Classifying Community College Programs by Post-Completion Success In Transfer and Workforce

The Aspen Institute and Community College Research Center’s guide helps college leaders evaluate program value by assessing workforce outcomes and transfer success. It offers strategies to align guided pathways with living-wage jobs, high transfer rates, and equitable student success, supported by examples and evidence.

TLA Framework

AAC&U’s Teaching-Learning-Assessment (TLA) Framework is a web-based tool designed to help institutions strengthen teaching and learning within guided pathways. It provides resources for faculty and administrators to implement high-impact practices and improve student outcomes.

“Walk in My Shoes”: An Actionable Learner Engagement Framework to Foster Growth, Belonging, and Agency

Learner engagement and satisfaction drive persistence, retention, performance, completion, and career outcomes. This framework offers recommendations, tools, and insights to redesign the learn-to-work journey, centering growth, agency, and belonging. It draws from interviews with hundreds of learners for whom higher education was never designed.