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?
How do the relationships that adopted youth have with their adoptive families change as they transition to adulthood? How are differences in adoptive identity during adolescence linked to young adult outcomes?
Does an intensive reading program based on direct teaching of metacognitive skills and cooperative learning improve the literacy skills of young adolescents, particularly those who are at risk?
To support a project to continue secondary data analysis of existing data from the Australian Twin Registry and also national United States data from Add Health.
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.
