The scholarly works published by members of the CCRI group in the last decade are posted here as well as on the corresponding research and research-to-practice project webpages. Additional references are available upon request.
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Reed, J. A., Nu帽ez Martinez, M., Davis, S. C. and Wetzstein, L. (2025, December). Rural community college students鈥� perspectives on mentorship and academic and career outcomes (Rural Learner Success Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Davis, S. C. & Wetzstein, L. (2026, February). Expanding Organizational Change Teams: Insights from the STEM Transfer Partnership. (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, Data Note 7). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Reed, J. A., & Nu帽ez Martinez, M. (2025, December). An Adaptive Rural-Responsive Mentorship Model: Insights from Students, Practitioners, and College Leaders (Rural Learner Success Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Davis, S. C., Nu帽ez Martinez, M., Reed, J. A., & Wetzstein, L. (2025, September). Supporting Student Engagement on STEM Transfer Partnerships Teams: Motivations, Roles, and Alignment. (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, Data Note 6). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Nu帽ez Martinez, M., Reed, J., and Wetzstein, L. (2024, December). Critical Mentorship Strategies for Supporting Rural Community College Students (Rural Learner Success Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Wetzstein, L., Reed, J., Kovacich, K, & Nu帽ez Martinez, M. (2024, November). The Power of Partnership: Building Strong STEM Transfer Connections. (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, 5). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Wetzstein, L., Nu帽ez Martinez, M., & Kovacich, K. (2024, February). Progress in Improving STEM Transfer Partnerships Pathways (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, Data Note 4). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Nu帽ez Martinez, M., Cate, L., Wetzstein, L., & Kovacich, K. (2023, December). Landscape of Mentorship Programs at Rural Serving Community Colleges (Rural Learner Success Series, 1). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Cate, L., Wetzstein, L., & Kovacich, K. (2023, August). Learning from Students: How Teams Rethink Their STEM Transfer Process Through Student Input (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Miller, J. M., Wetzstein, L., & Girardi, A. (2023, March). Creating a culture of student success innovation through institutional coaching. In E. Cox Brand (Ed.), Student success center network. New Directions for Community Colleges, 201, pp. 79鈥�88. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Cate, L., Wetzstein, L., & Kovacich, K. (2023, February). Complex networks of community: Transformative partnership praxis for equitable STEM transfer (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, Data Note 2). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Torres, H., & Smith, T. (2022, September). Ten Ways Institutional Coaching Makes a Difference. Boston: Jobs for the Future.
Wetzstein, L., & Kovacich, K. (2022, September). How Tools Support and Student Success Center Coaching Programs. Boston: Jobs for the Future.
Wetzstein, L., Kovacich, K., Smith, T., Soja, J., Waugh, A., & Torres, H. (2022, August).听Student Success Center Network Coaching Program: Facilitating Institutional Transformation. Boston: Jobs for the Future.
Cate, L., Wetzstein, L., & Kovacich, K. (2022, August). Initiative in Diversity, Equity, Antiracism, and Leadership Fellowship Evaluation Part II. Report prepared for WA SBCTC by Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Cate, L., Wetzstein, L., & Kovacich, K. (2022, August). Structuring STEM Transfer Partnership Success (STEM Transfer Partnership Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Wetzstein, L., Allendoerfer, C., & Kovacich, K. (2022, April). Initiative in Diversity, Equity, Antiracism, and Leadership (IDEAL) Fellowship Evaluation. Report prepared for WA SBCTC by Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Yeh, T. L., & Wetzstein, L. (2022). Institutional Partnerships for Transfer Student Success: An Examination of Catalysts and Barriers to Collaboration. Community College Review.
Yeh, T.L. and Wetzstein, L. (2020). A Continuum of Transfer Partnerships: Toward Intentional Collaborations to Improve Transfer Outcomes.听New Directions for Community Colleges, 2020(192), 21-35. DOI:
Bragg, D. D., Yeh, T. L., Wetzstein, L., & Meza, E. A. (Eds.). (2020). Transfer Partnerships for Improved Equity and Outcomes.听New Directions for Community Colleges.听2020(192), 5-9. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.听
Wetzstein, L., Meza, E. A., & Bragg, D. D. (2020, October). Washington Community College Baccalaureate Students: How Life Experiences Shape Baccalaureate Education, Employment and Economic Security (New Baccalaureate Series, DataNote10). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Baldwin, C., Kovacich, K., & Wetzstein, L. (2020, September). Student Success Center Network Coaching Program: Essential Design Elements from Five States. Boston: Jobs for the Future.
