Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, rates for routine preventive care and chronic condition monitoring have dropped as efforts have increased to limit exposure and spread of the COVID-19 virus. Through administration of a national survey, researchers at AIR seek to understand and assess changes in individuals’ usage of medical and dental ...
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), signed into law in March 2021, has provided a wide range of supports to help the United States bear the economic impact of the pandemic, including allocating $2 billion for the unemployment insurance (UI) system. The U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration ...
This commentary by Amanda Latimore appeared in the Baltimore Sun on December 4, 2020. "With most states now much higher than the 5% COVID-19 test positivity limit recommended for reopening—and at least 10 states exceeding 20% positivity—announcements of vaccine deployment as early as December couldn’t come soon enough. But for ...
Data showing how recent graduates of Arkansas colleges and universities have fared in the labor market are now publicly available on the website collegemeasures.org, a joint venture of the American Institutes for Research (AIR) and the Matrix Knowledge Group. The data includes detailed information on the average first year ...
The Texas dual credit program allows high school students to earn both high school and college credits for completing courses offered by institutions of higher learning. AIR conducted a research study for the Texas Education Agency TEA and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board THECB, exploring the variations in the ...
A study by the American Institutes for Research and Noel-Levitz has found that targeting supplemental financial aid to students receiving Pell grants in Louisiana improved retention rates by more than 14 percent.
The National Research Collaborative on Postsecondary Competency-Based Education and Learning is a community of researchers dedicated to building evidence in support of postsecondary competency-based education and learning. Our priority areas of inquiry are centered on building foundational knowledge for the field, supporting a better understanding of the CBE and CBL ...
AIR is part of the team supporting the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics-Underserved Populations (RADx-UP) Coordination and Data Collection Center, which aims to develop community-engaged projects across the United States to assess and expand COVID-19 testing for underserved and/or vulnerable populations. ...
Jonathan A. Simonetta is Vice President, International Development at AIR. As Vice President, he mentors researchers, oversees projects, monitors overall project performance, and leads business development for our International Development Division.