Most grant-funded residency programs have not yet broadened funding sources or adopted cost-reduction strategies beyond the one-time grant¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · associational r1–r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2022 · checked against its sources 2026-10-18 (automated, 2 of 2 entries) · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2027: baselines and conditions change

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Federal Title I, Title II, and other federal grant funds did not factor into most program leads' financial models, revealing a gap between available funding sources and uptake. → Hirschboeck 2022 q2 i? Only a minority of program leads used or considered IHE-focused cost-reduction strategies such as coursework redesign or residency-specific financial aid. → Hirschboeck 2022 (2)

Evidence¶

Hirschboeck 2022¶

Hirschboeck, K., Eiler White, M., Brannegan, A., & Reade, F. (2022). Teacher residency programs in California: Financial sustainability challenges and opportunities. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED620723

q2 · i? · associational · r1

Spring 2021 Partnership Lead Survey (n=26), Exhibit 2: federal and other nongrant sources "did not factor into most program leads' thinking" — e.g., ESSA Title I at 4 percent currently used, 30 percent not considering.

"Several key potential funding sources and strategies—for example, federal Title I or Title II funds or other federal grants (which could potentially be strategically "braided" together to support residencies)—did not factor into most program leads' thinking regarding their program models"

Hirschboeck 2022 (2)¶

Hirschboeck, K., Eiler White, M., Brannegan, A., & Reade, F. (2022). Teacher residency programs in California: Financial sustainability challenges and opportunities. WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED620723

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Exhibit 3 (Partnership Lead Survey, n=26) shows low uptake of IHE-focused cost strategies: e.g., 57 percent were not considering work-study jobs integrating with the residency, and only small shares used coursework redesign or tuition reduction.

"a minority of program leads reported that their program used or was considering using IHE-focused strategies aimed at reducing residency program costs"

Discussion¶

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