Behind the Scenes of Guided Pathways Implementation at Greenfield Community College

This article examines Greenfield Community College’s (GCC) Guided Pathways implementation to address declining enrollment, retention, and completion rates. Through success coaches, program consolidation, and co-requisite math support, GCC streamlined pathways, aligned programs with workforce needs, and advanced statewide reform efforts.

Listen to Me: Community College Students Tell Us What Helps Them Persist

The Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) created “Listen to Me: Community College Students Tell Us What Helps Them Persist” for college practitioners to enhance student success. Based on 2021-2022 focus groups, it explores Guided Pathways, highlighting student challenges and best practices for improving persistence.

How Ohio Community Colleges Are Using Guided Pathways to Personalize Student Support

This impact study details how Ohio’s community colleges are innovating within the Guided Pathways model to enhance student onboarding. It highlights strategies for personalizing career exploration, program selection, and advising while showcasing cost-effective approaches to improving student support and student achievement.

How guided pathways reforms can improve support for adult students: Lessons from three Tennessee community colleges

This impact study explores how Motlow State, Nashville State, and Pellissippi State integrated targeted support for adult students within Guided Pathways reforms. By addressing different and overlapping student needs, these colleges implemented multi-pronged strategies to enhance adult student success.

Wild Thinkers: Linn-Benton Community College’s Creative and Collaborative Approach to Guided Pathways Reform

Wild Thinkers: Linn-Benton Community College’s Creative and Collaborative Approach to Guided Pathways Reform

This impact study details Linn-Benton Community College’s grassroots approach to Guided Pathways. By prioritizing faculty and staff creativity, the college fostered a cultural transformation, ensuring guided pathways became an integrated, long-term strategy rather than a standalone project.

Collaborating to Break Down Barriers to Student Success: Guided Pathways Reforms at San Jacinto College

Collaborating to Break Down Barriers to Student Success: Guided Pathways Reforms at San Jacinto College

This impact study details how San Jacinto College’s used a Guided Pathways redesign to remove institutional barriers to student success. Faculty and staff used process mapping and “Framework Fridays”—weekly forums for collaboration—to enhance the student experience and drive reform.

Balancing Urgency and Patience: How Community College of Philadelphia Set the Pace for Guided Pathways Reform

Balancing Urgency and Patience: How Community College of Philadelphia Set the Pace for Guided Pathways Reform

This impact study details how Community College of Philadelphia’s (CCP) used the Guided Pathways framework to address shared concerns, phase in changes, and build on existing practices. It also shares how college leaders secured faculty and staff buy-in amid collective bargaining negotiations.