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

• December 2019
  CCWT invites UW-Madison graduate students to apply for up to $500 to support registration and travel expenses associated with attending a professional or academic conference.
• December 2019
  Hora, Wolfgram & Chen publish new report on obstacles to internship participation
• November 2019
  Bailey Smolarek and Luke Scrivener published a new paper in the Journal of Education Policy: Examining business-driven education reform by new policy actors: a discursive analysis of UpSkill Houston. 
• October 2019
  CCWT Director Hora quoted in Business Insider article on internships
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