About MDRC
Plancarte is a research assistant in the Postsecondary Education policy area and cochair of the organization’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Advocacy Council (JEDI AC). Since joining MDRC in 2021, Plancarte has supported implementation research, report coordination, and project management efforts on projects that evaluate college programs that are meant to help students persist in college and graduate faster. As JEDI AC cochair, Plancarte assists committee members with developing organization-wide projects that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization and in MDRC’s research.
Outside of MDRC, Vivianna is engaged with the Save the Flower Person-to-Person Collective and is a member-owner of the Greene Hill Food Co-op, as well as a development intern at Mixteca. Before joining MDRC, Vivianna worked with a research team at the University of California, Merced to explore the experiences of Latino immigrants in rural California during the COVID-19 pandemic. She graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California, with a BA in environmental analysis (psychology concentration) and minor in Chicanx/Latinx studies.
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MDRC Publications
BriefSeptember, 2023Research shows that corequisite remediation—which enrolls students who have been designated as underprepared into college-level courses and provides simultaneous remedial support—leads to improved student outcomes. This brief describes the implementation of corequisite course models at four colleges in Minnesota and Texas.
BriefResisting Erasure in Higher Education Policy and Practice
July, 2023A virtual roundtable brought together students, administrators, faculty members, and funders to examine and hear firsthand about the disparities, needs, and knowledge gaps affecting women of color in postsecondary education. This brief offers recommendations from the roundtable participants aimed at improving education and career outcomes for women students of color.
BriefExploring the Experiences of Students Ages 25 and Older
December, 2022The SUCCESS project aims to improve college completion rates for traditionally underserved students at community and broad-access colleges. This brief highlights the experiences of students 25 years or older in four SUCCESS colleges. The findings suggest how programmatic and institutional structures may promote or hamper student success for this population.
BriefParticipating in a College Support Program During the Pandemic and Beyond
April, 2022This issue focus shares early implementation lessons from an evaluation of MDRC’s Scaling Up College Completion Efforts for Student Success (SUCCESS) and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the program model. It offers lessons that could be relevant to similar programs operating in online, in-person, and hybrid environments.
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Other Publications
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Projects