Access and Equity

Resources on topics such as special populations, non-traditional students, delivery systems, infrastructure and zip code equity

  • Policy
May 2023

This resource supports state and local leaders in the development of policies and programs that advance the expansion of CTE and work-based learning within and across states.

  • Research/ Report
May 2023

This brief lists the ways states can transform WIOA from an underfunded system to one that is adequately resourced to deliver high-quality skills training their stakeholders may benefit from.

  • Research/ Report
March 2023

This collaboration between the Education Strategy Group (ESG) and Accelerat[Ed] explores the lessons from the regional accelerator on strategies for successfully scaling accelerated pathway programs.

  • Research/ Report
March 2023

This resource builds the case for purpose-driven framing for career advising, shares the results from preliminary research into this type of framing and lays out both implications for different populations and future work needed to validate and implement this framing.

  • Research/ Report
March 2023

This resource from the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) highlights the research conducted to develop an equity-centered rubric for the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB.)

  • Research/ Report
March 2023

This brief looks at lessons for today’s challenges as well as key trends for the future, and contextualizes them through domestic and international examples of successful career pathways systems.

  • Research/ Report
December 2022

This report presents selected findings from the 2022 State of the American Teacher survey related to increasing the racial and ethnic diversity of the teacher workforce

  • Guide/Tool
December 2022

Fully inclusive Career Technical Education (CTE) programs should not just reflect current program representation, but rather the communities where learners will