STRADA IMPACT
Through Strada Impact, we work to catalyze and scale the changes needed for the education-employment system to better meet learners’ needs.
Our strategic integration of research, philanthropy, thought leadership, and policy is designed to drive solutions and systems change so that more individuals can successfully access and complete postsecondary education and training to improve their careers and lives.
Research
We develop actionable insights into education and work to help the education-employment system improve learner outcomes.
Strategic Philanthropy
We partner with collaborative organizations to support learners and workers — and apply our learnings to future research and investments.
Thought Leadership & Advocacy
We share practical insights and successful interventions through reports, podcasts, and convenings.
Research
Strada research gives a voice to learners by examining their perspectives on the quality, relevance, and impact of their education, identifying the barriers that prevent aspiring learners from pursuing education, and the changes that can make it accessible and meaningful to more learners.
Center for Education Consumer Insights
Research that listens to and elevates students perspectives to drive completion, value, and purpose in education and training.
Strada Institute
Research that focuses on the workplace of the future and how to prepare today’s learners for the jobs of tomorrow.
Public Viewpoint
Insights from learners coping with changes in education and the workforce during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.
Strategic Philanthropy
Our philanthropy supports collaborative and innovative solutions that advance completion with a purpose and allows Strada to gain insights and data to inform future research, grant and investment decisions.
Funding Innovation
Mission-aligned affiliate organizations help prospective, current, and former students connect education and work.
Building a Community Learning System
We work with educators, employers, policymakers, and community organizations to improve postsecondary education.
San Diego Builds Talent Pool for the Future
Employers in San Diego collaborate with educators and workforce development partners to quickly identify, train, and certify talent for jobs now and in the future.
Thought Leadership & Advocacy
We work to be a source of ideas and practical insights from our research, experience, and partnerships to mobilize action and create better connections between postsecondary education and the workforce.
Learner-Centered Ecosystem
Creating a learning system that serves all learners throughout their lives.
Bridge Builders: How Intermediaries Can Connect Education and Work in a Postpandemic World
Demonstrating with examples from across the globe how intermediaries are accelerating change by gathering and empowering all stakeholders and collaborators.
Lessons Earned Podcast: Putting Education to Work
Strada’s podcast features interviews with innovative education-workforce thinkers who are challenging the status quo and exploring bold new ideas.
Strada Impact Leadership
Ruth V. Watkins, Ph.D.
Strada Impact President
“Postsecondary education has the power to transform lives, but individuals are not sharing in that success equally. We have an opportunity, through research and thought leadership that informs policy, institutional and system change, to ensure education’s promise can be realized by more people across our country, from varying backgrounds and occupations, so they can feel empowered to improve their lives.”
Dave Clayton, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Consumer Insights
Amy Dunham
Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
Daryl A. Graham
Senior Vice President, Philanthropy
Courtney H. McBeth, Ed.D.
Senior Vice President, Strada Impact Operations
Janet Salm
Managing Director of Research, Strada Institute
Anna Gatlin Schilling
Vice President, State Engagement
Ben Wildavsky
Senior Vice President, National Engagement