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Postsecondary Education

We help postsecondary education systems deliver more accessible and impactful experiences for all students.

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Our Work

Initiative Spotlight

Calbright Impact Hub

We’re reshaping higher education for working adults at Calbright College, alongside partners at UC Irvine and ideas42 academic affiliate Ben Castlemen. Calbright offers online, flexibly paced and competency-based courses that let students work toward certificates in high-growth fields wherever and whenever is best for them. Together, we’re rapidly designing, testing, and scaling approaches that leverage behavioral insights in service of student success.

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Partners

Our Partners

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  • University of Arizona logo with a large A in red, outlined in white and navy blue, and the text 'The University of Arizona' to the right.
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Testimonials

  • “Working with ideas42 has been transformative for Calbright. They helped us identify barriers that our focus population of working adult learners might face and then quickly design, test, and scale solutions that have had a measurable impact on key outcomes. The student-centered, data-driven, and equity-focused nature of ideas42’s work is closely aligned with Calbright’s own approach to student success, and our collaboration with them has allowed us to enhance our educational model to better meet the needs of the diverse learners we serve.”

    — Marisa Bold, Head of Strategic Growth and Development, Calbright College

  • “ideas42 has been one of the most effective partners we have worked with. Through their highly structured methodology, we gained valuable insights into the behaviors of our learners, and barriers in our processes that may be inhibiting their success and persistence.… Their insights informed a series of interventions which have resulted in significant positive trends in our success and persistence outcomes. As a consulting partner, they are knowledgeable, organized, and efficient.”

    — Susan Nathan, Chief Experience Officer, Southern New Hampshire University

  • “Working with ideas42 was a great experience, and I encourage any institution or organization to work with them on tackling a big challenge. They have a solid process that helped us move through data gathering and creating an action plan quickly, so we were able to implement within a few months after our initial meeting…. ideas42 provided us the credibility we needed to push forward a student-centered approach — being able to say we were working with experts in behavioral design changed how many of our colleagues viewed the communication and outreach process we implemented.”

    — Michelle Mckelve, Senior Director, Thrive Center, University of Arizona

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