Help Students Get on a Path
Provide proactive advising and career exploration resources to help students choose a path early. Implement onboarding processes that include career assessments, first-year experiences, and success courses.
Foundations
Understand your context and how to help students get on a path.
How Clear Is Their Path? Guided Career Pathways and Community College Students
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.
How Clear Is Their Path? Guided Career Pathways and Community College Students
How Clear Is Their Path? Guided Career Pathways and Community College StudentsIntroduction to Guided Pathways: Implementation – Helping Students Get on and Stay on a Path
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.
Introduction to Guided Pathways: Implementation – Helping Students Get on and Stay on a PathIntroduction to Guided Pathways: Implementation – Helping Students Get on and Stay on a Path
Core Principles of Transforming Remediation
This resource outlines key principles for improving developmental education to better support student persistence and success. Created by Advance Work, it helps colleges assess and redesign remediation strategies to increase student progression.
Core Principles of Transforming Remediation
Core Principles of Transforming RemediationiPass Readiness Assessment
This assessment guides institutions in evaluating their readiness to implement Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS). Colleges can use it to identify gaps, enhance planning, and support student success initiatives.
iPass Readiness AssessmentStudent Voice #4
In this video, a student shares their experience with academic advising and four required career-focused courses in their program. These courses help with study skills, career planning, resume building, job interviews, and securing a required internship through the college’s employer partnerships.
Student Voice #4 Student Voice #4How to Onboard Students to Their Pathway of Choice
Strategies and insights into redesigning onboarding processes within Guided Pathways, including how to organize programs, improve advising, and increase student engagement. Use these resources to enhance student retention and completion.
Guided Pathways Workshops
This guided pathways workshop series helps colleges redesign program onboarding using the Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan (ACIP) framework to support student success. It includes customizable slide decks, facilitator guides, activities, and real-world examples to help institutions tailor reforms to their campus needs.
Guided Pathways WorkshopsConnecting Students to Their Program of Study and the Greater Campus Community
This resource from the Community College Research Center offers strategies for fostering student engagement and belonging. Use it to enhance your institution’s efforts in creating supportive, connected campus experiences that promote student success and retention throughout their academic journey.
Connecting Students to Their Program of Study and the Greater Campus Community
Connecting Students to Their Program of Study and the Greater Campus CommunityAsk-Connect-Inspire-Plan: How to reimagine onboarding into a program of study
This resource introduces the Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan (ACIP) framework, designed to help community colleges improve student retention and success, especially among underserved groups. It outlines research-backed strategies for guiding students in exploring career paths, building connections, gaining confidence through coursework, and creating a personalized education plan.
Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan- How to reimagine onboarding into a program of study
Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan: How to reimagine onboarding into a program of study Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan: How to reimagine onboarding into a program of studyRedesigning Community College Student Onboarding Through Guided Pathways
This resource helps community colleges redesign their new student onboarding process to better support students in exploring, choosing, and planning their academic path. It includes research, real-world examples, and planning activities to guide colleges in creating a more structured and engaging onboarding experience.
Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding Through Guided Pathways
Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding Through Guided Pathways Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding Through Guided Pathways