Rebekah O'Donoghue

Rebekah_O'Donoghue
Rebekah O'Donoghue
Research Associate
Postsecondary Education

O’Donoghue has been with MDRC since 2016, serving as a research associate and data manager in the Postsecondary Education policy area. She focuses on evaluations of comprehensive student support programs and student mental health. O’Donoghue’s project portfolio spans randomized controlled trials such as the Detroit Promise Path and Text Ed, descriptive research like the Study of Contracted Virtual Mental Health Services in Colleges, and technical assistance projects such as Expanding SUCCESS.

Before joining MDRC, she worked in mental health and homelessness services. O’Donoghue holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Bryn Mawr College and a master’s degree from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

Products

Brief

Lessons from a Statewide Transfer Grant Program

Impacts of the Texas Transfer Grant Pilot Program on Community College Student Transfer

Report

Possible Ways of Increasing College Access Among Adults from Underserved Backgrounds

A Study of College Transition Text-Based Messaging

Toolkit

Tools for Postsecondary Schools Toolkit

Putting Evidence to Work for Student Support

Brief

Texas Takes On Transfer Grants

Interim Impacts of the Texas Transfer Grant Pilot Program on Student Transfer

Brief

Improving Academic Outcomes at Westchester Community College During the Pandemic

Promising Interim Findings from the Viking ROADS Randomized Controlled Trial

Report

Motor City Momentum

Three Years of the Detroit Promise Path Program for Community College Students

Issue Focus

Supporting College Students Remotely

Adapting the Evidence for 2020 and Beyond

Report

A Path from Access to Success

Interim Findings from the Detroit Promise Path Evaluation