SIA works to advance innovation out of the lab and into

the marketplace for the benefit of society.

Incubate Accelerate Fund

Today nearly nine out of ten adolescents in the rural U.S. aspire to attend college….

(Meece, et al., 2011)

yet fewer than two in ten are successfully completing a college degree.

(USDA, 2010)

That is less than half the U.S. average of

42%

and just a fraction of growing postsecondary attainment rates in countries such as

Japan

53.7%Russia

55.5%

South Korea

63%(OECD, 2011)

“Many students fall short of their academic potential because they harbor insecurities about their intelligence or abilities.”

Dweck, Walton, & Cohen, 2011

“….instead of fighting what they perceive as an uphill battle, students decrease their effort and perform below their full ability.”

Blackwell, Trzesniewski, & Dweck, 2007.

Carefully designed interventions can replace these beliefs with attitudes that engender academic engagement and achievement.

Yeager & Walton, 2011

The Project for Education Research That Scales (PERTS) was created to deliver these brief-psychosocial interventions over the web

PERTS has delivered it’s web-based programs to thousands of under-privileged students in clinical trials throughout North America.

PERTS needs your help!

Many potential Paths to market

• Direct to Consumer (Parents)

• Schools

• Local Government

QUESTIONS?

Please email me at Roger@SIAlliance.US