Dr. Elisabeth Barnett is Senior Research Associate at the Community College Research Center (CCRC) at Teachers College, Columbia University and also serves as Associate Director of the National Center for Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST) at Teachers College. Dr. Barnett’s research interests relate to access to college, high school to college transition, community colleges, workforce education, international education, and high school-college partnerships. Dr. Barnett received her PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Educational Organization and Leadership.