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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!

A Call to Action

Black, Latinx and Indigenous students are hardest hit by practices and policies that result in credit loss when they transfer. To reduce this disproportionate impact from COVID-19, CARPE and AIR stand with our fellow Scaling Partner Members in releasing our shared call to action. Click hereto read about actions policy and higher education leaders should take.

The Relative Returns to Credit- and Non-Credit-Bearing Credentials

An increasing number of middle-skill workers are pursuing non-credit-bearing training. Read our new report to learn more about the utility of these kinds of programs, compared with credit-bearing training programs, as well as policy implications of this growing trend.

New Study: Predicting Dropout for Nontraditional College Students

See our new journal article, published in The Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice (CSR), on using a machine learning approach to predict dropout for nontraditional college students.

Capturing Diverse Perspectives of Student Veterans: A Call to Action

Check out our latest blog post discussing the important role survey research can play in capturing diverse perspectives of student veterans – especially veterans of color and women.

New Video from the College Completion Network

In this video, Collaborating Across Disciplines to Improve College Completion, hear from five researchers on the value of participating in the AIR-led Network and how their participation and collaboration strengthens their research.

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