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Thomas Brock
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Director
Young Adults and Postsecondary Education Policy Area
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Brock leads MDRC’s work in higher education, which is principally focused on finding ways to increase academic achievement and persistence among low-income students attending community colleges and less selective four-year universities. Current projects include Opening Doors, an evaluation of curricular reforms, enhanced student services, and scholarship programs at six community colleges across the United States; Achieving the Dream, a national initiative sponsored by Lumina Foundation for Education to help community colleges make better use of data to improve instruction and services; and the Performance-Based Scholarship Demonstration, a study of the effect of financial incentives tied to enrollment and academic performance criteria. Other projects include the National Learning Communities Demonstration, a study of how linking developmental education classes with standard college courses or “student success” courses affect student outcomes, and an evaluation of a Texas summer “bridge” program that provides remedial instruction and support to graduating high school students before they begin college.
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MDRC Publications
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