With the right systems and supports, every person can earn postsecondary credentials and transition to a meaningful, sustaining career. We collaborate to support learners of every age on their path to and through education and training after high school. Our team brings expertise in diverse areas—including student reengagement, college credit opportunities in high school, and rural students’ college access and success—to help you identify and implement critical academic, financial, and social supports that empower all learners to fulfill their personal and professional goals. Building on your community and institutional assets, we can break down systemic barriers to postsecondary success.
Postsecondary Success Specialties
- Evaluation of postsecondary access and completion programs
- Applied research on postsecondary access and completion
- Applied research and dashboards on college credit opportunities in high school
- Using data and evidence to improve college student outcomes
Basic Needs
Students deserve access to basic needs—food, housing, child care, transportation, and other financial support—that allow them to learn and succeed.
Publications
- Can increasing financial knowledge among college students reduce basic needs insecurity? Explore our findings from nationally representative data.
- Learn about Oregon’s unique dual enrollment model, designed to address challenges in the number of high school teachers qualified to teach dual credit.
- Louisiana State University’s Introduction to Computational Thinking course builds skills in problem solving, programming, and mathematics.
- Achieving the Dream’s Building Resiliency in Rural Communities initiative supports a cohort of seven rural colleges in helping students build digital skills.
- Evaluating the College Housing Assistance Program in Tacoma, which provided housing vouchers to students experiencing homelessness.
Our Experts
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Senior Researcher
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Managing Researcher
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Principal Researcher
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Managing Researcher
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Director, Research & Evaluation
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Managing Researcher
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Researcher
Building a clear path toward better education for all, together
PARTNER WITH USInsights & Resources
Learn about phase 2 of the Education Northwest technical assistance approach: collaborative implementation.
Sponsored dual credit uses flexible teacher qualification standards that local schools and colleges can adapt to their context.
Learning environments informed by consideration of trauma benefit all students. Our updated guide offers strategies and resources for educators.
This presentation featured findings from the ECMC Foundation Basic Needs Initiative second evaluation report that examined student access to basic needs services at 20 institutions supported by BNI grantees.
A growing number of professionals working on and around college campuses are using case management to support students’ basic needs. Doing that work well requires a way to capture, track, and assess multiple types of data.
Education Northwest
811 SW 6th Avenue, Suite 1000
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: 503.275.9500
