Map of K-12 Grants10 Sep 2024 | ResourceRecent state investments support colleges and high schools to work together in preparing students for college and career. Taking stock of potential partners in your area can help plan a [...]
California Steps Up to Support Adult Learners03 Jun 2024 | News ItemThe Governor’s Office and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) today announced that they submitted an Ability to Benefit (ATB) State-Defined Plan for approval by the U.S. Department of [...]
Golden State Pathways and Dual Enrollment Grant RFAs Open08 Feb 2024 | News ItemFunding opportunities for the Golden State Pathways Program (GSPP) and Round 2 Dual Enrollment grants (CCAP and Middle/Early College) were just released by the California Department of Education (CDE). [...]
Update on Golden State Pathways14 Dec 2023 | News ItemRegional Technical Assistance Centers for the Golden State Pathways Program (GSPP) were named last month by the California Department of Education (CDE). The Tulare County Office of Education will serve [...]
Technical Assistance Office Hours for CCAP Grantees04 Dec 2023 | News ItemMonthly office hours are now open for College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) dual enrollment grantees! Starting in January, CLP will be hosting monthly 90-minute office-hour style webinars. You’ll be [...]
Webinar Recording: Designing Pathways with Community Partners14 Nov 2023 | News ItemPractitioners from McFarland High School, East Los Angeles College, and the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN) joined CLP to talk about designing pathways that span high school and college—and prepare [...]
Resources from CLP Sessions at SSSC31 Oct 2023 | News ItemIt was great to see everyone at this year’s SSSC. CLP presented three breakout sessions and two post-conference workshops. Access slide decks and resources below. Equitable Dual Enrollment: [...]
California’s Golden Opportunity08 Jun 2023 | News ItemCalifornia’s $500 million investment in Golden State Pathways (GSP) promises to dramatically increase college and career opportunities for students. Through GSP, students would graduate from high school prepared for both [...]
Fast Forward California Will Prepare Local Schools and Communities to Make Good on Massive Golden State Pathways Investments24 Apr 2023 | News ItemWith $500 million in funding for Golden State Pathways and $200 million for Dual Enrollment, California is making a once-in-a-lifetime investment in students and our shared future prosperity. But ensuring [...]
L.A. Regional Consortium March 7 webinar: Equitable Dual Enrollment16 Mar 2023 | News ItemWorking in collaboration with the Los Angeles Regional Consortium, CLP’s March 7 webinar focused on opportunities to align current and future funding opportunities for greater impact in the L.A. region. [...]
New Regulations for Ability to Benefit and California’s Career Pathways01 Mar 2023 | News Item“California has all the elements to help put together a successful Ability to Benefit strategy,” said Judy Mortrude of World Education, Inc., in the February 14 webinar, New Regulations for [...]
Webinar: County Office of Education CCAP Partnerships with Colleges30 Jan 2023 | News ItemCounty Office of Education CCAP Partnerships with Colleges At the January 25 webinar, presenters talked about their current dual enrollment partnerships with county offices of education, and how they’re [...]
Catalyzing Coherence Lab: Join the Cross-segment Collaboration Launching February 1725 Jan 2023 | News ItemThe $700M in funding for Golden State Pathways and Dual Enrollment is an exciting, important investment in California students and our future. But ensuring these dollars result in increased college [...]
Coming Soon: Dual Enrollment and Pathways Grants29 Oct 2022 | News ItemCalifornia’s $700 million investment in Golden State Pathways and dual enrollment promises to dramatically increase college and career opportunities for students. The $200 million for dual enrollment will be available [...]
A New Day for Dual Enrollment in California29 Sep 2022 | News ItemCalifornia is rethinking dual enrollment. Long acknowledged as an effective acceleration strategy, dual enrollment has emerged as a powerful equity strategy when designed for the success of students who might [...]
Leading the Growth of Miami’s Cybersecurity Workforce29 Sep 2022 | News ItemIn the span of three years, Miami Dade College (MDC) implemented a full, stackable credential pathway that students can take from industry certifications to an associate degree to a bachelor’s [...]
Leading the Growth of Miami’s Cybersecurity Workforce28 Sep 2022 | ReportMiami Dade College (MDC) has built one of the strongest cybersecurity education pathways in the nation in record time. The college started in 2017 with investments in faculty [...]
Building a Workforce Ecosystem for the Cloud17 May 2022 | News Item“Companies for the first time are saying, ‘I hired someone who doesn’t have a bachelor’s degree and that person is productive for my team because they have the credentials and [...]
Launching Students into High-Demand Cloud Careers12 May 2022 | ReportBryant Pickford saw an ad for free classes at Miami Dade College (MDC) in cloud computing and thought, “Why not?” Now on his way to completing his bachelor’s degree, Pickford [...]
