Research
Research shows that Experience Corps boosts student academic performance, helps schools and youth-serving organizations become more successful, strengthens ties between these institutions and surrounding neighborhoods, and enhances the well-being of the volunteers in the process.
Johns Hopkins University studies have linked the Experience Corps program with improved health among participants. They found that older adults who volunteer in troubled urban schools not only improve the educational experience of children, but realize meaningful improvements in their own mental and physical health. Additionally, surveys of urban principals have shown that they welcome Experience Corps in their schools because the program results in improved student academic achievement.
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