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Research Agenda

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​​Our Mission

  • Produce actionable research that informs and supports the postsecondary education needs of the Dallas College community
  • Inform student-centered decision-making, both at Dallas College and at institutions across the region, state, and nation
  • Identify student barriers to postsecondary success and strive for equitable opportunities and outcomes for all students, regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, income level, or generational status
  • Collaborate across the education-to-workforce pipeline to help Dallas College positively impact the Metroplex and to help North Texas reach the goals of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Building a Talent Strong Texas plan

Research Agenda for Academic Year 2024-2025 (updated July 24, 2024)

Key Projects

  • The Impact of Dallas College Across Generations: Tracing Our Students’ Stories and Economic Mobility
  • Equitable Transfer Pathways and Economic Mobility: Evidence from Dallas College and the University of North Texas
  • KPI External Benchmarking System
  • English Language Learners: Mixed-Methods Study of ELLs in Texas Community Colleges (TSP)
  • Assessing the Advising Barriers After Registration (RAND Melt Study Follow-Up)
  • Supplementing STEM Instruction: Keeping Students on Transfer Pathways to STEM Success (AIIR)
  • THECB and Mental Health
  • Establishment of Center for Student Outcomes

Multi-Year Projects with the Education Research Center

  • Longitudinal Analysis of 2008-2012 Dallas-Area High School Graduates: Eight-year labor market outcomes used to assess college readiness, college going, program of study analysis by postsecondary completion, net price analysis by postsecondary completion
  • Economic Outcomes of Community College Students in Texas: Earnings distribution, outcomes assessment, age and experience, enrollment status, transfer, attainment, field of study, demographics, intertemporal change

Publications/Communications

  • Does Dual Enrollment Support Earnings and Living Wage Attainment?
    • Manuscript Submission to AERA Open
    • Additional web publications (internal and external) for topics not covered in manuscript (e.g., transfer, debt)
  • Continued rollout of AY23-24 publications via social media, external cross-promotion (e.g., HACU)
    • Equitable Value at Hispanic-Serving Institutions: National Trends with a Spotlight on Texas
    • Dual Credit Pays Off: Assessing Dallas-Area Dual Credit Students from Education to Workforce
  • Ongoing StoryMaps self-publication of new reports/infographics/ dashboards as released

Funding Proposals

  • Dual enrollment research proposal: Evaluating the Promise of P-TECH programs (joint project of RI/TSP)
  • Follow-Up to Student Melt Study: Re-engagement of Lost Students
  • AI communication to support retention and completion

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