Proof of Scale Evaluation

A multi-year developmental evaluation of an ecosystem’s efforts–comprised of intermediaries, backbone support partners, institutions, evaluators–to support, facilitate, and document institutional transformation via the development and adoption of new policies, structures, and/or practices. As evaluation partner, EqRC is tasked with crafting the evaluation plan, managing a repository of student and institutional outcome data, and facilitating knowledge management for the broader ecosystem in order to bolster student success and to close racial and socioeconomic equity gaps in completion. This initiative is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Solutions Learning Implementation Grant

A multi-year, multi-site case study project to document select institutions’ efforts to bolster equitable outcomes for students furthest from educational justice–BIPOC and students from low-income backgrounds. As the research partner, EqRC works with an advisory board of experts to develop and execute an annual research agenda that responds chiefly to their interests and to explore the presence of solutions focused activities and work at select institutional sites (i.e., developmental education, digitally enabled teaching and learning (DETL), and holistic student support). This initiative is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Equity to Action Network

A rapid response network of equity-focused higher education scholars and practitioners that respond to short-cycle project requests. As manager of this network, EqRC recruits and onboards network members, negotiates short-cycle project requests, and develops, launches, and manages RFPs around said requests. This network is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

LatinX Borrowers Study

A national, in-depth mixed-methods investigation (i.e., national survey, in-depth interviews) of Latinx borrower’s lived experiences with student debt. This research project is funded and will be executed by the Equity Research Cooperative and builds on the work of the Jim Crow Debt Project.

Debt Cancellation Simulation

An in-depth, justice-focused analysis of the effect of canceling student debt for individuals furthest from educational justice, society, and the economy. This research project is funded and will be executed by the Equity Research Cooperative and builds on the work of the Jim Crow Debt Project.

Test-Optional Admissions Policies

An in-depth, mixed methods investigation of the rise and impact of test-optional admissions policies on access to higher education for Black, Indigenous, and Latinx students and students from low-income backgrounds. As research partner, EqRC designed, fielded, and analyzed primary data from surveys and interviews to better understand the unique experiences of students post-widespread adoption of test-optional admissions policies. This project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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