Peer-Reviewed Articles & Book Chapters
Interest and opportunity: Assessing the role of geography in internship outcomes (in review)
J. Colston, A. M. Crain
Sense of belonging by race and ethnicity in ROTC programs (in review)
C. George, J. Buckley, J. Colston, T. Burkes
J. Buckley, C. George, J. Colston, A. Burrell
Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, (in press), 2022
The geography of public broad-access universities.
N. W. Hillman, J. Colston, J. Bach-Hanson, A. Peek
Unlocking Opportunity Through Broadly Accessible Institutions, G. Crisp, K. McClure, C. Orphan, Routledge/Taylor Francis Group, 2021
Planning for diversity: The inclusion of diversity goals in postsecondary statewide strategic plans.
M. Berry, B. Inge, J. P. Gross, J. Colston, A. Bowers
Higher Education Politics & Economics, vol. 4(1), 2018
Research in Progress
Working students' workplace skills development and internship participation.
J. Colston, Z. Chen, M. Hora
The bottom line up front: Results from a randomized experiment on interpreting college information.
C. George, G. C. Wolniak, G. R. Nelson, J. Colston
Other Publications - Reports | Policy Briefs | Op-Eds
Mapping rural colleges and their communities.
N. W. Hillman, J. Colston, J. Bach-Hanson, A. Peek
Student Success Through Applied Research Lab Research Brief, https://mappingruralcolleges.wisc.edu/documents/sstar_mapping_rural_colleges_2021.pdf, 2021
M. T. Hora, J. Colston, Z. Chen, A. Pasqualone
Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, https://ccwt.wceruw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCWT_report_LR-Graduating-during-a-recession.pdf, 2021
J. Rodriguez, J. Colston, Z. Wu, Z. Chen
Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, https://ccwt.wceruw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCWT_report_LR-Graduating-during-a-recession.pdf, 2021
Anticipating and managing precipitous college closures.
J. Colston, G. Fowler, A. Laitinen, C. McCann, J. Studley, D. Tandberg, D. Weeden
New America, https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/reports/anticipating-and-managing-precipitous-college-closures/, 2020
M. T. Hora, M. Wolfgram, R. Brown, J. Colston, J. Zhang, Z. Chen, Z. Chen
Center for Research on College-Workforce Transitions, https://ccwt.wceruw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ccwt_report_The-Internship-Scorecard.pdf, 2020
Results from the college internship study at a North Carolina university.
M. Thompson, Z. Chen, A. Fetter, J. Colston, K. Williams, S. Rogers, M. Hora, G. McElveen
Center for Research on College Workforce Transitions, https://ccwt.wceruw.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CCWT_report_results-from-North-Carolina-University.pdf, 2020
Tuition resets got one thing right: Transparency.
J. Colston
Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education, https://wiscape.wisc.edu/wiscape/home/blog/wiscape-blog/2019/04/05/tuition-resets-got-one-thing-right-transparency, 2019
Review of "Apocalyptic Leadership in Education"
J. Colston, C. E. George
Teacher's College Record, http://www.tcrecord.org/Content.asp?ContentID=22307, 2018