AIR experts will present on a variety of workplace and training issues at the annual conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP), being held April 27-30 at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle and virtually.
First Lady Laura Bush in June joined Zambian first lady Maureen Mwanawasa for a visit to a school in Lusaka, Zambia that is supported by one of AIR’s major international efforts – the Community Health and Nutrition, Gender and Education Support – 2 (CHANGES2) program.
Maher & Maher was recently awarded a five-year Industry Intermediary contract by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Apprenticeship in order to expand access to apprenticeships in the field of Information Technology. Maher, a subsidiary of AIR, will work with its strategic partner CompTIA, the world’s leading technology trade ...
One year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is continuing to work with Haiti's Ministry of Education (MENFP) to restore the nation's education system. AIR is assembling transitional classrooms and building the capacity of the ministry to train teachers – making it possible for ...
AIR is strengthening its efforts to diversify the fields of behavioral and social science research through a partnership with three large universities across the country. The AIR Pipeline Partnership Program seeks to address a persistent lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the BSSR fields and ensure that individuals from ...
Experts from AIR will present several sessions during the 2024 Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) Conference, being held April 18–20 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago and virtually. SIOP is a premier professional association for the science and practice of industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology. The 2024 SIOP Conference provides opportunities for experts ...
Experts from AIR will present at several sessions during the annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management research conference. AIR experts will discuss a variety of topics in the areas of education and workforce development, including educator licensing and deployment; transitions to careers among low-income youth; the impacts of ...
AIR and International Action are partnering in an effort to ensure chlorine-treated safe water for drinking and hand-washing at emergency transitional schools in Haiti that AIR has assembled under funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) following the earthquake of January 2010. ...
Christina Yancey, an expert at conducting and directing evaluations of workforce development programs and policies, is joining AIR as a vice president, leading AIR’s workforce program area.
The PROMISE Center, Promoting Resilience, Opportunity, and Mobility in Support of Equity, is committed to uncovering the most effective strategies to build a 21st century workforce development ecosystem that helps all people succeed and thrive.