Dr. Gary W. Phillips, a chief scientist at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will participate in a forum on "Remaining Competitive in a Flat World: The Crisis in American Education and Its Implications for the Economy." The Friday, June 27, 2008 event is made possible by The Library of ...
AIR CARES recognizes that employment interventions have a positive impact on addiction treatment outcomes and employment can be an effective addiction prevention and recovery strategy. Moreover, evidence points to higher rates of unemployment often preceding increases in substance use.
We are on the frontline of work that focuses on the physical context in which people use drugs and the intersection of climate change, the built environment, and harm reduction.
More than 60 staff members of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) have been selected to participate in this year's annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), which will be held in New York City on March 24-28, 2008.
Experts from AIR presented the Communication Toolkit: Using Information to Get High Quality Care at the third National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media.
Homelessness can exacerbate substance use disorder (SUD) and can be a consequence of SUD. AIR CARES brings a depth of experience on homelessness, housing, and trauma-informed work.
In response to statistics that show about a quarter of undergraduate women report being the victim of sexual assault or misconduct since beginning college, AIR has developed a collection of guides and online training for college campus health staff caring for students who have experienced sexual assault and other trauma. ...
AIR Institute Fellows Doug Fuchs and Lynn Fuchs have been awarded the 2021 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education from the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and the McGraw Family Foundation. The prize was established in 1988 to celebrate innovation in education by recognizing individuals who have ...
Violence is a significant public health problem in the United States and around the world, affecting people from all walks of life. AIR supports the social media presence of the CDC project VetoViolence, which aims to stop violence before it starts.
An AIR study of the efficacy of using online course material to recover Algebra I credit after failing the course found that students using this method had lower pass rates and lower scores on an end-of-course assessment than students assigned to a traditional face-to-face classroom. The study is the first ...