About Us

The mission of the Center for Research on College to Workforce Transitions (CCWT) is to conduct and support research, critical policy analysis, and public dialogue on student experiences with the transition from college to the workforce in order to inform policies, programs, and practices that promote academic and career success for all learners.

CCWT is currently engaged in three distinct yet inter-related areas of inquiry in service of our mission and principles: (1) students’ experiences with college internships and the impact of these programs on their economic, vocational, and psychosocial outcomes; (2) Community Based Participatory Action Research on students’ experiences with institutional, cultural, and structural forces that influence their transitions to the workforce; and, (3) educational and outreach activities that build community and disseminate actionable knowledge to policymakers, practitioners, researchers and students regarding college-workforce topics.

If you would like to get in touch please use the following contacts.

• For press and professional inquiries email amy.rivera@wisc.edu or call 608-265-2860
• For general inquiries email: ccwt@wcer.wisc.edu

Publications & News

• May 2021
  CCWT publishes new literature review on internships at Hispanic-Serving Institutions
• May 2021
  Our HMoob American College Paj Ntaub team published a new article in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education on the college experiences of HMoob American students and possibilities of college student-engaged Participatory Action Research
• April 2021
  CCWT researchers Smolarek, Wolfgram & Hora receive grant on reducing inequalities in higher education
• March 2021
  Results from the one-year longitudinal follow-up analysis for the College Internship Study at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
• March 2021
  CCWT grantee Adrian Huerta releases policy brief on minoritized student parents
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