March 5, 2020
How Do Students Earning CCB Degrees Compare to Their Peers at Public Universities in Washington State?
This data note explores the extent to which the student population earning baccalaureate degrees at community and technical colleges mirrors the demographic characteristics of the student population earning baccalaureate degrees in comparable programs of study offered by four public universities in Washington State. Demographic analysis reveals important differences between these two student populations, both broadly and in the…
February 14, 2020
New Journal Article on Science Education
We’re thrilled to announce a new STEM publication in Cognition and Instruction that CCRI’s Lia Wetzstein co-authored with former colleagues, Susan Bobbitt Nolan and Alexandra Goodell, from their research together at the LIFE Center, University of Washington. Keywords: Science education, project-based learning, motivation and engagement, material tools, design-based research, cultural-historical activity theory Designing Material Tools…
February 3, 2020
CCRI at NISTS 2020
We’re looking forward to having some of our teammates attend the NISTS 2020 conference this February in Atlanta, Georgia. Check out the catalog for the conference below! Lia Wetzstein, CCRI Associate Research Director (pages 22 & 45)
December 17, 2019
An analysis of college and career readiness emphasis in ESSA state accountability plans
Our Director, Debra Bragg, recently released a new EPAA journal article! The article examined the extent in which college & career readiness (CCR) is emphasized in 52 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) state accountability plans. Read the journal article below or visit EPAA’s website here.
December 13, 2019
Data note on the Complexity of STEM Transfer for Underserved Students
We’re pleased to release a new data note from CCRI’s research on STEM, authored by research scientist, Elizabeth Apple Meza titled, Underserved Community College Students and the Complexity of STEM Transfer. Abstract Community college students aspiring to transfer into STEM majors at a four-year institution face a complicated and nuanced admissions process. In some cases, students…
December 4, 2019
Equity workshop in Oregon for guided pathways implementation
Debra D. Bragg. (2019, November 14). Approaching guided pathways with an equity and evaluative lens. Workshop presented for the Oregon Student Success Center at the Oregon Guided Pathways Institute in Eugene, Oregon. Debra Bragg presented a workshop on using an equity lens for guided pathways implementation in Oregon’s community colleges. This interactive session engages participants…
December 3, 2019
ASHE Conference Presentations
Our team’s research was well-received at this year’s Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) conference in Portland, November 13th – 16th, 2019. Learn more about each presentation CCRI was involved in below and click on the titles to open their respective slide deck: >>Advancing Evidence-Based Policy: Meta-Analysis Findings from TAACCCT<< Presented by Grant…
NSF ATE Project Update
Leveraging statewide longitudinal data to improve technical education pathways Phase one, in this three-year landscape study of National Science Foundation Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) programs funded in Washington in the last ten years, has begun. Our team, consisting of University of Washington researchers, and faculty and administrators from Seattle Central College, Green River College, and Skagit…
November 24, 2019
Keynote on the Equity Imperative at the NWCCU Annual Conference
Bragg, D. D. (2019, November 20). The equity imperative for higher education. Keynote presented at the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) annual conference, Seattle, WA. Debra Bragg presented a distinguished lecture for the NWCCU annual conference. The keynote focused on systemic inequities in higher education that detrimentally impact students of color. She spoke…
November 18, 2019
Updating the national landscape: State adoption of community college baccalaureate degrees
CCRI Research Affiliate, Maria Claudia Soler, authors the third data note on the project Scaling Community College Baccalaureate Degrees: The Equity Imperative. The goal of this research is to examine degree-granting policies, institutional adoption and program implementation related to community college baccalaureate (CCB) degrees in the United States. Given the changing policy context across the…