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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!

Welcome Tamara Linkow to the CARPE Team!

Excited to welcome our newest colleague, Tamara Linkow, to the AIR CARPE team! Tamara Linkow brings more than 15 years of experience conducting research and evaluation on college access, college affordability, and student success.

PROMISE Center Q&A: Pursuing Innovations to Build a Better Workforce Development Ecosystem

This Q&A with acting AIR PROMISE Center Director, Elizabeth Zachry Rutschow, shares how AIR is working to develop, build, and measure the impact of workforce training and postsecondary programs.

Upcoming Presentation on Institutional Strengths and Financial Needs of HBCUs

This upcoming AERA presentation will discuss AIR researchers’ work examining how the financial characteristics of HBCUs that enroll a large portion of low-income students influence student success in STEM.

New Report: Teacher Quality and Students’ Postsecondary Outcomes

A group of AIR researchers have published a new paper through AIR’s CALDER Center examining how different measures of teacher quality are related to the average quality of colleges that students attend.

Working Paper: The Impacts and Experiences of Corequisite Remediation for Latinx Students

This recent working paper uses student survey data to develop a better understanding of how corequisites shape the experience of Latinx students in college-level English courses.

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