A National Resource for College Practitioners Implementing Guided Pathways

What is Guided Pathways?

Guided Pathways is a comprehensive college framework for redesigning the student experience so that students can seamlessly move from enrollment to career-readiness, and thus more easily reach the goals they have for themselves. It simplifies choices, boosts completion rates, and aligns education with job market needs.

Make the Case for Guided Pathways

Why Guided Pathways matters and how to sell it at your college.

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Support Student Success

Ensure that your Guided Pathways reforms reach students who are facing the most barriers to reaching their goals.

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History of Pathways

How Guided Pathways started, where it stands now, and the organizations behind the model.

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Get Started

Implementing Guided Pathways reforms requires managing, sustaining, and adapting large-scale transformational change. Explore each stage for context, strategic insights, informed practices, data and research, and practical tools to aid your institution in creating a seamless experience for student success.

Plan

Lay the groundwork for lasting, sustainable change by engaging stakeholders and connecting today’s actions to long-term student success.

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Implement

Bring student-centered reforms to life and transform institutional practices to improve clarity, support, and outcomes for students, staff, and your college, partners, and region.

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Sustain

Ensure the reforms you’ve implemented are working and still relevant for students with consistent evaluation, ongoing faculty collaboration, continuous professional development, and a deep commitment to student success.

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See the Impact

Behind the Scenes of Guided Pathways Implementation at Greenfield Community College

Greenfield Community College is a public, not-for-profit, two-year college located in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts. Through Guided Pathways reforms, Greenfield addressed declining enrollment, retention, and completion rates to align programs with workforce needs, and advanced statewide reform efforts.

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Guided Pathways Subject Matter Experts

Connect with organizations leading the field in Guided Pathways research, informed practices, and documentation of admin, staff, faculty, and student experience from institutions across the country.

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State-Specific Resources

Discover customized tools, reports, and examples from states adopting Guided Pathways, and explore innovative strategies and best practices tailored to regional needs and priorities.

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