Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mathematica served as the measurement and evaluation partner for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Student Segmentation Initiative. Under this initiative, a group of colleges piloted a tool—developed by the strategy firm Marakon—that identified students’ internal and external strengths and barriers to success and segmented them based on these. By classifying individual students according to the segments, the tool provided a low-cost, easy-to-use instrument to help college administrators better target interventions to address student needs.
Evidence & Insights From This Project
Measurement and Segmentation of College Students' Noncognitive Attributes: A Targeted Review
This report presents findings from a targeted document review and expert interviews conducted as part of the Student Segmentation Initiative, which was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Success strategy.
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Kristin Hallgren
Director of Foundation and Nonprofit Partnerships, Education and Employment Division
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