Redesigning Student Supports

When Berkeley City College (BCC) counselors Dri Regalado and Skyler Barton set out to ramp up equitable counseling practices for dual enrollment, they worked to change the hearts and minds [...]

At Cerritos College, the Dean of Counseling, Eliza Hoyos Vences, and the Department Chair, Chelena Fisher, sought to close gaps in serving students and solve the challenge of students receiving [...]

Tommy Reed, Umoja Counselor at Chabot College, seeks to create an HBCU-like experience where all community college students feel valued and cared for. He doesn’t stop there; he also seeks [...]

Career Ladders Project (CLP), with funding from College Futures Foundation, set out to learn ways counselors are pivoting to provide more equitable counseling experiences for students and what barriers they [...]

It 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: [...]

The California Community Colleges Board of Governors this week approved the Vision 2030 framework, continuing the state’s momentum to enable learners of all ages and backgrounds to succeed in college [...]

Last week’s CLP webinar, Equitable Dual Enrollment: Applying for the New State Grants, featured Arvin High School’s award-winning dual enrollment partnership with Bakersfield College. Presenters from Arvin High School and [...]

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 [...]

There’s a renewed statewide focus on counseling and student services. CLP’s project centered on equitable counseling is among the new initiatives and efforts focused on exploring how colleges can better support [...]

CLP’s newest project will explore student-centered, equity-minded approaches to counseling. Supported by funding from the College Futures Foundation, the project will begin to uncover issues and innovations emerging from the [...]

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 [...]

CLP is leading two post-conference workshops at the upcoming Strengthening Student Success Conference in Garden Grove. One focuses on equitable counseling and the other on the impact of dual enrollment. [...]

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 [...]

Their Approach
As Madera Community College became an independent college instead of a center associated with Reedley College, it began to reassess its progress on guided pathways implementation and [...]

The Begining
In 2014, Riverside City College (RCC) used Student Equity funds and a grant from the Anthony & Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation (AJPFF) to develop the Guardian Scholars [...]

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 & [...]

Introduction
Credit for prior learning (CPL) has emerged as one way that colleges can recognize and give students credit for the skills and knowledge that they bring to the [...]

Research indicates that students will change their major three times on average while in college. First-generation college students and students farthest from opportunity struggle more with understanding how college pathways [...]

Their Approach
Before City College of San Francisco (CCSF) launched their guided pathways efforts, which the college named Re-imagining the Student Experience (RiSE), their Office of Workforce Development began [...]

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 six-part roundtable series, Conversations with Counselors: Strengthening our Practice with Equity in Mind, was designed by California Counseling Network (CaCN) members to connect counselors across the community college system, [...]

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 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 [...]

The California Cloud Workforce Project
Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services—from applications to storage and processing power—over the internet.1 It is widely considered the hottest growth area [...]

“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 [...]

The work of Compton College in student-centered redesign is profiled in CLP’s new case study and tool, Equity Walk at Compton College. The equity walk exercise helps participants gain insight [...]

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 [...]

The 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 [...]

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 [...]

The Beginning
Visiting the City College of San Francisco English Lab tutors correlates with higher grades and more robust pass rates. CCSF looked at the success of students who [...]

The Beginning
One of the newer campuses in the State Center Community College District, Clovis Community College began Guided Pathways planning by investigating what initiatives were on the horizon [...]

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 [...]

CLP 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 [...]

THE 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 [...]

Practitioners 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 [...]

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 [...]

A 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 [...]

This year’s Strengthening Student Success Conference is unrolling virtually each Friday in October. The conference underscores the continuing equity imperative for redesign. CLP and LearningWorks are partnering with 3CSN and [...]

More than 350 people zoomed in to the October 1 COLEGAS webinar, Latinx Workforce: Completing the Promise, to hear a broad range of panelists discuss ideas and actions to reach [...]

Career 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

As colleges across the state move student support services online, it is important to keep both equity and student experience at the center of our redesign efforts. CLP hosted two [...]

CLP has produced a brief video featuring Dr. Cecilia Rios-Aguilar, professor of education and the associate dean of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at UCLA’s Graduate School of Education and Information [...]

Hartnell 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 [...]

CLP hosts several virtual communities of practice for practitioners. Each community of practice provides a space to connect with colleagues and share news and ideas.

California Counseling Network [...]

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CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

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CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

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CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

* Plática = talk, or chat
CLP hosted a series of webinars to support student services faculty, staff, and administrators at community colleges across California as they re-orient to [...]

CLP now offers four webinar series for community colleges, three focused on challenges and strategies for providing all classes and student supports remotely, and one on redesigning transitions to college [...]

By Kris Palmer

So much of the dynamism that emerged early this semester in my American Government class came from the community college students talking with one another [...]

Many 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 [...]

Luis has dedicated his career to increasing equity on community college campuses and providing Latinx students the support they need to realize their educational goals. Before joining CLP, Luis led [...]

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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Presentations 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 [...]

Students who participate in dual enrollment at a community college during high school are more likely to graduate and enter college, and they’re more likely to complete a certificate, degree, or transfer. And the students who are most underrepresented in community colleges [...]

ELAC’s leaders are deeply committed to providing supports and dedicated staff to ensure that underserved students can study within structures that lead to their success. ELAC’s large dual enrollment program, [...]

Administrators at Norco College and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in nearby Eastvale took a year to plan their dual enrollment program, going slow to grow strong, and enlisting faculty in [...]

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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Reimagining 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 [...]

How California Community Colleges Can Improve Accuracy of Placement in English and Math Courses, Reduce Remediation Rates, and Improve Student Success
Nationally, approximately two-thirds of students attending community college [...]

What is it?
There need to be benchmark indicators for a community to know if they are improving their transition for students.  These measures need to be clear and [...]