Notre Dame receives $10 million to fund new faculty positions for LEO
LEO has received $10 million to fund two new faculty positions and grow the center’s Social Innovation Fund. The search for new faculty will begin this year.
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GovEx podcast features LEO's research
LEO Co-Founder Jim Sullivan joins GovEx hosts Sharon Paley and Katherine Klosek to discuss LEO, the Chicago Homelessness Prevention Call Center study, and the Reading For Life evaluation.
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LEO Study on Stay the Course Finds that Case Management Increases Community College Completion
In a new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, the research team shows that the students who participated in the full Stay the Course program were significantly more likely to stay enrolled and to graduate within six semesters.
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