Catherine Millett is a senior research scientist in the Policy Evaluation and Research Center at Educational Testing Service. Her research focuses on educational access, student performance and achievement, educational equity, and student financing for various population groups in the United States at the postsecondary educational level.
Millett directs the evaluation of the NCIN program. She co-led the evaluation of the Goldman Sachs Foundation’s signature initiative “Developing High-Potential Youth." She is co-author of the book Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D. which is based on a research study of more than 9,000 doctoral students at 21 universities.
Millett received her BA degree in economics from Trinity College, Hartford, CT; her Ed.M. in administration planning and social policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education; and her PhD in public policy in higher education from the University of Michigan. Millett is a member of the Millhill Child and Family Development Corporation Board of Trustees.
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Session Overview:
This session will provide the learner with more information about what the NCIN program has accomplished and the evaluation plans for the next two years.
Session Objectives:
- Know what the NCIN program accomplished in the first four years.
- Know what the NCIN evaluation activities are for the next two years.
