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) students’ experiences with institutional, cultural, and structural forces that influence their transitions to the workforce; and, (3) the experiences of refugee communities with transitions to higher education and the workforce. 

Publications & News

• March 2020
  New report on online internships and COVID-19
• March 2020
  Hora and Lee publish new research brief—Industry in the college classroom: Does industry experience increase or enhance how faculty teach cognitive, inter- and intrapersonal skills?
• February 2020
  Op-Ed: Sacramento’s army of interns deserves to be paid. Article at Los Angeles Times
• February 2020
  Why Internships Can Ease the Path From College to Career — and Why They Often Don’t. Article at The Chronicle of Higher Education.
• February 2020
  Winter 2020 CCWT Newsletter now available
• January 2020
  Hora essay on internship obstacles published in The Conversation
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