ERIC Number: ED610567
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 32
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Building Momentum: Using Guided Pathways to Redesign the Student Experience. 2020 National Report
Center for Community College Student Engagement
Guided pathways is a whole-college reform model through which institutions change the experience for all students both in and outside the classroom throughout their entire journey through college. It is designed to help colleges improve rates of student completion, transfer, and attainment of jobs with value in the labor market. Instituting the whole-scale transformation required to implement pathways means rethinking fundamental aspects of the college structure, including onboarding, advising, curriculum, instruction, scheduling, and technology. Because pathways requires change to so many interconnected systems, colleges typically spend several years planning. During this time, administrators, faculty, and staff dive deeply into change efforts that are not visible to students. These efforts include redesigning programs of study and implementing new policies, systems, and practices for guided pathways. Guided pathways is gaining momentum. There are many pathways efforts, including statewide ones, across the country. Colleges new to the work are learning from early adopters, and the field is beginning an unprecedented attempt at broad-scale change. This report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement provides a first look at whether students across the country are experiencing key elements of this transformational reform.
Descriptors: Educational Change, Student Experience, College Students, Educational Strategies, Educational Improvement, Program Design, College Programs, College Faculty, Academic Advising, Career Exploration, Learner Engagement, Experiential Learning, Teacher Participation, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
Center for Community College Student Engagement. 3316 Grandview Street, Austin, TX 78705. Tel: 512-471-6807; Fax: 512-471-4209; e-mail: info@cccse.org; Web site: http://www.ccsse.org/center
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Authoring Institution: Center for Community College Student Engagement
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