015
Name of Institution:
Stanford University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Walton, Gregory
Award Amount: $3,410,421
Award Period: 4 years (9/1/2015-8/31/2019)
Title:
AIR Early College Follow-Up Efficacy Study
Year: 2016
Name of Institution:
American Institutes for Research (AIR)
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Song, Mengli
Award Amount: $630,139
Award Period: 2 1/4 years (9/1/2016 – 12/31/2018)
Title:
Assessing the Long-Term Efficacy and Costs of the City University of New York's (CUNY'S) Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP)
Year: 2016
Name of Institution:
MDRC
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Weiss, Michael
Award Amount: $1,061,273
Award Period: 3 years (7/1/2016-6/3/2019)
Title:
Causes and Consequences of Public Subsidies in Higher Education: Evidence from Community College Districts
Year: 2010
Name of Institution:
University of Michigan
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
McFarlin Jr., Isaac
Award Amount: $2,573,484
Award Period: 4 years
Title:
Could Connecting Students with Financial Aid Lead to Better College Outcomes? A Proposal to Test the Effectiveness of FAFSA Interventions Using the NPSAS Sample
Year: 2016
Name of Institution:
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Long, Bridget Terry
Award Amount: $2,350,643
Award Period: 5 years (7/1/2016-6/30/2021)
Title:
Digital Messaging to Improve College Enrollment and Success
Year: 2014
Name of Institution:
Harvard University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Avery, Christopher
Award Amount: $3,499,999
Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2014 – 6/30/2018)
Title:
Doubling Up? Understanding the Long-Term Effects of Ninth-grade Algebra Reform on College Persistence and Graduation
Year: 2017
Name of Institution:
Saint Louis University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Nomi, Takako
Award Amount: $559,485
Award Period: 2 years (07/01/2017-06/30/2019)
Title:
Efficacy of Viridis Learning Tool: A Technology-Based Approach to Advising and Job Matching
Year: 2018
Name of Institution:
RAND Corporation
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Karam, Rita
Award Amount: $3,299,866
Award Period: 5 years (09/01/2018 - 08/31/2023)
Title:
Evaluating Incentives for Full-time Enrollment at California Community Colleges
Year: 2018
Name of Institution:
University of California, Davis
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Martorell, Francisco
Award Amount: $3,300,000
Award Period: 5 years (09/01/2018 – 08/31/2023)
Title:
Evaluating the Effects of Basic Skills Mathematics Placement on Academic Outcomes of Community College Students
Year: 2010
Name of Institution:
University of Southern California
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Melguizo, Tatiana
Award Amount: $546,452
Award Period: 2 years
Title:
Evaluating the Long-Term Effects and the Costs of Two Community College Interventions
Year: 2010
Name of Institution:
MDRC
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Weiss, Michael
Award Amount: $1,584,722
Award Period: 3 years
Title:
Evaluating the Success of Undergraduates in the U-Pace Intervention to Improve Academic Achievement for All Postsecondary Education Students
Year: 2011
Name of Institution:
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Reddy, Diane
Award Amount: $2,475,839
Award Period: 4 years
Title:
Evaluation of a Random Assignment Intervention to Improve College Choice Among High Achieving, Low Income Students
Year: 2010
Name of Institution:
Stanford University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Hoxby, Caroline
Award Amount: $2,879,635
Award Period: 4 years
Title:
Evaluation of Florida's Developmental Education Redesign
Year: 2016
Name of Institution:
Florida State University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Hu, Shouping
Award Amount: $3,283,265
Award Period: 5 years (7/1/2016-6/30/2021)
Title:
Evaluation of the SOURCE Program: An Intervention to Promote College Application and Enrollment Among Urban Youth - Primary Outcomes
Year: 2008
Name of Institution:
Berkeley Policy Associates
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Bos, Johannes
Award Amount: $362,065
Award Period: 2 years
Title:
Financial Aid Nudges: A National Experiment to Increase Retention of Financial Aid and College Persistence
Year: 2016
Name of Institution:
Temple University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Goldrick-Rab, Sara
Award Amount: $2,175,114
Award Period: 5 years (7/1/2016-6/30/2021)
Title:
Follow-Up to the Study of the Efficacy of North Carolina's Early College High School Model
Year: 2011
Name of Institution:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Edmunds, Julie
Award Amount: $1,851,954
Award Period: 3 years
Title:
Improving Postsecondary Preparation in Urban Public High Schools: An Evaluation of AVID in Chicago
Year: 2008
Name of Institution:
University of Chicago
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Roderick, Melissa
Award Amount: $986,031
Award Period: 3 years
Title:
Improving the Educational and Social Emotional Functioning of College Students with ADHD
Year: 2015
Name of Institution:
University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Anastopoulos, Arthur
Award Amount: $3,179,850
Award Period: 4 years (7/01/2015 – 6/30/2021)
Title:
It's Worth It! Securing Persistence, Performance and Progress within Postsecondary Gateway Science Courses through Utility Value Interventions
Year: 2017
Name of Institution:
University of California, Irvine
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Eccles, Jacquelynne
Award Amount: $2,740,650
Award Period: 4 years (7/1/2017-6/30/2021)
Title:
Khan Academy Resources for Maximizing Mathematics Achievement: A Postsecondary Mathematics Efficacy Study
Year: 2014
Name of Institution:
WestEd
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Schneider, Steve
Award Amount: $2,197,416
Award Period: 3 years (7/1/2014-6/30/2017)
Title:
Performance-Based Scholarship Demonstration — An Alternative Financial Aid Program to Incentivize Academic Success
Year: 2011
Name of Institution:
MDRC
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn
Award Amount: $1,558,732
Award Period: 3 years
Title:
Promoting College Enrollment among Disadvantaged Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Two Low-Cost Interventions
Year: 2011
Name of Institution:
EdBoost Education Corporation
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Chin, Tiffani
Award Amount: $2,977,301
Award Period: 4 years
Title:
Ready or Not? California's Early Assessment Program and the Transition to College
Year: 2010
Name of Institution:
University of California, Davis
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Kurlaender, Michal
Award Amount: $1,831,608
Award Period: 4 years
Title:
Simplification and Incentives: A Randomized Experiment for Increasing College Savings
Year: 2009
Name of Institution:
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Long, Bridget Terry
Award Amount: $1,510,238
Award Period: 4 years
Title:
State Merit Aid Program and Student College Choice and Success: Evaluating the Efficacy of Florida's Bright Futures Program
Year: 2011
Name of Institution:
Florida State University
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Hu, Shouping
Award Amount: $774,910
Award Period: 3 years
Title:
Supporting Strategic Writers: Effects of an Innovative Developmental Writing Program on Writing and Reading Outcomes
Year: 2016
Name of Institution:
University of Delaware
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
MacArthur, Charles A.
Award Amount: $3,245,858
Award Period: 5 years (7/1/2016 – 6/30/2021
Title:
The Efficacy of Personal Response Systems (Clickers) as Learning Tools: A Multidisciplinary, Large-Scale, Empirical Evaluation
Year: 2010
Name of Institution:
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Shapiro, Amy
Award Amount: $504,246
Award Period: 3 years
Title:
Using Computer-Assisted Instruction to Accelerate Students through Developmental Math: An Impact Study of Modularization and Compression
Year: 2013
Name of Institution:
MDRC
Goal: Efficacy and Replication
Principal Investigator:
Weiss, Michael
Award Amount: $3,289,513
Award Period: 4 years (7/1/13-6/30/17)