In this documentary, part of the “Voices of Pathways” series, faculty and staff at Prince George’s Community College (PGCC) share how they streamlined their programs from 217 to 82, and mapped them to local job opportunities as part of its Guided Pathways initiative. Through faculty-staff collaboration and expanded employer partnerships, PGCC enhanced advising and created…
In this documentary, part of the “Voices of Pathways” series, faculty and staff at Austin Community College (ACC) share how they redesigned their developmental math program using Guided Pathways. By aligning math learning with career goals and providing targeted support, ACC enables more students to achieve their academic and career goals in Austin’s thriving art…
In this documentary, part of the “Voices of Pathways” series, faculty and staff at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) share how they are using Guided Pathways to better student outcomes, fostering success and opportunity.
This practitioner packet explores guided pathways implementation, showcasing promising evidence from early adopters. It includes an overview of key practices, case studies with student success data, and guidance on timelines, processes, and measuring effectiveness to support colleges in achieving long-term improvements.
This impact study explores Kirkwood Community College’s implementation of the Guided Pathways framework to support student success. Through self-study and strategic planning, the college improved advising, onboarding, and career-aligned pathways, leading to increased student persistence and retention.
This article explores Bluegrass Community and Technical College’s (BCTC) Guided Pathways reforms. By defining Career Pathways, redesigning advising, launching MyMajors, and creating Pathway Learning Communities, BCTC improved retention, graduation rates, and student engagement.
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.
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.
Small colleges face unique challenges, like limited resources for technology, staff training, and new roles for faculty and staff. This report focuses on how small colleges can fund and sustain Guided Pathways reforms, drawing from the experiences of three small Ohio colleges—North Central State, Washington State, and Zane State.
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.