A new study co-authored by AIR expert Mark Schneider finds that 51 percent of Hispanic college students earn an undergraduate degree in six years, compared with 59 percent of white students. Hispanic students graduate at lower rates than their white peers across similarly ranked institutions – from the nation's least ...
Diane Pelavin, executive vice president of AIR, was one of three individuals honored by Women in Government Relations at an evening event celebrating “Women Trailblazers in Education” on November 15, 2010 at the Australian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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 ...
Science has been added to the categories of reading, mathematics and writing as part of an expansion of TechMatrix, a website developed by the American Institutes for Research (AIR) to provide free information about educational and assistive technology products for students – including those with disabilities, as well as English ...
Sol H. Pelavin, the American Institutes for Research's (AIR) fifth President and Chief Executive Officer, today announced he is retiring, effective December 31, 2010, from the post he has held for the past decade. After leading AIR's unprecedented growth as the world's premier behavioral and social science organization, Pelavin will ...
Marilyn Moon, a senior vice president and director of the Health Program at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), will deliver the keynote address at Marietta College's 176th Founders Day Celebration. The event, focused around the college's yearlong emphasis on health and wellness, will be held Thursday, February 17, 2011 ...
Special education experts from AIR will discuss Response to Intervention (RTI) and other issues during the 2010 Conference of the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) taking place April 21-24, 2010, at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, in Nashville, TN.
The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Midwest at Learning Point Associate, an affiliate of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), has launched the Midwest Education Atlas, an online repository of geographic data displays that map out the most recent data on high school dropout rates and give educators a new view ...
The American Institutes for Research (AIR) and Learning Point Associates were selected by four of the highest rated Investing in Innovation (i3) federal grant applicants to evaluate the efficacy of their programs in improving student achievement and increasing teacher effectiveness.
Experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will have a significant presence at the at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), being held March 3rd to March 5th at the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, DC.