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.

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