Michael J. Petrilli David Griffith Amber M. Northern, Ph.D. Arielle Dreher
5.29.2019
 

On this week’s podcast, journalist Arielle Dreher joins Mike Petrilli and David Griffith to discuss the struggles of rural areas to hold on to their brightest residents. On the Research Minute, Amber Northern examines how different post-secondary pathways affect the ability of disadvantaged students to attain credentials with labor market value.

Amber’s Research Minute

Harry Holzer and Zeyu Xu, “Community College Pathways for Disadvantaged Students,” Calder (May 2019).

Policy Priority:
Personalized Pathways

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Michael J. Petrilli is president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, research fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, executive editor of Education Next, editor in chief of the…

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David Griffith is Associate Director of Research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where he manages or authors reports on various subjects including charter schools, …

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Amber Northern is senior vice president for research at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, where she supervises the Institute’s robust research portfolio and…

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Arielle Dreher is a journalist and author of two recent pieces in The 74 on rural education and how evolving economic forces are impacting education from kindergarten through college. They can be found here and here. 

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