The Supreme Court recently held that UT Austin’s race-conscious admissions plan is lawful under the Equal Protection Clause. In this blog post, Ben Backes discusses what this does (and does not) mean.
As students across the country prepare to start their freshman year of college, more than 40 percent of them will not graduate within six years – costing billions of dollars in lost earnings for the students and millions of dollars in lost tax revenue, according to a new analysis by AIR.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has released the first comprehensive review of existing quantitative research and qualitative feedback on federal K-12 education policies from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The report, "Looking Back to Look Forward: Quantitative and Qualitative Reviews of the ...
Making the world a better and more informed place drives AIR board members, fellows, and staff. These recent books examine pressing issues in depth, drawing on the best research available to understand complex challenges and offer practical solutions.
AIR is launching a new partnership with three large universities aimed at building a pipeline of diverse candidates who can contribute to the field of behavioral and social science research and application. The AIR Pipeline Partnership Program will provide opportunities for graduate-level students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., the ...
AIR policy experts will present at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management’s (APPAM) annual conference, being held November 6-8, 2014, in Albuquerque, NM, at the Albuquerque Convention Center and Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Statistical experts from the American Institutes for Research will discuss big data and survey methods at the American Statistical Association’s 2016 Joint Statistical Meeting, to be held July 30-August 4 in Chicago. The conference is the largest annual gathering of statisticians in North America, with more than 6,000 participants will ...
On September 9, 2022, the COVID-19 and Equity in Education (CEE) initiative presented their second session in the CEE Research Spotlight series. Researchers from the Lastinger Center for Learning and College of Education at the University of Florida shared an overview of research findings from the COVID-19 Deep Dive Study in ...
Experts from AIR will be presenting at the AERA conference from April 27 – May 1, 2013 in San Francisco. The theme of the meeting is "Education and Poverty: Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis."