Research & Design

ideas42’s postsecondary education team collaborates with our partners to redesign programs, services, and communications so that more students can achieve their postsecondary goals.

  • Behavioral Diagnosis

    We examine programs and processes from the student perspective to uncover behavioral barriers to their success.

  • Behavioral Design

    We leverage behavioral insights to generate targeted behavioral designs and refine them through iterative prototype and user testing.

  • Impact Evaluation

    We help our partners pilot new solutions and evaluate behavioral, academic, and financial outcomes.

  • Collaborative Design Sprints

    We work closely with our partners through a series of live sessions to leverage their deep expertise and institutional knowledge to rapidly generate design ideas.

  • Communications & Process Audits

    We review existing communications, programs, and processes from the student perspective to identify areas for concrete improvement

  • Innovation Roundtables

    We facilitate convenings to help participants generate ideas to address specific behavioral problems their students are facing.

Want to learn more about how approaches like these can help your students?

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