Bridging Education and Career in the Cloud05 May 2022 | ReportIn the workforce development ecosystem that Miami Dade College (MDC) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have developed, faculty are the lifeblood of the cloud computing program. The program [...]
Building a Vibrant Ecosystem for the Cloud01 May 2022 | ReportMiami Dade College (MDC) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have collaborated to develop a model for sustainable workforce development that is opening doors for students, meeting local workforce needs, and [...]
Building Careers in the Cloud: An Industry Engaged Pathway11 Feb 2021 | ReportThe California Cloud Workforce Project (Cloud Project), a regionally-grown consortium of 19 Los Angeles community colleges and their partner high schools, launched a new cloud computing program that extends into [...]
From Voice to Action: Putting Students at the Center of College Redesign20 Jan 2021 | News Item“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 [...]
Student Success Teams at Santa Ana College: Student Support Case Study and Tools20 Jan 2021 | StoryThe Beginning Santa Ana College (SAC) set out to develop success teams that would improve college communication with students and also improve communication between offices and services. The Guided [...]
From Voice to Action: Putting Students at the Center of College Redesign04 Jan 2021 | ReportUnpacking 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 [...]
Equity Walk at Compton College: Resources23 Dec 2020 | ResourceCLP worked in partnership with Compton College to develop a digital equity walk based on Fullerton College’s campus equity walk, an exercise to gain insight into how students experience the [...]
Equity Walk at Compton College: Student-centered Redesign Case Study and Tool23 Dec 2020 | StoryTHE BEGINNING Compton College learned about the equity walk, an exercise to experience the virtual or physical campus from a student’s perspective, from the Guided Pathways Regional Coordinator who [...]
Dual Enrollment for Equitable Completion: Webinar Series Concludes and New Project Launches09 Dec 2020 | News ItemCLP’s monthly dual enrollment problem-solving webinar series concludes this week with a focus on dual enrollment integrated with guided pathways redesign. Since the first webinar in late March shortly after [...]
Recordings and Materials Available: Redesigning with Equity and Careers in Mind08 Dec 2020 | News ItemPractitioners from colleges across the state convened virtually on November 13 and 20 for Redesigning with Equity and Careers in Mind, a two-part series of GP workshops focused on strategies [...]
New Recordings and Materials Available: Redesigning with Equity and Careers in Mind Webinars08 Dec 2020 | News ItemPractitioners from colleges across the state convened virtually on November 13 and 20 for Redesigning with Equity and Careers in Mind, a two-part series of GP workshops focused on strategies [...]
New Case Study and Tools for Developing Success Teams24 Nov 2020 | ResourceA new CLP publication, Student Success Teams at Santa Ana College, highlights the college’s work to develop success teams including their use of student-centered design and equity-minded approaches. Last year, SAC [...]
Breakout Sessions for Nov 20 GP Workshop: Redesigning with Equity and Careers in Mind17 Nov 2020 | News ItemThe second GP workshop convenes on November 20 from 9:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and focuses on strategies and evidence-based practices that colleges are using to remove barriers to equitable student enrollment [...]
CBE Case Study and Discussion Guide: Focus on LA Trade Tech22 Oct 2020 | ResourceWhat do you do when previous change efforts fail to move the needle on success metrics? Los Angeles Trade Technical College (LATTC) took action, this time working backwards from specific [...]
Register for GP Workshops: Redesigning with Equity and Careers in Mind21 Oct 2020 | News ItemRegistration 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 [...]
Competency-based Education at LATTC: CBE Case Study and Discussion Guide, October 202019 Oct 2020 | StoryLos Angeles Trade Technical College’s Journey The Beginning Jess Guerra, Chair of the School of Advanced Transportation and Manufacturing, was instrumental in leading the redesign of pathways at [...]
CA Cloud Workforce Project Reaches Students Through Virtual Events28 Sep 2020 | News ItemDid you know that cloud computing has been the number one job category posted on LinkedIn for five years running? Cloud computing has upended business practices in industry after industry [...]
Online Guided Pathways Design Guide Now Available28 Sep 2020 | News ItemCareer Ladders Project has launched an online Guided Pathways Design Guide for Integrating Student Supports into the community college student’s journey. The team has spent the last year researching and interviewing college [...]
Career Pathways Mapping Toolkit03 Jun 2020 | ResourceCareer pathways maps perform three main functions: They clarify and align programs and services; they link increasing levels of certification, education, and employment; and they support students in choosing among [...]
Better Careers at Hartnell College!21 May 2020 | News ItemHartnell College has established strong connections from college to career for its agricultural, health, and education students through pathways that include work-based learning and internships. Now, with support from the [...]
Pathway map examples01 May 2020 | ResourceCareer pathways maps increase career and college access, success, and equity for students. Maps clarify and align programs and services; they link increasing levels of certification, education, and [...]
High-Impact Pathways01 May 2020 | ResourceHigh Impact Pathways HIP is a CLP-guided approach that helps connect progressive levels of education to prepare students for success in both college and career. The pathways framework links systems [...]
