Clarify the Paths
Map all programs to transfer and career and include these features:
Help Students Get On a Path
Require these supports to make sure students get the best start:
- Use of multiple measures to assess students’ needs
- First-year experiences to help students explore the field and choose a major
- Full program plans based on required career/transfer exploration
- Contextualized, integrated academic support to help students pass program gateway courses
- K–12 partnerships focused on career/college program exploration
Help Students Stay On Their Path
Keep students on track with these supports:
Ensure Students Are Learning
(updated 2019)
Use these practices to assess and enrich student learning:
- Scaled high-quality, program-relevant, applied learning experiences
- Intentional and sustained student engagement
- Evidence-based, high-impact teaching practices across modalities
- Institution-wide commitment to equity-minded, asset-based teaching improvement
- Quality assessment of program learning outcomes that lead to credentials, further education, and/or gainful employment