Conceptualization

NORC’s conceptualization expertise grows out of its long history of working with government agencies, academic institutions, foundations, and a wide range of other organizations. NORC’s staff includes rigorously trained and widely published leaders from a diverse array of fields such as economics, education, medicine, political science, psychology, public health, public policy, sociology, statistics, and the physical sciences.

With locations in Chicago and the DC Metro area, NORC’s work is enhanced by its strong collaborative relationships with prominent experts, senior government officials, and leading scholars. In addition to its significant public policy expertise, NORC also maintains a large and flexible field staff and call center to support a variety of long-term and quick-response national and international projects.

This combination of skills, experience, and breadth allows the organization to partner with its clients to help conceive the best approaches to any subject of inquiry.

Representative Projects

Evaluation of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program. On behalf of NSF, NORC is conducting a study that will provide rigorous evidence of the impact of the GRFP on individuals’ educational decisions, career preparations, aspirations and progress, as well as professional productivity; and provide an understanding of how the program is implemented by universities and whether and how specific program policies could be adjusted to make the program more effective in meeting its goals.
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MCC Impact Evaluation Services in Benin. NORC is designing, coordinating, and implementing rigorous impact evaluations of the Access to Land and Access to Credit components of MCC's programs in Benin. The impact evaluations will measure the contribution of these interventions to changing household income in the project intervention areas as well as examine the total value of additional investment on targeted rural land parcels. 
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National Survey of Early Care and Education. The NSECE will gather information from multiple sources to provide rich data on the types of providers of early care and education, as well as the needs, constraints and preferences of families with children age 13 and under as they seek and use non-parental care for their children. More

Success Study of the Horatio Alger Association Scholarship Program. The Horatio Alger Association (HAA) Scholarship program is a national effort that awards financial scholarships and provides mentoring to at-risk students who have experienced different types of adversity while still demonstrating strong academic potential.  NORC is currently conducting Phase 1 of the Success Study of the HAA Scholarship Program to understand the factors associated with students’ abilities to overcome adversity. More

The Horatio Alger Association’s State of Our Nation's Youth Project. The 2012 State of Our Nation's Youth (SONY) project will collect information that provides a snapshot of attitudes among current high school students and graduates across a range of contemporary issues.  The primary aim of the project is to deepen our understanding of the myriad challenges our nation's youth face as they enter adult life in the current social and economic context.  More

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Posted: 1.9.2012 1:59PM