On Tuesday, September 28, 2021, 2:00–3:00 PM ET, AIR launched the AIR Equity Initiative. Through this five-year initiative, AIR is committing $100M+ toward behavioral and social science research and technical assistance to address the underlying causes of systemic inequity and to increase opportunities for people and society. ...
Higher education institutions increasingly are faced with the challenge and opportunity of serving English learners (ELs) on their campuses. This white paper describes profiles of three types of English learners in higher education and details the motivations, experiences, and challenges that each EL faces in his or her academic pursuits. ...
Frank Rider, a specialist in financing mental health services for children and youth with the American Institutes for Research, has been named to an inaugural advisory panel of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, tasked with disseminating evidence-based research to help patients under the Affordable Care Act. ...
In a Hill briefing, “Healthier and Wealthier, or Sicker and Poorer? Prospects for Medicare Beneficiaries Now and in the Future,” AIR Vice President Marilyn Moon describes the impact some cost-saving proposals now before Congress would have on many Medicare recipients. [video available]
Marilyn Moon, a senior vice president and director of the Health Program at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), testified March 6, 2012 before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health during a hearing examining how the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) – created to reduce ...
The American Institutes for Research, one of the nation’s largest independent research organizations, announced today that it has acquired Sutton Group, a nationally recognized social marketing and communication firm based in Washington, D.C.
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) serve as an urgent call for action to encourage all countries to work on ending poverty while improving health and education, reducing inequality, stimulating economic growth, and addressing climate change. With the endpoint of 2030 approaching, it is critical to assess progress toward the ...
This report provides the technical details of an alternate assessment design that has resulted from a long-term research and development effort at AIR.
Karen Manship is a managing director with AIR focusing on early childhood and K-12 education policy and finance. She currently serves as project manager of the First 5 California Dual Language Learner Pilot Study and of a national study of the Montessori preschool model funded by the Institute for Education ...
The Colombia Youth Resilience Activity (YRA) aims to address these challenges in high-risk communities across the country by designing a holistic solution that fosters youth assets and agency, while also strengthening protective environments, healthy relationships, and economic opportunities.