This report outlines new thinking in five key Guided Pathways areas: program design, student onboarding, support, advising, and teaching. It shares lessons learned from research, highlights important practices for better student outcomes, and offers recommendations for colleges working on these reforms, along with future directions for research and practice.
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.
Building on 25 years of research, this report from Community College Research Center explains what Guided Pathways is, why it works, the costs involved, and how it can improve student success on a larger scale, helping build a stronger and more inclusive middle class.
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.
This guide helps community college leaders understand the costs of implementing Guided Pathways reforms at larger-scale institutions and how to fund and sustain them. It’s based on research from six colleges that have successfully made large-scale changes using the Guided Pathways model.
This impact study details Wallace State Community College’s Guided Pathways implementation as the “glue” for student success initiatives. Through an inclusive, transparent approach, faculty and staff collaborated to shape reforms and align efforts toward shared goals.
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.
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.
This guide offers tools and a framework for college leaders to embed fairness and access in guided pathways reforms, addressing barriers to close achievement gaps.
This report for college leaders provides three recommendations—developing career communities, offering tailored work-based learning, and using student-focused labor market data—to help colleges create more pathways that honor students’ experiences and better prepare them for success.