Comparative study between students choosing internships vs self-guided experiential projects within the ReACT program

Refugee Camp
Date Completed
Abstract

The MIT Refugee Action Hub (ReACT) aims to accelerate talented individuals to become agents of positive change in their career and communities. The MIT ReACT CDS Program is guided by four core pillars which leverage the strengths of MIT:

● Academics

● Skills

● Professional Internships and Experiential Learning

● Networks

The purpose of this quasi-experimental study is to assess the learning effectiveness of an academic/behavioral intervention. More specifically, we aim to study the effect of offering structured mentoring opportunities in the ReACT Computer and Data Science (CDS) Certificate Program, and understand if/how it affects the learner experience and future work placement.

Researchers
Admir Masic
Lab Name
Refugee Action Hub