In the News: Ashraf Haque

This brief describes how donors respond to GuideStar's transparency seal ratings and what that means for nonprofit accountability. The author finds that even ratings not tied to verified performance significantly influence giving, with platinum-rated nonprofits receiving 34% more in donations than unrated ones, and that donors do not penalize poorly performing nonprofits that hold ratings.

Messages that were crafted as letters and promoted a long-term career opportunity were more successful in recruiting applicants to a School of Education teacher recruitment fellowship, their findings revealed.

This Maxwell X Lab study uses a randomized controlled trial to examine which email format is the more salient option when recruiting for a teacher training program designed for diverse, underrepresented students. Published in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration.