Survey and Evaluation Research Laboratory
About us.
SERL was founded in 1982 in Virginia Commonwealth University’s College of Humanities and Sciences. In 1994 the SERL became the applied research arm of the Center for Public Policy, an innovative interdisciplinary university center for teaching, research, training and community service.
The mission of SERL is to examine public issues and social problems through applied research techniques so as to broaden and improve public discourse and decision making.
SERL serves the research needs of state, local, and federal government, university departments, faculty and students, organizations in the non-profit and private sectors, and the mass media. Through a diverse range of research activities including polls, specialized survey research projects, evaluation studies, support of university initiatives, and community-based capacity development programs, SERL advances VCU’s mission as the urban university of Richmond and Central Virginia. |
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