Dr. Heath Prince presented on lessons learned by the Ray Marshall Center's evaluation of the Retraining the Gulf Coast Through IT Pathways Project  for the  2015 NCWE Conference  in Portland on October 15. In a panel discussion with the Aspen Institute, he presented on the challenges faced by evaluators in obtaining the administrative data and participant outcomes necessary to do rigorous impact evaluations for TAACCCT Grants, as well as offered recommendations for policymakers and evaluators for addressing these challenges.

Dr. Heath Prince attended a Rockefeller Foundation - hosted Tech Salon-- occasional meetings of experts across many fields, brought together to accelerate innovative solutions that address the world's most pressing and complex social problems. The topic of the Chicago Tech Salon was how, and to what extent, big data can be used to improve program evaluations. Heath joined other domestic and international development program evaluators, covering a wide range of questions: from the advantages and limitations of big data in program evaluations, to the utility of big data where there is no big data "footprint." A summary of the discussion can be found here .

Dr. Heath Prince presented at the American Evaluation Association Annual Conference in Chicago on November 9-14. In a panel discussion with representatives from the Rockefeller Foundation , Nuru International and FHI 360 , he presented his analysis of the drivers of multidimensional poverty in Latin America. The Ray Marshall Center is partnered with Nuru International, a US-based nonprofit social venture working in Kenya and Ethiopia, to assist in developing multidimensional poverty indices to measure the impacts of Nuru International's programs. FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions.

Dr. Chris King presented with Carolyn Heinrich  at APPAM Fall Research Conference in Miami on November 12-14. On Thursday, King and Heinrich presented Changes in the Administration of U.S. Workforce and Labor Regulation Programs   as part of a global perspectives session on labor policy. On Friday, King chaired a session on education research, Supporting K-12 and College Students Academically and Financially . In a panel with the Aspen Institute's Ascend on Saturday, King discussed RMC two-generation program research, especially its growing success and unique opportunities to address college student parents. You can find that presentation here .

Dr. Chris King convened the final meeting of the Ray Marshall Center's Wage Insurance & Supplements Demonstration  Advisory Committee at US Department of Labor in Washington on November 20. Joined by Kristie Tingle, RMC research associate and coauthor, they presented and discussed the draft wage insurance and wage supplements demonstration and evaluation paper that will be published early in 2016 along with two other papers in the series.

Dr. Chris King facilitated a meeting with current and potential partners at the Parents As Teachers National Conference in Dallas on November 10. Parents as Teachers works with professionals and organizations in all 50 states, providing information and support for parents as early childhood educators.

Dr. Chris King participated and facilitated a meeting of states participating in the National Skills Coalition's Strategic Workforce and Education Alignment Project (SWEAP) in Chicago on November 16-17.