Research Projects
The HCRC is dedicated primarily to advancing knowledge about the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of programs, practices, and policies from birth to early adulthood. The key areas of research are focused on the impacts of investments in human capital broadly defined that enhance well-being. It is the intent of the HCRC to conduct and promote useful, high quality research that informs policy changes directed at the improvement of quality, accountability, and accessibility of education and social programs. In addition to conducting our own research and economic analyses on these issues, we also identify, synthesize, and disseminate results of analyses conducted by other researchers on relevant topics.
Major topics include:
- Elements of effective programs
- Cost-benefit analyses of alternative early childhood programs and practices
- Differential effects of timing and duration of intervention
- Pathways of long-term program effects on adult outcomes
- Dissemination of state pre-K programs in the United States
- Links among child health, education, and social outcomes
Assessing the Validity of Minnesota School Readiness Indicators [pdf]
Spotlight:
i3 Grant Announcement, December 22, 2011
HCRC receives Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund grant for Midwest CPC Expansion [pdf], December 21, 2011
Human Capital Research Collaborative Brown Bag Faculty Research Seminars, 3rd Tuesday of the month, Oct. 2011–Apr. 2012
U study finds big preschool payoffs, Star Tribune, June 9, 2011
Art Rolnick testifies before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, June 9, 2011
Art Rolnick presents at TEDxTC on the Economic Case for Early Childhood Development, May 5, 2010
Highlighted Discussion Papers
The Public Returns to Public Educational Investments in African American Males
Child Interventions That May Lead to Increased Economic Growth
Past News and Events
Human Capital Research Collaborative Brown Bag Faculty Research Seminars, 3rd Tuesday of the month, Sept. 2010–Apr. 2011
Assessing the Validity of Minnesota School Readiness Indicators [pdf]
Health and Early Childhood Development: The Impact of Health on School Readiness and Other Education Outcomes, October 14 & 15, 2010
