Their Approach
When the COVID-19 shelter-in-place order went into effect and all services and instruction had to move online, Chaffey College knew they needed to break down previously siloed [...]
Stories from the Field: Guided Pathways
Career Ladders Project offers stories illustrating how California community colleges are redesigning their programs and structures. Each college faces different challenges and opportunities, depending on a variety of factors. College [...]
Success Coaches: Pasadena City College
The Beginning
To develop a first-year experience, PCC introduced success coaches as part of its “guided entry” process, beginning in 2011 with four. In 2012, they added a counseling [...]
Summer Jam: Pasadena City College
The Beginning
Jam began in 2006 as a two-week workshop intended to ease first-year students’ math anxiety. It was funded by an Irvine Foundation grant (through SSPIRE) for three [...]
Promise Scholars: A CUNY ASAP Replication: Skyline College
The Beginning
In order to address the roughly 50% loss of incoming students between their first Fall and Spring semesters, the Student Services Office at Skyline College launched the [...]
Examples of Guided Pathways Redesign
Career Ladders Project supports the inquiry, design, implementation, and assessment of Guided Pathways in California community colleges. To build capacity for evidence-based institutional redesign, focused on equity, we collaborate with [...]
Supporting Students from a Distance: West Hills College Lemoore
Their Approach
While West Hills College Lemoore (WHCL) is determined to stay focused on increasing student completion, their “North Star,” the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift in how WHCL [...]
Supporting Students from a Distance: Sierra College
Their Approach
As Sierra College took steps to serve its students during the sudden pandemic and shelter in place orders, the innovations of the Guided Pathways (GP) redesign enabled [...]