Despite recent increases, the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing Ph.D.s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics continues to lag behind the overall population. In this video interview, Rachel Upton examines the role that historically black colleges and universities play in increasing STEM participation specifically among black students. ...
Adam Troy is a TA Consultant at AIR. His primary responsibilities include serving as a project manager for Equity MAAPPS (Measurements for Accountability to All People in Policy Solutions), an initiative to help states align spending with strategies promoting restorative justice. Troy's secondary responsibilities include serving as a TA specialist ...
AIR supported the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in the development of a consensus study report that examines the status of Department of Defense research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority Serving Institutions. The report examines the methods and means necessary to advance research capacity at these ...
In this video interview, Ken Martinez discusses steps schools can take to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in school discipline and increase access to mental health services for students who struggle after being expelled or suspended.
Montrischa Williams is a senior researcher with more than 10 years’ experience in educational research and technical assistance. Dr. Williams specializes in equity in higher education, STEM persistence, as well as the postsecondary pathways and transitions from high school to college of underserved students. Her methodological work is qualitative driven, ...
The Modern Meta-Analyses Research Institute is a five-day intensive workshop aimed at STEM researchers interested in learning how to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis.
AIR partnered with Fisk and Vanderbilt Universities to research and disseminate information about the Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-PhD Bridge Program, an initiative that supports diversity and inclusion in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) postsecondary programs.
Researchers focused on integrating computational thinking into the K-5 instruction of general elementary and elementary bilingual teachers in southern Oregon developed a researcher-practitioner partnership (RPP) with funding from the National Science Foundation. AIR was the evaluation partner on SOCSforAll. ...
Until 2020, AIR operated the Knowledge Translation for Employment Research Center (KTER), which developed and tested knowledge translation strategies designed to help vocational rehabilitation agencies and businesses find, understand, and use research related to employing people with disabilities. The KTER Center provided technical assistance and training to grantees to plan ...
AIR developed a systematic, transparent, evidence-based protocol to review and translate the extant research about juvenile drug courts and related interventions into comprehensive, reasonable, actionable, understandable, and measurable guidelines.