Diverse international cohort first to earn MIT master's degrees in data, economics, and development policy
Twenty-two students from 14 countries take an evidence-based approach to affecting global change.
Twenty-two students from 14 countries take an evidence-based approach to affecting global change.
Summarizing results from 96 randomized evaluations, new J-PAL North America publication highlights the sizable impact tutoring programs can have on student learning.
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
J-PAL research center will focus on evidence-based policy-making to reduce poverty in the Middle East and North Africa.
MITx MicroMasters Program credential holders leverage MIT-caliber education to move their industries to the cutting edge.
Five-day offering provided nearly 2,000 participants with an introduction to the design and use of randomized evaluations to test the effectiveness social programs.
Marshalling forces from across the Institute, MIT will deliver an online celebration worthy of the Class of 2020.
Faculty members Abhijit Banerjee, Bonnie Berger, and Roger Summons elected by peers for outstanding contributions to research.
Changes follow new Institute policies on travel, events, and visitors; some large classes to move online.
MIT professor and alumna shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics, which recognized collaborators’ “experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.”
The first cohort of 22 students from 14 countries share a common ambition: harnessing data to help others.
Academic, government, and advocacy leaders gathered to promote collaborative research partnerships to identify strategies that help workers thrive in today’s labor market.
Housing Stability Evaluation Incubator will provide funding and technical assistance to help partners build evidence on strategies to reduce and prevent homelessness.
Study shows no effect from program intended to reduce repeated hospitalizations by targeting high-cost patients.
Randomized evaluation of the TalkingPoints multilingual family engagement platform will assess the intervention's impact on student achievement.