The BU Center for Future Readiness consists of two faculty co-directors – Kimberly Howard and Scott Solberg. Each faculty manages their own portfolio of research programs as well as supports the development of research programs for their doctoral students. The projects below are collaborations being conducted by both Drs. Howard and Solberg.
Drs. Howard, Solberg, and Park are involved in an evaluation of Invest in Girls, a financial literacy program offered in private and public high schools. We are in the process of conducting a longitudinal study of the impact of the program on young women’s career and life trajectories. We are interviewing the first cohort of […]
In collaboration with Paul Trunfio, a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Physics, Drs. Solberg and Howard launched a new collaboration with a community-based organization in Boston that offers after-school enrichment for Latinx youth. Funded by the National Science Foundation, we work with Sociedad Latina to incorporate My Career and Academic Plan (MyCAP) activities […]