Guided Pathways

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The California Community College Chancellor's Office has recently released the Vision for Success: Strengthening the California Community Colleges to Meet California’s Needs, which emphasizes a "commitment [to]the Guided Pathways initiative, a five-year, $150-million project aimed at engaging administrators, faculty and staff to enact comprehensive changes so that all courses are designed as part of a coherent pathway with a clear outcome".
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For too many community college students, reaching completion goals is often a “dream deferred.” They face a bewildering number of choices and often take courses they don’t need, resulting in an average of five or more years spent reaching transfer-readiness, or debt accrued and no degree or certificate earned. To remedy this problem, more colleges are restructuring their programs into guided pathways.

Pathway Design Principles:

Ensure students know requirements for success
Minimize time required to prepare for college
Accelerate entry into coherent programs of study
Customize and contextualize instruction
Integrate student supports with instruction
Leverage technology to improve learning and program delivery
Continually monitor student progress and provide proactive guidance
Reward behaviors that contribute to completion

Student Success Scorecard

The California Community College Chancellor’s Office provides this resource for colleges to access recent student success data.