Harmon, T., & Bragg, D. D. (2020, July). Prospects for scaling community college baccalaureate degrees in six Great Lakes states (New Baccalaureate Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, University of听Washington.
Nolen, S.B., Wetzstein, L. and Goodell, A. (2020). Designing Material Tools to Mediate Disciplinary Engagement in Environmental Science. Cognition and Instruction. DOI:
Iverson, E., Bragg, D., & Eddy, P. (2020). How Faculty Change Agents Enact Midlevel Leadership in STEM.听New Directions for Community Colleges,听2020(191), 67-79.听
Iverson, E.R., & Wetzstein, L.J. (2020), Connecting Learning About the Earth to Societal Issues: Downstream Effects on Faculty Teaching. New Directions for Teaching and Learning, (2020)161, 35-52. doi:.听Special Issue Topic: Teaching and Learning about Sustainability in Higher Education.
Meza, E. A., & Bragg, D. D. (2020, June). Comparison of the Employment and Earnings Outcomes of Washington Community College Baccalaureate Graduates and University Graduates听(New Baccalaureate Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Meza, E. A., & Bragg, D. D. (2020, June). Washington bachelor鈥檚 of applied science graduate employment and earnings outcomes (New Baccalaureate Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Bragg, D. D., Wetzstein, L., Meza, E. A. & Yeh, T. L. (2020, May). Transfer partnerships: Lessons to improve student success during and after COVID-19听(Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Meza, E. A. (2020, March). Growth in enrollment and completion of STEM community college听baccalaureate degrees in Washington State (New Baccalaureate Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College听Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Blume, G. (2020, February). How do students earning CCB degrees compare to their peers at public听universities in Washington State? (New Baccalaureate Series,听). Seattle, WA: Community College Research听Initiatives, 91探花.
Meza, E. A. & Bragg, D. D. (2020, February). Community college baccalaureate degree completion in听Washington (New Baccalaureate Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, University of听Washington.
Nolen, Susan Bobbitt, Wetzstein, Lia, & Goodell, Alexandra. (2020). Designing Material Tools to Mediate Disciplinary Engagement in Environmental Science. . Feel welcome to request a complimentary copy of the Version of Record manuscript by reaching out to Lia Wetzstein, lwetzs@uw.edu. Alternatively, you may view the postprint version.
Meza, E. A. (2019, December). Underserved community college students and the complexity of STEM transfer (STEM Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Soler, M. C. (2019, November). Updating the national landscape: State adoption of community college baccalaureate degrees (New Baccalaureate Series, DataNote3). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.听
Meza, A. E. (2019, August). The Community College Baccalaureate in Washington: Who Enrolls? (New听Baccalaureate Series, Data Note 2). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Yeh, L. and Wetzstein, L. (2019, April).听Institutional Partnerships for Transfer Student Success: An Examination of Catalysts and Barriers to Collaboration.听Paper presented at the annual meeting of听American Educational Research Association听(AERA).
Wetzstein, L., Yeh, L., and Bragg, D. (2019, February).听Multiple Ways of Enacting Partnerships for Transfer Student Success: What Promotes and Impedes Collaborations.听Paper presented at National Institute for the Study of Transfer (NISTS) Conference.
Blume, G., & Meza, A. E. (2019, February). Identifying effective and equitable institutions for transfer students: Exploring the contribution of the pair in multilevel models (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Bragg, D. D. (2019, January). The evolving landscape for new baccalaureate degrees in the United States (New Baccalaureate Series,听). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Taylor, J. L. & Giani, M. (2019, January). Modeling the effect of the reverse credit transfer associate’s degree: Evidence from two states (CWID Series, ). The Review of Higher Education. Baltimore.
Wetzstein, L. & Yeh, T. L. (2019, January). Transfer partnerships: The importance of a culture of collaboration (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Yeh, T. L. & Wetzstein, L. (2019, January). The dynamic nature of transfer partnerships: Catalysts and barriers to collaboration (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Cortes-Lopez, E. & Taylor, J. L. & Giani, M. (2019, January).听Reverse credit transfer and the value of the associate’s degree: multiple and contradictory meanings听(CWID Series,听Research Brief). Community College Journal of Research and Practice,听(44)1,听61-77,听DOI:听
Soler, M. C. & Meza, E. A. (2018, December). Exploring characteristics of students who demonstrate multi-institutional attendance patterns (MIAP) in two states (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Yeh, T. L. & Wetzstein, L. (2018, December). Recognizing variation: a typology of transfer partnerships (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Yeh, T. L. (2018, August). State policy and its impact on collaboration to promote transfer in Minnesota (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Wetzstein, L. (2018, June). High-performing transfer partnerships and promising practices (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Soler, M. C., Meza, E. A., & Bragg, D. D. (2018, March). Initial research on multi-institutional attendance patterns and racial equity (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Meza, E. A., Bragg, D. D., & Blume, G. (2018, February). Including racial equity as an outcome measure听in transfer partnerships (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Yeh, T. L. (2018, January). Introduction to the high-performing transfer partnerships study (Transfer Partnerships Series, ). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Bragg, D. D. (2017, September). Community College Review, 45(4), 267-272. doi:10.1177/0091552117728572
Taylor, J., Kauppila, S. A., Cortez-Lopez, E., Soler, M. C., Bishop, C., Meza, E., McCambly, H., & Bragg, D. D. (2017, May). Seattle, WA: Community College Research Initiatives, 91探花.
