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January 29, 2025
Welcoming new research scientist Jordan Reed!
We are thrilled to welcome and introduce our newest team member, Jordan Reed, whose research and action primarily addresses the systematic role of education in status reproduction for historically underrepresented, subaltern, low-income, and first-generation college students. Grounded in community psychology, Jordan uses critical and postcolonial frameworks to work alongside students and their communities, fostering systemic…
January 28, 2025
Charting Practices and Critical Mentorship Strategies for Rural Community College Students
Mentoring is a powerful tool for enhancing student persistence and success, especially for students who face greater entrenched systematic injustice in higher education. This is particularly important for rural students, who combined with the challenges faced by community college students, represent a group often underserved by traditional mentorship programs. In our second data note of…
Rural Community College Mentees Wanted!
This is the third phase of a three-phase study. A description of the prior phases and what we learned can be found in our Data Note 2 for this project. We are gathering a nationwide sample, surveying students who are or have experienced mentoring at rural-serving institutions to learn about potential differences and commonalities in…
Reflecting on ASHE and Looking Ahead to DREAM 2025
In November, our team had the privilege of presenting at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference in Minneapolis, MN. The event offered a great opportunity to share our work, connect with fellow grantees from the Rural Learner Success (RLS) Initiative supported by Ascendium Education Group, and reflect on how to better…
Unlocking STEM Potential: How Partnerships are Bridging the Transfer Gap
Imagine a future where talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) students from low-income backgrounds have a clear and supported pathway from their community college to a 4-year university to complete their bachelor’s degree in their chosen major. This vision is becoming a reality thanks to innovative partnerships between 2-year and 4-year institutions. The STEM…
January 14, 2025
UW Community College Research Initiatives awarded $1.7 million grant from Ascendium Education Group to continue STEM Transfer Partnerships program
The University of Washington’s Community College Research Initiatives (CCRI) has been awarded a $1.7 million grant from Ascendium Education Group to continue its STEM Transfer Partnerships (STP) program, which aims to increase equity in STEM education for low-income learners across Washington state. This funding extension builds on an earlier $1.17 million grant, continuing the work…
September 18, 2023
CCRI Team Attending November Rural Learners Convening in Minneapolis!
In November, our CCRI team will be attending an in-person convening in advance of the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, hosted by Ascendium and the American Institutes of Research. We look forward to meeting with other grantees who are part of the Building Evidence to Increase Rural Learner…
March 15, 2023
Transformative partnership praxis for equitable STEM transfer
As the STEM Transfer Partnership (STP) program approaches the one-year mark, we are able to reflect on the strategies for success that our two-year and four-year institutional partners have developed in their work to advance their partnerships and increase STEM transfer success for low income students. In our second data note on the STP program, we…
July 22, 2020
CCRI awarded UW’s Resilience Lab seed grant
CCRI awarded UW’s Resilience Lab seed grant to support transfer students in 2020-2021 Our team is honored to be a recipient of one of the University of Washington’s Resilience Lab seed grants. Our applied research project will lift up the incoming transfer student experience to discover ways to support the growth of their resilience and…
April 24, 2020
New America
Hear from our Director about how community colleges can help their communities recover from COVID-19. As well as why the US government should assist them to do so based on lessons learned from the TAACCCT grant!