Our College and Career Pathways researcher team, within SRI’s Education Division, includes staff with diverse and broad experiences. Leadership Miya Warner, Ph.D., evaluates the effects of education policies and reforms on student learning and educational equity. She is dedicated to understanding the causes and contexts of the current racial and socioeconomic disparities in educational outcomes … Continue reading Team
For the National Science Foundation, SRI conducted a comprehensive study on success predictors in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education for students with autism. The study was built on a hypothesis that STEM success is influenced by a complex interaction between the individual and their social surroundings. Longitudinal analyses enabled researchers to characterize students’ … Continue reading Success Predictors in Postsecondary STEM Education and Employment for Students with Autism
My research focus, autism, affects people and their ability to function in different ways across the spectrum. For those who have mild-to-moderate autism and are considered “high functioning,” many do incredibly well intellectually, but still often fare poorly at life. We see these people not going to college and not living independently at the rates you would expect they could.