Malin, J. R., Bragg, D. D., & Hackmann, D. G. (2017). College and Career Readiness and the Every Student Succeeds Act. Educational Administration Quarterly, 53(5), 809鈥�838.
Wheatle, K., Taylor, J., Bragg, D. D., & Ajinkya, J. (2017). Washington, D.C.:听Institute for Higher Education Policy.
Bragg, D. D. (2017). D. Jackson Smith & S. Starobin (Eds.). New Directions for Community Colleges, 178, 55-66.
Bragg, D. D., & Soler, M. C. (2017). Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, 69(1), 123-146.
Yeh, T. L. (2017). Process evaluation: College Access Corps Program 2014-17. Final report prepared for Washington Campus Compact.
Bragg, D. D., & Krismer, M. (2016). N. Maxwell, & A. Person (Eds.), New Directions for Community Colleges, 176, 63-72.
Bragg. D. D., McCambly, H., & Durham, B. (2016). Change, 48(3), 36-47.
Bragg, D. D., & Soler, M. C. (2016). In X. Wang (Ed.), New Directions for Institutional Research, 170, 61-72.
Plecki, M. L., Elfers, A. M., St. John, E., & Yeh, T. L. (2016). In: Kappler Hewitt K., & Amrein-Beardsley A. (Eds.), Student Growth Measures in Policy and Practice. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Meza, E. A., & Zumeta, W. (2016). Public Higher Education. In J. C. Shin & P. Teixeira (Eds.), Encyclopedia of International Higher Education Systems and Institutions (pp. 1鈥�10). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
Pickel, J., & Bragg, D. D. (2015). New Directions for Community Colleges, 172, 43-55.
Bragg, D. D. (2015). President Obama鈥檚 career-technical education and workforce development Initiatives: Will they matter? E. Zamani-Gallaher (Ed.), The Obama Administration and Educational Reform: Toward New 21st Century Schools for the Global Knowledge Economy. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Zamani-Gallaher, E., Lester, J., Bragg, D. D., & Hagedorn, L. (Eds.). (2015). The community college reader (4th ed.). Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing.
Plecki, M. L., Elfers, A. M. & Yeh, T. L. (2015). Washington鈥檚 Teacher and Principal Evaluation System: Efforts to Support Professional Development. Research commissioned by the Washington State Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Seattle, WA: Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy, 91探花.
Plecki, M. L., Elfers, A. M., St. John, E., & Yeh, T. L. (2015). Washington鈥檚 Teacher and Principal Evaluation System: Goal Setting and Measures of Student Growth for Instructional Improvement. Final report prepared for the WA Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Bragg, D. D., & Taylor, J. (2014). American Behavioral Scientist, 1-24.
Meza, E., & Zumeta, W. (2014). International Higher Education, 76(Summer), 13鈥�14.
Oertle, K., & Bragg, D. D. (2014). Journal of Disability Policy Studies.
Bragg, D. D. (2013). In A. Jones & L. Perna (Eds.), The state of college access and completion (pp. 34-56). New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor Francis.
Knapp, M. S., Feldman, S., & Yeh, T. L. (2013). Journal of School Leadership, 23(2), 253-286.
Ruud, C. M., & Bragg, D. D. (2013). In N. Remington & R. Remington (Eds.), Alternative pathways to the baccalaureate: Do community colleges offer a viable solution to the nation鈥檚 knowledge deficit? Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
Knapp, M. S. & Yeh, T. L. (2012). Student diversity: Clarifying meanings. In J.A. Banks (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education (pp. 2088-2091). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Yeh, T. L. (2010). Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 16(2), 50-65.
Peer Review Statement
CCRI uses internal and/or external peer review before posting our research. Our peer review process includes one to two internal team members and often an external reviewer who may be a scholar in the field of expertise associated with the publication. The acknowledgment section on the last page of each data note publication lists the project grant funders and contract number.