'Wise interventions' delivered by text message can keep STEM students enrolled

Nudges Increase STEM Persistence at Community Colleges

Published sep. 25, 2019

JFF and Persistence Plus leverage behavioral science and mobile technology to increase community college completion by texting personalized supports to low-income students. Ross E. O'Hara, Ph.D. outlines the key take aways from his time with JFF and P+ in three simple statements; "fit" matters, context matters, and summer matters.