Following the passage of Proposition 49, California made a major commitment to after-school programming; and the availability of After School Education and Safety (ASES) funds led to a surge in [...]
Transitions to College
Transitions from foster care, alternative schools, and incarceration
CLP supported the creation of Gateway Programs to connect disadvantaged youth and adults to postsecondary education and high-wage, high-growth career pathways. Partnerships created in this work included Workforce Investment Boards, [...]
Community College Pathways for Former Foster Youth
Community College Pathways for Foster Youth (CCP) was a statewide initiative designed to improve college and career outcomes for former foster youth at 11 California community colleges. It linked community [...]
Adult education and contextualized teaching
When Adult Education Block Grants were created in 2013, Career Ladders Project began working with a number of regional consortia across California, supporting their research and strategic planning and then assisting [...]
Dual Enrollment: Moving to an Electronic Form
Career Ladders Project convened a small group of dual enrollment practitioners in a “think tank” in fall 2019, funded by the College Futures Foundation, focused on improving the paper-based enrollment [...]
K-16 Transitions in a Guided Pathways Framework
An overview of three essential components of transition strategies
Connection
What connection means: K-12 schools and districts, community colleges, four-year institutions, employers, and community organizations connect through collective [...]
CLP’s Linda Collins discusses role of California community colleges at Legislative summit
07 Feb 2020
Speaking at a legislative forum hosted by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon in Sacramento about overcoming challenges to California’s continued growth and economic prosperity, Linda Collins, founder and executive director of [...]
California needs a plan for federal aid for adult students without high school diplomas
23 Dec 2019
Thousands more California residents might qualify for financial aid to attend college and earn credentials — and higher wages — if the state added its own option for students without [...]