Urban across the Country

Urban’s researchers partner with state and local leaders to provide the evidence, tools, and support they need to improve lives and strengthen communities. This work includes strategic advising to translate research into action, program evaluations to measure effectiveness, and research and data analysis to inform decisionmaking. Our experts develop custom data tools and modeling to support equitable resource allocation and lead community-engaged research and convenings to ensure policies reflect local priorities.

Use this page to explore Urban’s work. Search by region to see examples of our research, and filter by evidence and products to narrow results by topic or type of work.

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In a post–affirmative action college admissions landscape, it’s important to remember that population-level demographic changes can drive enrollment trends separately from state- or institution-level policy changes.
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In an era of constrained budgets, philanthropy can lead the charge in transforming fragmented data systems into a unified infrastructure to support states and localities.
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US schools have become more racially and ethnically diverse over the past few decades, but changes have played out differently across the country.
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Timely data on Americans’ finances and the cost of basic needs by state and congressional district.