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Brookings Institution Iriti, J. & Page, L. (2018). College promise programs may need time to mature for full impact. Brookings Institution Brown Center Chalkboard, November 29, 2018. Available here.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo Page, L. C., & Iriti, J. E. (April 1, 2018). The Pittsburgh Promise gets even better: More students will have a chance to go to college even though the maximum scholarship has been reduced. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Op-Ed.

EdSurge logo Iriti, J. E. & Aglio, J. (Feb. 7, 2018). What every city can learn from Pittsburgh's pioneering K-12 research partnerships. EdSurge.

Department of Education Iriti, J. E., & Miller-Adams, M. (2016) Place-based scholarship monitoring and evaluation framework. Linked within US DOE America's College Promise Playbook: Expanding the promise of a college education and economic opportunity for all students. Available here.

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo Page, L., & Iriti, J. (September 6, 2015). Don't blame the Pittsburgh Promise: The most powerful force that's making college less affordable in Pennsylvania is declining state support. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Op-Ed.

MarketWatch logo Quoted in: Berman, J. (2016). These cities have been offering free college for years: What proponents of debt and tuition-free college can learn from Promise programs. MarketWatch, September 20, 2016. Available here.

International Journal of Educational Development Iriti, J., Page, L., & Bickel, W. (2018). Place-based scholarships: Catalysts for systems reform to improve postsecondary attainment. International Journal of Educational Development, 58, 137-158.

Education Finance and Policy Page, L., Iriti, J., Lowry, D., & Anthony, A. (2018). The Promise of place-based investment in college access and success: Investigating the impact of the Pittsburgh Promise. Education Finance and Policy.

Educational Technology Research Development Iriti, J. E., Bickel, W. E., Schunn, C., and Stein, M. K. (2016). Maximizing research and development resources: Identifying and testing "load-bearing conditions" for educational technology innovations. Educational Technology Research & Development, 64(2), 245-262.

Matching Students To Opportunity Page, L., & Iriti, J. (2016). On undermatch and college cost: A case study of the Pittsburgh Promise. In A. Kelly, J. S. Howell, C. Sattin-Bajaj (Eds). Matching students to opportunity: Expanding college choice, access, and quality. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.

Iriti, J. E. & Plank, S. (April 2019). Harnessing the power of developmental evaluation and network health assessments to support networked improvement communities. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Education Summit hosted by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: San Francisco, CA.

Russell, J., Sherer, J., & Iriti, J. (April 2019). How participation structures and routines contribute to the critical learning needs to support network functioning. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association: Toronto, Canada.

Valenta, W., Pieri, J. & Iriti, J. (March 2019). Increasing the value proposition of the MBA program through experiential-based learning aimed at professional development. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the Association for Business Simulation and Experiential Learning: San Diego, CA.

Iriti, J. E., Pugh, M., & Scherer, S. (November 2018). Leveraging researcher-practitioner partnerships for improving postsecondary access. Paper presented at the National College Access Network conference: Pittsburgh, PA.

Slinksy-Legg, A., Allen, A., Iriti, J., Boone, D., Delale-O'Connor, L. (November 2018).NSF INCLUDES DDLPs: Early Lessons Learned. Paper presented at the STEM Learning Ecosystems convening: Orange County, CA.

Allen, A., Boone, D., Iriti, J., & Champagne, R. (October 2018). Diversifying access to urban universities for students in STEM fields: A collaborative approach to rethinking college SETM admissions. Webinar hosted by the National Association of Multicultural Engineering Program Advocates: Pittsburgh, PA.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. E. (June 2018). Winchester Thurston's City as Our Campus: Unpacking the core components and theory of change. CoLearn Conference: Pittsburgh, PA.

Iriti, J. E. (2017). Researcher-practitioner partnerships: Developing evidence-grounded solutions. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Kalamazoo, MI.

Iriti, J. E. (2017). Evaluating place-based Promise scholarship programs. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Kalamazoo, MI.

Iriti, J. E., Brown, J., & Miller-Adams, M. (2016). Promise programs design lab. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Washington DC.

Iriti, J. E. & Hamilton, L. (2016). Program evaluation: Build it from the beginning. Presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Washington DC.

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching invited expert to convening on emergent models for evaluating continuous improvement (March 2018)

Penn Ahead logo Penn AHEAD AERA Promise Research Consortium invited scholar (October 2017)

Promise Net logo Miller-Adams, M. & Iriti, J. E. (2017). Taking stock and moving forward: Learning from Promise research. Plenary presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Kalamazoo, MI.

ETS logo Iriti, J. E., and Miller-Adams, M. (2016). Growth, scope, and impact of the Promise college scholarship movement. Presentation at the ETS conference on Designing Sustainable Funding for College Promise Programs. Held in Princeton, NJ June 2-3, 2016.

Ford Foundation logo Iriti, J. E., and Miller-Adams, M. (2016). Impact of place-based college scholarship programs. Presentation at the New York Summit for the Campaign for Free College Tuition hosted at the Ford Foundation. NYC, June 21, 2016.

Promise Net logo Iriti, J. E. & Miller-Adams, M. (2016). The impact of place-based scholarships: What do we know?. Invited plenary presentation to the PromiseNet conference held in Washington DC.

White House logo Iriti, J. E. (2016, October). Invited scholar to the White House domestic policy council convening around postsecondary access and affordability.

White House logo Iriti, J. E. (2016, January). Invited scholar to the White House domestic policy council convening around postsecondary access and affordability.

Sample of recent technical reports:

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. C. (July 2018). Winchester Thurston's City as Our Campus: Unpacking the core components and theory of change. Learning Research and Development Center: Pittsburgh, PA.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. C. (2018). Pittsburgh Promise Annual Metrics 2017. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. C. (2017). Summer Dreamers Academy Annual Report Template. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., Long, C., & Thomas, A. (April 2017). Mentoring futures: Evaluation of the Be A Middle School Mentor Program through its 7th year of implementation. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. C. (2016). Pittsburgh Promise Annual Metrics 2016. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., & Sherer, J. (2016). School of Education "EdD in 3:" Faculty Perspectives on Program Design and Implementation. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., Page, L., Iwatani, E., & Long, C. (2016). Researcher-practitioner partnership for rightmatching students' postsecondary selections: Final Report. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., & Sherer, J. (2015). Enacted IFL Research Roles and Strategies for Expanding and Systematizing. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. C. (2015). Pittsburgh Promise Annual Metrics 2015. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Iriti, J. E., & Long, C. C. (2014). Pittsburgh Promise Annual Metrics 2014. Pittsburgh, PA: Learning Research and Development Center, University of Pittsburgh.