October 1, 2021
CCRI receives nearly $1.2 million grant for work to increase equity in STEM
The University of Washington’s Community College Research Initiatives announced that it received a $1,173,375.00 grant from Ascendium Education Group to work towards equity in STEM education for low-income learners across Washington state. Community College Research Initiatives (CCRI) conducts research in order to facilitate the advancement of equity in higher education. Ascendium invests in initiatives designed…
September 29, 2021
Research Scientist Opening
CCRI has a new Research Scientist opening. We’re looking for an education researcher with an interest in community colleges, STEM transfer, a passion for equity, and who works well within a team. This position is half-time with benefits. If you have experience as a researcher in higher education we would love to hear from you….
July 16, 2021
CCRI has a Research Scientist position open
Our team is looking for an education researcher with an interest in community colleges, a passion for equity, and who works well within a team. This position is part-time and temporary. We have ongoing research, new grants starting and on the horizon. If you have experience in research methods and manipulating data using MS Excel…
December 10, 2020
Enhancing Undergraduate Research at Community Colleges in the Puget Sound
Last year, CCRI had the privilege of working with 3 local community colleges as a facilitator and evaluator on a Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Bridge to Baccalaureate (B2B) planning grant. This planning grant with North Seattle College, Green River College and Pierce College led to the successful attainment of a 3-year Puget…
October 29, 2020
Using research and collaboration to improve STEM education
How can STEM teachers support students’ disciplinary engagement in project based learning? Earlier this year, co-authors Susan Nolan, Lia Wetzstein and Alexandra Goodell published the article Designing Material Tools to Mediate Disciplinary Engagement in Environmental Science in the journal Cognition and Instruction. This article describes how teachers and researchers collaborated to address problems of balancing…
New publication on community college baccalaureate student experience
We are excited to publish Data Note 10 in the New Baccalaureate series, titled Washington State Community College Baccalaureate Students: How Life Experiences Shape Baccalaureate Education, Employment and Economic Security and authored by Lia Wetzstein, Elizabeth Apple Meza and Debra Bragg. It presents results from qualitative interviews with community college baccalaureate (CCB) students in Washington state. We use…
October 26, 2020
Racial equity professional development for higher education coaches
October SSCN Coaching Program Convening Throughout this next year, CCRI will be facilitating a virtual professional development training series on racial equity. While these training sessions are specifically for the Student Success Center Network, we want to share about what we are developing. If you would like to learn more, please let us know! (ccri@uw.edu)…
September 24, 2020
CCRI Panelist on Why Mobility Matters Now: The Intersection of Equity and Student Transitions
Earlier today, CCRI’s Acting Director, Dr. Lia Wetzstein joined other higher education researchers in a rich discussion on transfer and equity at the 2020 Michigan Student Success Summit. There is one more day to join in other discussions! Register, view presentation slides, and video recordings from this and all of the sessions on this event webpage….
August 24, 2020
NDCC Twitter Chat Summary
So what happened? On May 15, 2020, we facilitated a Twitter Chat on the importance of transfer partnerships working for transfer students navigating higher education during COVID-19. In advance, we invited you to read our latest transfer brief that synthesizes themes from a larger body of research on transfer partnerships that focus on improving transfer…
August 20, 2020
Transition Coming for CCRI
Welcome Dr. Lia Wetzstein, our new Acting Director of CCRI We’ve seen tremendous change in education and the economy since Community College Research Initiatives (CCRI) opened its doors on May 1, 2016. Since those early days, we at CCRI have used our research skills to study policy and program improvements to transfer and baccalaureate attainment,…