The UERC creates reliable, usable knowledge in seven core areas. Below is a list and a search field for our past projects. Click here to return to the Focus Areas page.
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This evaluation brings regional institutions together to set goals for serving adult learners.
Focus Areas: Adult Learners, Postsecondary Education
Year: 2019-2020
A socio-ecological study of chronic absenteeism.
Focus Areas: K-12 Education
Year: 2019-2020
This evaluation investigates the impact of a comprehensive initiative designed to improve the recruitment, retention and graduation of undergraduate STEM majors.
Focus Areas: Teachers Work, Career Pathways, Postsecondary Education
Year: 2019-2021
This evaluation investigated the impact that weekly reading time with a trusted adult can have on the achievement, attitudes toward reading and social skills of emerging readers.
Focus Areas: Career Pathways, STEM Education, Postsecondary Education
Year: 2019-2020
This fifteen-year evaluation examines the growth of the STEM Alliance and its impact on students, educators, and industry partners in the KC STEM ecosystem.
Focus Areas: Teachers Work, Career Pathways, STEM Education
Year: 2021-2024
This study examines opportunities to improve and expand college advising services in Kansas.
Focus Areas: Career Pathways, Postsecondary Education
Year: 2020
This study explores the barriers and procedures that affect adult learners in Missouri higher education.
Focus Areas: Essential Skills/SEL
Year: 2019-2021
This project examines where the Agile Work Profiler can help students develop their own agency and prepares them for future success.
Focus Areas: Essential Skills/SEL, Career Pathways, Postsecondary Education, K-12 Education
Year: 2020-2021
The purpose of the School Suspension Project is to describe patterns in school suspensions in Kansas City, Missouri, elementary and middle schools.
Focus Areas: K-12 Education
Year: 2018-2019
The purpose of this project is to understand patterns in school access and school choice in Kansas City.
Focus Areas: K-12 Education
Year: 2019-2023
