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Grounded in Practice, Informed by Research

Welcome to CARPE, the AIR center committed to improving postsecondary education for today’s students by generating rigorous evidence and helping those in the field connect research and practice. Watch this video to learn more!

Register for CARPE’s College and Career Advising Webinar

Register for our upcoming webinar 11/14 presenting findings from a recent study on how high school guidance counselors have used digital resources to expand access to information & how out-of-school time providers have engaged in counseling about college & career transitions

Performance-Based Financing of Texas Community Colleges

A REL Southwest project with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is examining the relationship between community college spending and student outcomes. Register for the upcoming webinar on October 27 highlighting findings from the forthcoming study.

Welcoming two new members to the CARPE Team!

We are excited to welcome our newest hires, Vanessa Coca and Heather Erwin, to the CARPE Team! Find their information on our experts page.

New Book Chapter and Report Examining HBCU STEM Student Experience

This journal article and recent book chapter from AIR’s Mahlet Megra highlights key takeaways from the HBCU CORE project which seeks to understand the experiences of HBCU STEM students.

HBCU Learner Initiative

AIR is supporting the Technical Assistance team at the Center for Innovation in Postsecondary Education at the University of Alabama in building capacity at five HBCUs in North Carolina to serve adult black learners.

Using Corequisite Remediation to Help Students Progress

This recent blog post from CARPE's Trey Miller describes lessons from emerging research examining the effects of corequisite education to help students progress to college-level courses.

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