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How do community colleges fit into the larger picture of postsecondary education? What can colleges do to help students who aren’t academically prepared for college-level classes have a better chance of succeeding? Read this Q&A article.

The traditional emphasis on delivering content in community college classrooms through lectures may become less prevalent as teachers find better ways to help students engage in college-level learning.

While lecturing may still have a role, it has significant limitations, especially for students new to college and those at risk of faring poorly. Enter the Strategic Literacy Initiative at WestEd’s Reading Apprenticeship®, a research-based approach being adopted by a growing numbers of community college teachers.

Acceleration in developmental education is a strategy that community colleges use to reduce the amount of time students spend in remediation and allow them to enroll more quickly—or immediately—in courses leading to certificates or degrees.

This report describes the importance of acceleration, explains how it raises college completion rates, and highlights the key principles of successful acceleration models.

Learn about California’s collaborative efforts to develop strategic partnerships that can address teacher shortages by improving access to financial resources and preparation pathways.

This report examines the transition from adult education to postsecondary education for students enrolled at community college and K–12 adult school programs funded by the California Adult Education Program (CAEP).

This brief uncovers shared practices among providers who transition many students into postsecondary and CTE pathways. It also provides implementation strategies for systems and institutions to promote collaboration.

This brief presents a snapshot of promising practices to inform research on adult learners’ transitions into postsecondary courses and support incarcerated individuals to access career and educational pathways. It also provides implementation strategies for systems and institutions to promote transitions for incarcerated adult learners.

This brief describes the types of personal barriers adult learners face, presents how adult education providers use evidence-based strategies to address challenges, and provides recommendations for systems and institutions to promote.

A 2014 policy forum explored education policy and practice options, focusing on alternative accountability measures, to improve outcomes for at-risk students and the alternative schools that serve them. Read the key takeaways from the forum.

This paper describes how CSU campuses and their partner school districts strengthened their relationships and developed strategic partnerships for high-quality, clinically oriented teacher preparation reform.