Inclusive Design

How can educators integrate Black student voices into institutional decision-making processes? What challenges do educators face in implementing Black student-centered pedagogies, and how can they be overcome?

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Dual enrollment can help increase college access, completion, and transfer rates, particularly for students from communities that have been historically underrepresented in college. Many community colleges in California are expanding [...]

Melisa Osuna had her first experience with college classes in a Chicano Studies dual enrollment class offered at her high school. Now this first-generation college student is a new graduate [...]

Dual enrollment is a powerful acceleration strategy for college completion. Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment while in high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist [...]

The good news is that students in California can attend a community college without a high school diploma or its equivalency. In California, unlike most other states, the door to [...]

Dual enrollment1 across the Kern Community College District (KCCD) has grown dramatically in the past nine years. In 2013–14, there were fewer than 1,000 dual enrollment students at the district’s [...]

Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist in college to completion than their peers who don’t, according to [...]

In fall 2021, representatives from Crafton Hills College (CHC) came together at a Student Services Design Lab hosted by Career Ladders Project. Faculty, staff, and administrators came ready to creatively [...]

High-quality dual enrollment – is designed along pathways that lead to certificates and degrees of value, includes embedded student supports, and where students who are underrepresented in higher education or [...]

In the summer of 2020, following George Floyd’s death and the international demand to stop police violence against Black and Brown people, the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office released a [...]

Dual enrollment opportunities can help increase college access, completion, and transfer rates for groups of students that are historically underrepresented in college by letting them get a leg up on [...]

Dual enrollment holds the promise of successfully transitioning high school students into college with more degree completions in a shorter time. When implemented with quality, it has been shown to [...]

Dual enrollment, which allows a student to enroll in both high school and college at the same time, has long been acknowledged as a powerful acceleration strategy for college completion. [...]

Iris is an 18 year old Riverside Community College (RCC) student who found her way to community college via dual enrollment. Iris is a foster youth who bounced around to [...]

Recordings and resources from the fall 2021 series of six webinars on redesigning student services and implementing systemic changes are available below.
September 15. Successful Student Entry: Addressing & [...]

Five college-high school partnership sites in the San Francisco Bay Area will be working to expand dual enrollment opportunities for students who are low-income or are from Black, Latinx, or [...]

CLP’s approach to design starts with a shared understanding of students’ experiences. Focus groups can play an important role in developing this understanding, and we have supported several colleges to [...]

The four-part webinar series, Equity-grounded Counseling: Serving Black Students, was specifically designed for those working in counseling offices across the state. Participants gained a deeper understanding of the experience of [...]

The Stanislaus Cradle to Career Partnership (C2C) is a vibrant, cross-sector, mission-driven community partnership. The core belief that all children can reach their full educational potential is what fuels their [...]

“We keep focusing on the need for student voice, and this [project] really puts it into action. The key is that we are then making choices and changes based on [...]

A New Webinar Series Developed by MiraCosta College
Counselors play a pivotal role in the success of students, particularly Black students where advocacy, support, and mentorship plays a critical [...]

Their Approach
Glendale Community College (GCC) and its feeder high schools responded creatively to the challenges that the COVID-19 crisis presented to dual enrollment when all services and communication [...]

Unpacking the Student Experience in Learning Communities Deepens Capacity for Change at Two Colleges
Understanding the student experience is essential in student-centered college redesign, a core principle of guided [...]

The COLEGAS webinar series on issues, challenges, and effective approaches for supporting Latinx student success was very popular and well-received. “Thank you so much for creating the space for Latinx [...]

Registration is open for the next, free CLP guided pathways workshop webinars on November 13 and 20 from 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. This is a two-part series of workshops with a [...]

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 [...]

CLP hosted a series of webinars in spring 2020 to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-oriented to providing services completely online [...]

Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist in college to completion than their peers who don’t. Some studies [...]

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 [...]

To support student services staff and administrators and counselors at community colleges across California as they re-orient to an all-online world, CLP hosted a series of four conversations via Zoom [...]

To support Guided Pathways redesign teams across California as they re-oriented to an all-online world, CLP hosted a series of four conversations on Wednesday mornings in April 2020.

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Bakersfield College aims for every high school student in its vast service area to have the opportunity to enroll in college courses while in grades 9 through 12. Hundreds already [...]

Education leaders are increasingly turning to design thinking as a method for re-envisioning their work and reform practices and for tackling the knottiest challenges on their campuses. Career Ladders Project [...]

As part of its Guided Pathways inquiry, Fresno City College sent teams to three other California community colleges and three campuses of CUNY, the City University of New York.
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Challenges and promising approaches across California
Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist in college to completion [...]

Pathways at Reedley College in the Central Valley take various forms. There’s a Middle College High School on its campus; a longstanding partnership with the local Regional Occupational Program (ROP); [...]

Presentations from the 2017 Strengthening Student Success conference are now available.
SSSC – CLP Breakout Sessions
Wednesday, October 11
Guided Pathways: A Framework for Integrating College Plans
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