East Los Angeles College (ELAC) prides itself on being a part of the community and building a family of learners in partnership with local community organizations. The relationships between community-based [...]
Dual Enrollment Student Profile: Melisa
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 [...]
CLP in Practice: Design Thinking Crafton Hills College
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 [...]
Closing Opportunity Gaps in the Classroom
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 [...]
AB 705 & GP Stories from the Field: CCSF English Department
The English department at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) was well prepared to address the curricular changes required by AB 705, the state legislation requiring colleges to provide incoming [...]
Centering Students in GP Design: Madera Community College
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 [...]
Designing Curriculum to Support Students: Chaffey College
Their Approach
Chaffey College set out to make deeper connections between the classroom and employability skills. They wanted to integrate these skills across the college in Career Education (CE) [...]
Foster Youth Transitions: Riverside City College
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 [...]