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Authored by the Lab team in collaboration with our partners, this series dives into the many innovative ideas and models that we have co-designed with 135+ colleges and learning institutions to better center and support new majority learners in reaching their goals.
Spotlighting our partners across different Lab-driven initiatives, each part of this series focuses on a process or framework and the resulting work of a different partner.
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Innovation Snapshots: Ideas in Action is an ongoing publication series. As we continue to publish spotlights and resources as part of this series, you’ll find them available here.
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View StoryIvy Tech Designs 4 Micro-Pathways Leading to High-Paying Jobs
Ivy Tech Community College (ITCC) is using the Lab’s Community College Growth Engine Fund— CCGEF or the Fund, for short —as a springboard to rethink…
View StoryAustin Community College Scholarship Fund Helps Learners Start Here, Get There Through the Community College Growth Engine Fund
Austin Community College (ACC) is one of the six community colleges and systems that is part of the Lab’s Community College Growth Engine Fund—CCGEF or…
View StoryHow Pima Community College is Using Universal Design + Access To Create Micro-pathways for the Success of Adult Learners
Pima Community College (PCC) joined the first cohort of the Community College Growth Engine Fund Growth Engine Fund—CCGEF or the Fund, for short—to design micro-pathways…
View StorySeattle Colleges Show How Deep Employer Engagement Can Yield Unprecedented Returns for Community College Students
Anna Baldwin, Director of Workforce Projects for Seattle Colleges, had no idea that the colleges’ engagement with Seattle Children’s Hospital would yield $200,000 in scholarships…
View StoryA Silver Lining: State Funding Leveraged to Support Student Advising Innovation for Prince George’s Community College Micro-pathways
Prince George’s Community College has been instituting a holistic advising model to guide and support learners in its credit-bearing programs. For learners in Continuing Education…
View StoryIvy Tech Uses the Lab’s Community College Growth Engine Fund as a Vehicle to Drive a One-Learner Ecosystem to Merge Credit + Noncredit
Ivy Tech Community College’s (ITCC) vision of one-learner ecosystem is starting to crystallize and become reality through the Lab’s Community College Growth Engine Fund—CCGEF or…
