Catherine Millett

Catherine Millett is a senior research scientist and strategic advisor in the Policy Evaluation and Research Center at ETS. Since 2003, she has led PERC’s applied research projects and conducted policy research and program evaluations. Her current research focuses on the factors that lead to postsecondary readiness, access, success and completion for learners at various stages of transition from high school through graduate school. Catherine has a strong interest in graduate education particularly at the doctoral level. She is co-author of the book Three Magic Letters: Getting to Ph.D. which is based on a research study of over 9,000 doctoral students at 21 universities.

She has been a visiting lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. She is a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar, a member of the Karanga Global Steering Committee and chairs the Global Access to Postsecondary Education (GAPS) Executive Board.