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Resources for supporting Dual Enrollment and English-language learners

Career Ladders Project offers an array of resources to support dual enrollment instructors as they create classroom experiences for English-language learners and other students with specific needs. K-12 teachers learn how to support students from special populations in their teaching credential prog... Read More

GP workshop highlights community college redesign with students’ careers in mind

Representatives from 55 California community colleges gathered in Sacramento on Feb. 18 for a Guided Pathways workshop; this one explored how colleges are redesigning with students’ careers in mind. Highlights included a compelling keynote about how community college students make academic and car... Read More

California needs a plan for federal aid for adult students without high school diplomas

Thousands more California residents might qualify for financial aid to attend college and earn credentials — and higher wages — if the state added its own option for students without high school diplomas to qualify for “ability to benefit,” or ATB, funds. There are three ways for stu... Read More

K-16 Transitions in a Guided Pathways Framework

Transition strategies have three essential components: Connection — What connection means: K-12 schools and districts, community colleges, four-year institutions, employers, and community organizations connect through collective work focused on student success. Questions to consider: How can we be... Read More

CLP’s Linda Collins discusses role of California community colleges at Legislative summit

Speaking 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 CLP, highlighted the importance of California’s community colleges — a... Read More

Videos showcase expanding dual enrollment as a strategy for equity

Bakersfield College is working to make dual enrollment available to all high school students in its vast and largely rural service area in Kern County. A strategy for equity, the push is transforming students’ lives across the region. Nearly 8,000 high school students are enrolling in courses ... Read More

Bakersfield symposium highlights concerns — and solutions — related to college access and equity

More 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.  The intensive, daylong Bakersfield Intersegmental Pathways Symposium began with remarks from Kern Community ... Read More

Dual enrollment, Guided Pathways converge for equity

A new report from CLP explores a sea change under way at Bakersfield College and across Kern County in access to higher education. Offering all high school students in BC’s service area the opportunity to take college courses seems to be providing particular benefits for students of color, who... Read More

CLP presentations at SSSC offer new ways to explore and approach redesign

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 inspiration for system change and the pursuit of equity.  Scroll down for links to pres... Read More

CLP develops design thinking for the community college context

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 is building a bridge from the broader conversations to the community college context.  Fir... Read More