Summer Fellow Research FindingsTo date, twenty-three SREE students have participated in the SREE Summer Fellows Program, created in collaboration with Grantmakers for Education. The students spent the summer conducting a literature review on a topic selected by the funding organization, with the goal of providing information the organization can use to inform its philanthropic work. The executive summaries and additional work products are available here. 2025 Projects The Promise and Progress of Work-Based Learning: How Are Students and Communities Benefiting from Workforce Centered Programs Across the US? Progress Report | Landscape Inventory Evaluation of the Implementation of Partnerships for an Innovative Early Learning Center Partner: The Primrose Schools Children's Foundation Please check back for final report Birth to 5: Early Learning Campus Viability Tracking Grantee Learning in the Arts and Education Leadership Executive Summary ECPI | Executive Summary AWA Reengaging 40 Million US Adults That Have Some College and No Degree Partner: Crimsonbridge Foundation Improving First Gen Students' Persistence in College through Tech-Enhanced Support & Mentoring: What Works? Partner: iMentor 2024 Projects
A Review of the Landscape and Evidence of Effectiveness of Collective Impact Approaches Partner: Ascendium Education Group Exploring Dimensions of Quality in Postsecondary Education: A Review of Evidence to Inform Prison Higher Education Partner: Ascendium Education Group Data rich, information poor: Identifying policies that enable robust SLDS to inform decision making Partner: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Executive Summary | Presentation Scaling Trust: Exploring best practices in data governance to enhance public trust in and use of education data Partner: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation How Fostering Student Belonging and Connection is Changing Postsecondary Education Partner: Crimsonbridge Foundation Executive Summary | Presentation Assessing the Role and Effectiveness of Rapid Cycle Evaluations in Education Partner: EdFunders LEAD Impact Group Executive Summary | Presentation 2023 Projects
Institutional & System Efforts to Address Postsecondary Students' Basic Needs Exploring Enrollment and Scheduling Models to Support Credit Momentum Partner: Ascendium Education Group Research Findings Database: Synthesizing and Articulating Key Findings The Use of Public Polling to Gauge Perceptions of Higher Education
Partner: EdFunders Lead Impact Group Fellow: Tetsuya Yamada, University of Pittsburgh Literature Review (executive summary included), Slide Deck 2022 Projects
Emerging and Best Practice Strategies to Center Equity in Philanthropic Evaluation Practices Practitioners Brief/Executive Summary, Slide Deck Use of University ReadPrainess Assessments Literature Review (executive summary included) From Data to Action: Exploring Best Practices in User-Centered Data Visualization and Design Partner: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Community Efforts to Reach the Most Marginalized Youth Through OST Opportunities: A Review of the Literature Partner: The Wallace Foundation Research Planning Grant: Ideal Learning Head Start Expansion Partner: Trust for Learning
2021 Projects
Understanding Short Term Credentials Executive Summary, Literature Review, Slide Deck
Research Use and Uptake to Ensure Learners can Achieve Academic and Career Goals
Measuring Philanthropy's Role in Policy Change Executive Summary, Literature Review
Aligning Skills, Competency Frameworks, and Learning Outcomes Partner: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Evaluating an Instructional Leadership Community of Practice
Work Based Learning Programs in Rural Communities for Adult Learners Executive Summary, Literature Review
2020 ProjectsStrategies to Support Adult Learners and Some College, No Degree Students “To and Through” a Postsecondary Credential Executive Summary, Literature Review, and Opportunities
College Readiness and Gender Equity Executive Summary Exploring the Grantmaker’s Role in Structuring Engagements Across Grantees: Peer Learning & Networks Contemporary Labor Market Data in Postsecondary Contexts
2019 ProjectsPhilanthropy and Education Policy Advocacy Executive Summary Competency Based Standards and the Workforce of the Future Powerpoint Presentation Bias and Inequity in School Systems Executive Summary Summer Melt Executive Summary
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