Andrew Bacher-Hicks
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Current: Vice President, Evidence and Evaluation @arnold_ventures. Former: Assistant Professor @BUWheelock
New York, USA
Joined December 2014
I am on the (red-hot) 2025–26 academic job market! I study wide-ranging, important, and contemporary issues in education policy and domestic violence. My job market paper studies academic accommodations in higher education: trends and drivers, who uses them, and academic impacts.
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We are excited to have a packed room for our first Innovation Day! Thank you to our moderator, Alyssa Ratledge, and panelists @jdmatsudaira, @OliverDanielM, & @doughesm. Participants will have a full day of learning & connection thanks to our sponsor, Arnold Ventures.
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$20M + $20M = $40M New @Arnold_Ventures and @GovWesMoore investment to scale proven programs in Maryland--@bbbsa + @cunyasap. The impact equation: More Mentors + More Degrees --> Better Jobs Read more here:
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F unding through Maryland Partnership for Proven Programs will promote initiatives to uplift men and boys, community colleges, and Big Brothers Big…
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Reminder to submit letters of intent by next Monday, September 15th! With millions of dollars in independent, non-industry funding, this is a unique opportunity to design and conduct original research to deepen our understanding of the impacts of legalized sports betting
🚨 Deadline is quickly approaching! Apply for our new ‘Causal Research on the Impacts of Legalized Sports Betting’ #RFP! Deadline for LOIs is Monday, September 15. Learn more and apply: https://t.co/HJkHxXZqmm
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Need funding for causal research on the social, behavioral or financial impacts of legalized sports betting? Get your 3-page LOIs to us by Sept 15!
🚨 Deadline is quickly approaching! Apply for our new ‘Causal Research on the Impacts of Legalized Sports Betting’ #RFP! Deadline for LOIs is Monday, September 15. Learn more and apply: https://t.co/HJkHxXZqmm
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TOMORROW! Join @Arnold_Ventures to learn more about AV's newest RFP to support causal research on impacts of legalized sports betting! 📝Informational Webinar: 8/13 at 12pm CT / 1pm ET ⏰LOIs due: 9/15 Details below 👇
On August 13 at noon CT, AV's Evidence & Evaluation team will host a one-hour interactive webinar to discuss our Sports Betting Request for Proposals (#RFP). The session will cover: - The objectives of the RFP - A walkthrough of the application process - Live Q&A with our team
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🗓️ On August 13 at noon CT, join Arnold Ventures’ Evidence & Evaluation team for a 1-hour interactive webinar on our Sports Betting RFP. We’ll outline the RFP’s goals, walk through the application process, and answer your questions live. Register here: https://t.co/9Fy8bgr4tk
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Important insights from the @aibm_org Sports Betting Research Convening👇 @Arnold_Ventures is committed to understanding the financial, social, and behavioral impacts of legalized sports gambling with our newest RFP. LOIs due 9/15. Details here:
arnoldventures.org
Viewing philanthropy as an engine of innovation, we rigorously research problems and answers in criminal justice, health, education and public finance.
We and @aibm_org hosted an event yesterday about the evidence base and policy options of online sports betting and issued a call for new research. As states continue to legalize, it's important they understand the full ramifications. A thread of some of what I learned. 1/n🧵
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Really excited to see AV taking a strategic gamble on this new area of research. If you haven't seen it, read @Emily_Arnesen and @q_econ paper showing gambling amplifies emotional cue driven domestic violence. Legalized gambling markets could have even larger impacts on DV,
Interested in helping to fill the gaps in our understanding of the financial, social, and behavioral impacts of legalized sports betting? Check out our new RFP: ‘Causal Research on the Impacts of Legalized Sports Betting’ #RFP! 🗓️ Letters of interest (LOIs) are due by Monday,
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https://t.co/z1b4O2ejxT I'm not super active on social media, but I came across this exciting RFP from @Arnold_Ventures and had to jump in. Sports betting is one of America's fastest-growing industries. It was also the subject of my JMP. How should we regulate sports betting?
New RFP just dropped! Do you bet on sports as a side hustle or hobby? Here’s your chance to combine that industry knowledge with your research skills.
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Interested in helping to fill the gaps in our understanding of the financial, social, and behavioral impacts of legalized sports betting? Check out our new RFP: ‘Causal Research on the Impacts of Legalized Sports Betting’ #RFP! 🗓️ Letters of interest (LOIs) are due by Monday,
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🚨 Deadline TOMORROW: Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for our 'Strengthening Evidence' and ‘Building Evidence’ #RFP, which seek to fund RCT-based and quasi-experimental design evaluations of a program or policy. Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/DZZYpbmOnp
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The @Arnold_Ventures Evidence team hosted two webinars recently to provide insight into what we're looking for our two causal RFPs (RCTs + QEDs). Links to videos here if you're interested: https://t.co/6Tm0Lj38Oh 3-page letters due in 10 days! Send us your ideas!
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The Evidence and Evaluation team, and select programmatic teams, provide a deep dive on successful responses to open RFPs.
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The @HarrisBIPLab is thrilled to have been funded by @Arnold_Ventures for 3.5 years to evaluate an original intervention to reduce absenteeism among young children. Collaborating with our former @HarrisPolicy PhD student, Sebastian Gallegos -- the band is back together!
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To learn more, please sign up for our webinar on May 15 at 1:00pm EST. Register here:
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📢 Funding alert! We just dropped our latest call for proposals using rigorous causal methods to improve social policy. Send us your 3-page letters of interest by June 13!
Need funding for an RCT or QED? Check out our Evidence & Evaluation team’s 'Strengthening Evidence' and ‘Building Evidence’ #RFP! 🗓️ Letters of interest (LOIs) are due by Friday, June 13 Details and deadline info here: https://t.co/DZZYpbmOnp
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A Special Thank You to our Gold Sponsor & Flash Talks Sponsor, Arnold Ventures
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Exciting to read about the 14 studies funded so far under @Arnold_Ventures quasi-experimental RFP. And...one week left to submit a 3-page letter of interest to be considered for the next round of funding.
📢 New research alert! Arnold Ventures is funding 14 new projects to test real-world policy solutions in housing, education, and other policy fields. Evidence-based change starts here! Read more: https://t.co/xMEvaItd9O (1/)
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This year's Econ job market has, by all accounts, been brutal. If you're still not sure what you're doing next year, applying for external funding to continue your work is a great way to buy yourself time & options. It's a way to "build your own post-doc." Check out AV's open
One month left until letters of interest are due for our most recent RFPs to fund RCTs and quasi experiments of social policies and programs. Learn more about what we’re looking for here 👇
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