To support the development of a training, specifically designed to enhance the protective processes that rural African American informal mentors provide to emerging adults.
To support a study exploring the usefulness of apprenticeship as a framework for structuring the supports children and adolescents need as they grow up.
Initiative, motivation, teamwork, connections to adults, and responsibility are outcomes that are related to success in school, the labor force, and other aspects of life. How do youth programs promote these outcomes?
Can the academic performance of Black students be increased using interventions designed to reduce their stress and anxiety about being negatively stereotyped?
Does participation in a race and a gender Intergroup Dialogue have educational effects? What processes that take place within Dialogues account for demonstrated effects?
This project involves a series of studies testing a model of the well-documented ethnic achievement gap between Black and Latino students on the one hand and White and Asian students on the other.
The William T. Grant Foundation invests in high-quality research focused on reducing inequality in youth outcomes and improving the use of research evidence in decisions that affect young people in the United States.
