down Go Back to Impact Stories Foundation for California Community Colleges Guided Pathways Support At a Glance JFF works with California’s education leaders to transform community colleges by creating guided pathways that improve the student experience for everyone—from entry to graduation. Capabilities Design Scale Influence Areas of Work Ensuring Equity in Advancement Meeting Employer Needs Topics Youth Adults Students Postsecondary Career Pathways Career and Technical Education State/local Policy Program Design Experts Involved Valerie Lundy-Wagner Associate Research Director Ana Gutierrez Senior Director, Workforce and Regional Economies Practice Renée Faulkner Associate Director Status In progress Locations CA Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share via Email We aim to transform California's community colleges, partnering with the Community College Chancellor's Office in implementing guided pathways throughout the California Community Colleges, expanding current efforts, and growing California expertise.
Impact Story California Rural Partnerships Alliance Design Invest Scale Influence Support and strengthen the ability of rural, cross-sector education and career partnerships in California to gather, share, and use data through research and technical assistance.
Report/Research A Missing Link for California's Pathways Movement Despite a significant investment, the State of California has struggled to develop career and technical education (CTE) pathways that lead to locally relevant, high-growth, high-demand careers. This brief highlights three major challenges.
Post The California Career Pathways Trust Is Making Waves The California Department of Education awarded $250 million to 40 new California Career Pathways Trust local and regional consortia, making a bold commitment to improving educational opportunities and outcomes across the state.
Post Pathways to Careers...but not in Education: The CTE Shortage in California Across the nation, there is a significant decrease in the number of teachers entering into and completing teacher preparation programs. States like California are engaging new strategies to address the shortage.
Report/Research Designing and Financing an Integrated Program of College Study: Lessons from the California Academy of Liberal Studies This brief examines how the California Academy for Liberal Studies is addressing a critical design challenge: the structure and financing of an integrated sequence of college study where students earn up to two years of transferable college credit.
Post Rethinking Regional: Leveraging Regional Networks to Support Career Pathways To drive economic development, regional and place-based strategies are being observed for best practices. Regional consortia help partners across sectors and agencies collaborate and improve systems.
Report/Research Supporting Community College Delivery of Apprenticeships Community colleges have emerged as a natural partner to help with the goals of broadening the roles of apprenticeship partners and increasing college credit earned through apprenticeships.
