What is design thinking and how is AIR using it to serve vulnerable populations? AIR expert Virginia Hamilton explains how design thinking is used across a variety of sectors and can bring a diverse group of people together to work toward the same goal: supporting others.
Georgia has long believed that work-based learning is the best vehicle to teach students employability skills. Learn more about Georgia’s approach to work-based learning standards and how its structure plays a part in the success of their program.
Behavioral insights draw on psychology, cognitive science, social science, and research to understand how people make decisions. In this video, AIR Principal Researcher Samia Amin explains why the use of behavioral insights has become increasingly important in the public sector.
In the midst of the economic fallout from COVID-19, Scott Cheney, CEO of Credential Engine, joined Irma Perez-Johnson, vice president at AIR, to discuss recent research findings by Candace Hester and Sami Kitmitto suggesting that credit-bearing credentials are worth about 17% more annually than non-credit-bearing credentials. ...
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.
Neha Nanda is a principal economist in the Workforce Program at AIR. Dr. Nanda’s work during the past 10+ years has focused on managing and conducting rigorous and mixed method evaluations of workforce development and training programs aimed at vulnerable populations, including single mothers, veterans, older adults, and low-income populations ...