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    Understanding What Works in Postsecondary Education

    A college degree remains critical to unlocking opportunity and to accessing America’s middle class, yet millions of students who pursue higher education never earn degrees. This memo, produced with Results for America, draws lessons and policy implications from two decades of rigorous research in postsecondary institutions focused on addressing this problem.

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    Pushing Toward Progress

    Early Implementation Findings from a Study of the Male Student Success Initiative

    Men of color complete college at lower rates than their fellow students. To help overcome this gap, many colleges have programs offering academic and social support to male students of color. This report summarizes MDRC’s evaluation of one such program at the Community College of Baltimore County.

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    There’s No Need to Choose Between Taking Action and Building Evidence

    In this commentary originally published in Government Executive, MDRC Senior Vice President Dan Bloom argues that the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that it’s important for decisionmakers to make bold policy reforms and to build evidence for future action at the same time.

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  1. New Study Finds Long-Term Impacts of Social-Emotional Learning on Students’ Academic Skills
  2. MDRC Experts Presenting at Virtual APPAM Fall Research Conference, November 9-13
  3. MDRC Achieves FedRAMP Authorization from the Federal Government
  4. Study Finds More ‘Remedial’ Students Should Take College-Level Courses
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MDRC is committed to finding solutions to some of the most difficult problems facing the nation — from reducing poverty and bolstering economic self-sufficiency to improving public education and college graduation rates. We design promising new interventions, evaluate existing programs using the highest research standards, and provide technical assistance to build better programs and deliver effective interventions at scale.

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