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Our work is large-scale, interconnected, driven by data and grounded in learner and parent perspectives. By working in every part of the education system, we provide a broad point of view and deep knowledge that allows for bigger impact.

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SPOTLIGHT | Boosting Transfer Rates Across States

  • Project: TransferBOOST

  • Length: 2020 - present

  • Focus Area: Support Change Management Strategies

  • Category: Postsecondary

For every 100 students who enroll in community colleges, 31 students transfer to a four-year institution. Of those, only 14 complete a bachelor’s degree within six years. Too many students are derailed from their higher education goals by unexpected, unaffordable, and untenable—yet solvable—challenges along their transfer journey.

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SPOTLIGHT | The Future of Data in K-12 Education

  • Project: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation

  • Length: 2022 - present

  • Focus Area: Support Change Management Strategies

  • Category: K-12

HCM Strategists’ charge is to create and support a working group focused on the next reauthorization of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the major law outlining the federal government’s involvement in K-12 education, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

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The Tackling Transfer Initiative

  • Project: Tackling Transfer Initiative

  • Length: 2018 - 2021

  • Focus Area: Change Management Strategies

  • Category: Postsecondary

HCM Strategists spearheaded the Tackling Transfer Initiative to create conditions for improvements in community college transfer that are scalable and measurable to achieve greater equity for students from low-income households and students of color.

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