Strong Evidence Base While attending separate conferences in early 2017, Boutakidis and Oliver each heard about the Growth Mindset for College Students program developed by the Project for Education Research that Scales (PERTS) at Stanford University. The free 30-minute online program is designed to increase students' engagement, motivation, and ultimately success by laying the foundation for a growth mindset. “We were very drawn to the fact that the [PERTS] program had a strong evidence base behind it, and it looked like it would be relatively easy for the school and faculty to administer,” said Oliver. PERTS’ founders studied mindset science under Carol Dweck at Stanford University and continue to collaborate with scholars conducting pioneering research in the field. PERTS

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