Research and Impact

This report examines Ohio’s public-school pipeline to college, particularly for high-achieving low-income students, and identifies the characteristics of districts and high schools that are most effective at getting these students into four-year colleges and universities.

Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues examine factors that should be considered in the assessment of participatory modeling projects.

Amanda Girth and colleagues address how the Department of War can innovate effectively within their acquisition processes to create lasting, enterprise-wide impacts. 

Shoshanah Inwood and colleagues examine how extreme weather driven by climate change contributes to rising stress and psychological distress among Midwest farmers, identifying key pathways linking climate impacts to farmer mental health challenges.

Victor St. John and colleagues examine how individual, facility, and community factors intersect to shape suicide fatalities in U.S. jails.

Victor St. John, Tasha Perdue and colleagues examine predictors of drug- and opioid-related deaths among incarcerated individuals nationwide.

Esra Gules-Guctas and colleagues demonstrate how algorithmic decision-making systems used in public benefits determinations can produce outcomes that fail to comply with legal requirements when statutory rules are improperly implemented in code, often due to flawed data, poor design choices, or inherent system limitations.

Victor St. John, Gregory Wilson, Long Tran, and Lydia Applin investigate how administrative burden in college admissions affects individuals with criminal records, with attention to racial disparities.