With the right systems and supports, every person can earn postsecondary credentials and transition to a meaningful, sustaining career. Through an equity-centered approach, 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, rural students’ college access and success, and equity in higher education—to help you identify and implement critical academic, financial, and social supports that will empower all learners to fulfill their personal and professional goals. Building on your community and institution’s assets, we can start breaking down systemic barriers and help every student achieve 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
- Culturally responsive and equitable evaluation approaches
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
- 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.
- Two reports on the ECMC Foundation’s Basic Needs Initiative, which supported basic needs services at over 70 colleges and universities.
- How can partnerships between colleges and community-based organizations be leveraged to support students?
Our Experts
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Senior Researcher, Culturally Responsive & Equitable Evaluation
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Managing Researcher, Postsecondary Success
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Senior Researcher, Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation
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Managing Researcher, Multilingual Learners
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Senior Leader, Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation
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Principal Researcher & Data Sharing and Security Lead
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Senior Fellow
Building a clear path toward equitable education for all, together
PARTNER WITH USInsights & Resources
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.
Learn about the first longitudinal evaluation of a housing choice voucher program—Tacoma’s College Housing Assistance Program.
Ten recommendations for supporting college students who are parents—plus statistics to help you advocate for systems change to scale that assistance.
Learn about how we use culturally responsive and equitable evaluation approaches in our postsecondary research and evaluation work.
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