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Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2022 Results

The 41st Kinder Houston Area Survey shares Houstonians’ views on the economy, crime, the pandemic and other issues related to the city’s demographic transformations.
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Demographics, Economic Development, Education, Housing, Immigration, Placemaking, Transportation
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What factors are associated with the likelihood of an English learner becoming a long-term English learner?

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Education
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Resilience and Recovery Tracker

The Houston area’s Resilience and Recovery Tracker was developed by Rice University’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research with support from Chevron. It provides information on disaster recovery efforts from natural and man-made hazards, such as floods, climate disasters, public health crises, and chemical spills.

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Literacy by 3

Report: May 21, 2021
Education

Kinder Houston Area Survey: 2021 Results

For the past four decades, Rice University’s Kinder Houston Area Survey (KHAS) has been tracking the changing attitudes and beliefs of Harris County residents. The 2021 survey summarizes the most consequential changes and their implications for public policy initiatives going forward.
Report: May 11, 2021
COVID-19 and Cities, Demographics, Economic Development, Education, Governance, Health, Housing, Hurricane Harvey, Immigration, Placemaking, Transportation

An Alternative Approach to Measuring Student Immigrant Generation

Report: May 5, 2021
Education

Increases in Long-term English Learners in Texas

Report: Apr 14, 2021
Education

Re-Taking Stock: Understanding How Trends in the Housing Stock and Gentrification are connected in Houston and Harris County

This report connects housing stock changes with gentrification patterns in Harris County.
Report: Apr 6, 2021
Housing

COVID-19 Pandemic in the Houston Region

Report: Mar 29, 2021
Education

Texas Metropolitan Blueprint: A Policy Agenda to Secure the Competitiveness and Prosperity of Texas

The Texas Metropolitan Blueprint lays out recommendations for policies that address the most important economic development, land use, housing, infrastructure, and transportation challenges of the state’s metropolitan areas.
Report: Mar 24, 2021
Governance, Urban Planning

Student mobility in Texas and across the Houston region

Report: Feb 25, 2021
Education

A Bottom-Up Infrastructure Strategy for American Renewal

This report identifies infrastructure priorities identified by local and regional leaders around the nation. Conclusions provide an important set of guideposts about priorities the new administration should take into account in crafting a national infrastructure strategy.
Report: Feb 10, 2021
COVID-19 and Cities, Economic Development, Education, Governance, Health, Housing, Transportation, Urban Planning

The Equity Project

The Equity Project
Report: Feb 2, 2021
Education

Wraparound Needs in HISD: Findings from the District’s 2019 Needs Assessment Survey

Report: Jan 25, 2021
Education

House Bill 5 and High School Endorsements: How Do They Align to College Admissions?

young woman in computer science class
Report: Dec 15, 2020
Education

Long-term English Learners (LTELs): Predictors, Patterns, & Outcomes, Brief 1: Defining LTEL

HERC Research Report LTEL
Report: Nov 24, 2020
Education

Who’s Policing the Police?: A Comparison of the Civilian Agencies that Perform Oversight of Police in Texas’ Five Largest Cities

This report finds that civilian police oversight groups need more resources, fewer legislative hurdles, and proper experience and training.
Police Report cover
Report: Nov 19, 2020
Governance

Pre-K Preferences: How and Why HISD Parents Choose Pre-K Programs

Report: Nov 11, 2020
Education

Texas Flood Registry 2020 Report

This report includes updates on Harvey’s long-term impact and recent findings about the health and housing effects of the May 2019 storms and Tropical Storm Imelda.
Report: Aug 25, 2020
Health, Housing, Hurricane Harvey

Preparing Today’s Students for Tomorrow’s Texas Workforce

This project examined the path to and through college and into the workforce for students in the Houston area and state of Texas.
Report: Aug 6, 2020
Education

Will tuition-free college increase college graduation rates?

This study determined the optimal tuition subsidy necessary to increase two- and four-year college graduation in Texas.
college graduate
Report: Aug 4, 2020
Education

School-to-Work Linkages in Texas

This report examines school-to-work linkages (the connection between a college major and specific occupations in the labor market) among bachelor’s degree holders in the state of Texas.
student with diploma
Report: Jul 29, 2020
Education

Cycle 1 of HISD’s College Success Initiative and Students’ Preparation for and Enrollment in College

This study examines the relationship between Cycle 1 of the Houston Independent School District (HISD) College Success Initiative and students’ preparation for, enrollment in, and persistence in college
Student receiving diploma
Report: Jul 17, 2020
Education