CCSF-Laney Regional Collaborative Program for AV Technologist Certificate01 May 2020 | ResourceIn June 2016, InfoComm invited California community colleges and K-12 districts to an education session at its annual trade show in Las Vegas to introduce educators to its Certified Technology [...]
CLP’s Linda Collins discusses role of California community colleges at Legislative summit07 Feb 2020 | News ItemSpeaking 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 [...]
Bakersfield Symposium Highlights Concerns – and Solutions – Related to College Access and Equity04 Dec 2019 | News ItemMore than 300 practitioners from community colleges across California gathered in Bakersfield on Nov. 15 to learn about and explore intentional, supported pathways as a strategy for equity. [...]
CLP Presentations at SSSC Offer New Ways to Explore and Approach Redesign30 Oct 2019 | News ItemMany community college practitioners across California look forward all year to recharging during the Strengthening Student Success Conference. Each year, we return home energized and full of new information and [...]
How Georgia State Reforms Closed Racial and Ethnic Completion Gaps: it Can be Done28 Nov 2018 | News ItemTwo leaders from Georgia State University came to Long Beach on Nov. 15 to talk about reforms that are credited with raising graduation rates campuswide above 75%. In fact, Latinx [...]
Strengthening Student Success Presentations – Fall 201822 Oct 2018 | News ItemPresentations from 2018 Strengthening Student Success are now available Career Ladders Project staffers presented on Guided Pathways implementation, the Dual Enrollment Game, re-entry programs for students who have been [...]
Reedley College: Integrating Dual Enrollment with Pathways01 Oct 2018 | StoryPathways 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); [...]
CLP Case Study: Opening Doors to the Tech Industry28 Jun 2018 | News ItemWork-based learning is a key strategy for increasing student success, particularly for historically underserved student groups. But it can be hard for educators and employers to find each other and [...]
Case Study: Bridging High School, College and Industry for Students in a Career Academy26 Jun 2018 | News ItemIn a new report, Bridging High School, College, and Industry: A Case Study and Lessons for the Field, CLP highlights successes achieved and lessons learned by a unique partnership centered [...]
Bridging High School, College, and Industry24 Jun 2018 | ReportA Case Study and Lessons for the Field Partnerships among secondary and postsecondary educational institutions and employers that aim to prepare students of diverse backgrounds for college and careers [...]
Exploring Alternative High School and Community College Partnerships24 May 2018 | ReportIn recent years, California has made important investments to aid public high schools and community colleges to improve students’ transitions to and through postsecondary education, with a specific emphasis on [...]
College and Career Pathway Development01 May 2018 | ResourceClear pathways to college and career provide critical support for students in their transition into successful careers. Early access and exposure to sector-based pathways supports students in setting goals and [...]
Big Ideas in Workforce Innovation: A Three-Part Series02 Aug 2017 | News ItemThe California Workforce Development Board (State Board) has released a three-part series, Big Ideas in Workforce Innovation, created by Career Ladders Project. CLP documented emerging lessons from key State [...]
Orange County K-14 Career Pathways24 Jun 2017 | ReportReimagining the Role of Counselors in Supporting Student College and Career Success Through generous support from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office’s SB 1070 Career Pathways Program and the [...]
Health Career Pathways at California Community Colleges15 Dec 2016 | News ItemLinda Collins, executive director of Career Ladders Project, joined a panel discussion on Dec. 1 about health career pathways at California’s community colleges. Hosted by the Public Policy Institute of [...]
San Mateo County Community College District Initiative01 Dec 2016 | ResourceCareer Ladders Project (CLP) works closely with the San Mateo County Community College District (SMCCCD) and the three SMCCCD colleges, Cañada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College, to [...]
Crossing Boundaries to Develop Effective Pathways23 May 2015 | ReportCareer Pathway Development Across Ten East Bay Community Colleges A Career Pathway is a series of structured and connected education programs and support services that enable students to advance [...]
College to Career Pathways23 Apr 2015 | ReportGetting From Here to There on the Roadmap for a Stronger California Economy The Board of Governors Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation and a Strong Economy is charged [...]
ICT/ Digital Media Pathway05 Nov 2014 | StorySAP Oakland Unified School District & Berkeley City College ICT/Digital Media Pathway Career Ladders Project is honored to build upon our existing relationships with Oakland Unified School District and [...]
Information Communication Technologies Study23 Jun 2014 | ReportThe purpose of this study is to inform the development and improvement of ICT educational pathways and career preparation in California. AT&T, LICI, and the research team envision an integrated [...]
Collaborate to Improve Students’ Transitions to College04 Jan 2014 | ResourceCareer Ladders Project created tools and guides to help K-12 and community college leaders, faculty, and staff collaborate to improve students’ transitions to college. These online tools aid in diagnosing [...]