National Nudge Campaign Prompting Low-Income/First-Generation Students to Complete FAFSA Works
Study reaching 450,000 students through the Common Application shows significant increases in college enrollment.
New UVA Research Lab Develops Scalable Strategies to Tackle Large Societal Problems
By combining behavioral insights, data science, interactive technologies with deep practitioner partnerships, the Nudge4 Solution Lab aims to address a range of national challenges.
Nudge4 Launches New Interactive Program to Reduce Recidivism
Nudge4 director Ben Castleman and affiliate Jennifer Doleac in partnership with the Chicago-based education technology firm, Edovo, are launching an innovative program that will develop, implement, and evaluate a tablet-based re-entry module to strengthen inmates’ transition back into society upon completion … Continued
New Grant Awarded: Testing Strategies for Preventing Violence and Crime
Nudge4 director Ben Castleman and affiliate Jennifer Doleac are awarded a new grant from J-PAL North America, a research center at MIT. Doleac and Castleman will focus on reducing recidivism — the tendency of individuals to become repeat offenders — … Continued
New York Times Highlights Nudge Work by Nudge4 Director Ben Castleman
Nudge4 Director Ben Castleman has nudge research cited in a New York Times op-ed. A new approach — a text-messaging campaign directed at potentially vulnerable students during the summer, customized to remind them of the deadlines set by their intended … Continued
Texting Campaign Focused on College Affordability Reaches Over Half a Million Students
Through work of a Nudge4 project over half a million students began receiving text messages encouraging them to take advantage of new financial aid policies. This week over half a million students in Texas and across the country began receiving … Continued