This guide explores evidence-based practices for helping students navigate academic and career pathways. It supports institutions in leveraging data to align programs with high-opportunity careers and transfer options, ensuring students achieve long-term success.
This research brief from the Community College Research Center synthesizes findings from the AACC Pathways Project and a National Science Foundation evaluation. It is intended for college leaders looking for evidence‐based strategies to plan comprehensive reforms and improve student outcomes.
This report examines how career guidance supports student success. It highlights gaps in students’ career knowledge and offers strategies to enhance career exploration, advising, and work-based learning. College leaders can use this to strengthen career-connected education.
This resource illustrates how college professionals can contribute to building a student-centered support system. Designed for faculty, advisors, and administrators, it highlights strategies to ensure students have the financial stability, well-being, and networks needed to complete their education successfully.
The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) engaged 20 campuses to study the effects of the Guided Pathways framework on teaching and learning outcomes, focusing on areas like course design, student engagement, and equity. This report offers learnings and recommendations from interviews, surveys, and research activities to evaluate how faculty teams implemented new components of…
This report showcases strategies from 20 community colleges advancing student learning within guided pathways. It highlights course redesign, faculty learning communities, and data-driven improvements that institutional leaders can adapt to enhance student success and career readiness.
This video explains the five essential conditions across the Preparation, Awareness, Sustainability, and Implementation phases of Guided Pathways planning. It is designed for college leaders and decision‐makers who are planning long-term institutional reforms.
This video provides insights into incorporating evaluation into the Guided Pathways model—building on what works, adjusting where needed, and removing elements that don’t effectively support students. Discover practical evaluation approaches and models that can guide you in enhancing and sustaining your pathways efforts.
This video provides an overview of the Planning phase of the Guided Pathways model, explaining how colleges can drive institutional transformation to help students set early goals and complete credentials promptly.
This video illustrates how institutions can implement the Guided Pathways Model by clarifying students’ choices and supporting them toward degree completion. Created by OCCRL, it explores the fourth pillar of implementation: Ensuring Students are Learning. College leaders can use this to enhance student success strategies.