RISE Rapid Research Reports (R4) translate timely policy topics into equity-focused insights, highlighting impacts on access, opportunities, and outcomes. They deliver fast, evidence-based findings to inform policymakers, practitioners, advocates, and the public, examining who is most affected, how inequities shift, and proposing actionable policy solutions.
Proposed AI Legislation Across the US States: What’s on Policymakers’ Minds?
Rapid Report | Issue 3 | Report Publish Date: October, 2025
Equity Challenges and Opportunities in the Revised FAFSA
Rapid Report | Issue 1 | Report Publish Date: July, 2024
Equity implications of the unchanged Federal minimum wage since 2009
Rapid Report | Issue 2 | Report Publish Date: July, 2025
Strengthening Critical Infrastructure for Equity and Resilience: Findings from the Environmental Justice Data Project
Policy Brief | October, 2025
Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem for Black and Hispanic Entrepreneurs
Policy Brief | March, 2024
2023 Create, Grow, Scale Entrepreneurship Convening: Summary Report
Policy Brief | August, 2023
Ensuring Language Access Equity in Virginia Government Services
Policy Brief | April, 2022
COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Report
Policy Brief | January, 2022