Research Agenda 2019
Last updated: April 9, 2020
| Priority | Requesting Agency | Name | Research Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWS/UDRC, UTech, & USHE | Student mobility | Mobility trends associated with the P20W pipeline |
| 2 | DWS/UDRC, USHE, UTech, & USBE | Student course patterns and their effects on college readiness | An analysis of student high school course taking patterns and their influence on post-secondary outcomes. |
| 3 | DWS/UDRC, UTech, & USHE | Increased spending power for technical college graduates | An analysis of the increased spending potential for UTech and USHE graduates |
| 4 | DWS/UDRC, UTech, & USHE | Gender wage discrimination | An analysis of wages by gender for individuals who are recent graduates of a USHE or UTech institution |
| 5 | DWS/UDRC & USBE | Public assistance and outcomes for children | An analysis of children whose parents are on public assistance compared to those that are not |
| 6 | DWS/UDRC, UTech, & USHE | Previous public assistance customers who have completed higher education and their outcomes | Outcomes for public assistance customers who completed higher education |
| 7 | DWS/UDRC, UTech, & USHE | Higher education's impact on public assistance | An analysis of UTech and USHE students on public assistance |
| 8 | DWS/UDRC, UTech, & USHE | Economic hardships driving technical college and university enrollment | An analysis of adult students who were unemployed in the year or two prior to enrolling at a technical college or university |
| 9 | DWS/UDRC & USHE | Utilization of tuition assistance by low-income students | An analysis of tuition assistance usage between low income and the general student population |
| 10 | DWS/UDRC & USBE | Workforce outcomes for students who do not complete high school | Workforce outcomes of an incomplete secondary education |
| 11 | USBE & UTech | Secondary student utilization of the technical colleges | An analysis of secondary students attending technical colleges |
| 12 | DWS/UDRC, UDOH, & USBE | Parental education and child educational attainment | An analysis of parents' education level on the subsequent educational attainment of their children |
| 13 | DWS/UDRC, UDOH, & USBE | Parental age at first birth and outcomes for these children | An analysis of parents' age and the effect associated with K-12, college, and employment outcomes |