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Postsecondary education

Credit for Prior Learning Messaging Toolkit

  • Guide/Tool
April 2023 —

This toolkit provides effective messages targeted to key audiences and strategies for dissemination to increase participation in Credit for Prior Learning among adult learners who are pursuing career pathways and CTE programs of study that lead to jobs in in-demand fields.

Advancing Program Review: Supporting Illinois Community College CTE Programs through Equity Centered Resources

  • 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.)

Global Models of Career Pathways

  • 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.

Achieving Inclusive CTE Goal-Setting Tool

  • 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

Fostering A Culture of Data Use

  • Case Study
November 2022 —

This brief, the third in this series, examines three strategies for making data an integral and beneficial part of state and institutional climates, using examples from states participating in the PDI to illustrate innovative approaches.

Building A Data Infrastructure

  • Case Study
November 2022 —

This brief, the fourth and final brief of the series, focuses on the data collection and reporting expectations of postsecondary CTE policymakers and administrators, under the assumption that infor

Championing High-Quality Data

  • Case Study
August 2022 —

This brief addresses the importance of a unifying vision for education and workforce that draws upon and regularly uses postsecondary CTE data to measure progress and guide state policy and practice.

Centering the Learner Experience

  • Case Study
August 2022 —

This brief, the second in the series, advances a theory of change that centers the learner experience in strategies to improve institutional data collection and use and strengthen college information management systems.