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San Francisco Bay Area Patient Navigator and Related Occupations Summit

The job responsibility of a Patient Navigator is defined by the healthcare system or employer creating the position. In the San Francisco Bay Area, job categories that are often synonymous with the Patient Navigator include Health Promotore, Health Coach, Community Health Worker and Patient Care Par... Read More

Web Seminar 1/16: We Can’t All Be the NSA: (Perfectly Legal) Tips to Get the Best Campus Data on Foster Youth

Thursday, January 16th from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. Register by following this LINK. Data is an essential tool in the quest to improve college outcomes for foster youth.  Data related to the educational successes and challenges of foster youth not only helps advocates and service providers to tell the... Read More

Job Posting – Program Assistant at Career Ladders Project

An Invitation to Apply for the Position of Program Assistant – Career Ladders Project Foundation for California Community Colleges An Equal Opportunity Employer The Career Ladders Project (CLP) is seeking two Program Assistants (PA) to join a dynamic team of professionals to advance the organizati... Read More

Oakland Leaders Announce Commitment to Linked Learning

On October 23, 2013, the City of Oakland, the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), and Peralta Community College District (PCCD) held a press conference to announce their new partnership to better prepare students for success in college and career. Mayor Jean Quan, OUSD Superintendent Dr. Gary Ye... Read More

CLP among the chosen grantees for the CA Education Policy Fund

          Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA) has established the California Education Policy Fund (CEPF) to support an ecosystem of nonprofit organizations working on deeper learning through policy change in California. The efforts aim to boost student achievement and... Read More

In the News: LBCC Awarded Grant to Further Help Linked Learning Academy High School Students

Career Ladders Project, CCCLLI and Linked Learning in the news! via the Long Beach Post: “Long Beach City College was awarded a $75,000 Career Ladders Project (CLP) grant as they began participation in the California Community College Linked Learning Initiative (CCCLLI), which aims to ease the... Read More

3CSN – Now accepting applications for the 2013-14 Community of Practice in Acceleration

2013 -14 Community of Practice in Acceleration Deadline to Apply: Friday, April 19, 2013 5:00 pm 3CSN and the California Acceleration Project are now accepting applications for the 2013-14 Community of Practice in Acceleration. Participating faculty receive extensive support to develop and teach new... Read More

New PPIC Report – The Impact of Budget Cuts on California’s Community Colleges

Authors: Sarah Bohn, Belinda Reyes, and Hans Johnson for Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)  “In the aftermath of the Great Recession, which officially began in December 2007, funding for higher education in California has been severely curtailed, causing a great deal of fiscal p... Read More

New Article by Mike Rose – Time to help college professors be better teachers

Mike Rose  “If we want more students to succeed in college, we have to turn full attention to the craft of university-level teaching. What’s at stake is not only increasing graduation rates but providing a quality education for those who, a generation or two ago, might not have seen college... Read More

A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY: Strategies to Focus Adult Education on College and Career

 “Other states have confronted the same challenges with which California is now wrestling. Some have made major strides in redesigning their education and workforce systems to accelerate students’ acquisition of basic math and English skills and improve students’ success in accessing and comp... Read More