1. Program Quality
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Program Quality

Resources on topics such as program approval, accreditation, standards, programs of study, evaluation, personalized learning and academic-technical integration

Lessons in Collaboration and Innovation: The Impact and Promise of the Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

Massachusetts Innovation Pathways

  • Policy
January 2022 —

This policy profile describes Massachusetts' Innovation Pathways, which are designed to cultivate partnerships with employers to give learners an opportunity to deepen their knowledge and skills in a chosen career pathway before graduating from high school.

Braiding Funding To Support Equitable Career Pathways

  • Research/ Report
January 2022 —

This resource from Advance CTE is the fourth in a series of policy briefs centered on strengthening career pathways and offers promising practices for leveraging available federal, state and local funding sources through braiding.

Pushing the Limits: A Roadmap for Advancing CTE Without Limits

  • Guide/Tool
October 2021 —

This resource serves as the primary evaluation and initial planning tool for state CTE leaders to implement the principles of Without Limits: A Shared Vision for the Future of Career Technical Education through self-assessment questions, sample implementation steps, and an action planning template.

With Learners, Not for Learners: A Toolkit for Elevating Learner Voice in CTE

  • Guide/Tool
August 2021 —

This toolkit provides state and local Career Technical Education (CTE) leaders with actionable resources, guidance and tools to ensure CTE learner voices are elevated and heard for the improvement of CTE policies and practices.

Online Career and Technical Education Programs during the Pandemic and After: A Summary of College Survey Findings

  • Research/ Report
May 2021 —

The Urban Institute in partnership with CTE CoLab engaged in a rapid-response survey to community and technical colleges to understand the acceleration of online CTE programs during the pandemic.

Perkins V Opens Access to Middle Grades

  • Research/ Report
April 2021 —

This resource discusses the new mechanisms in Perkins V to broaden and diversify the pipeline of prospective learners that enter secondary CTE programs by expanding CTE in the middle grades.

Scaling ASAP: How Expanding a Successful Program Supported Broader Institutional Change at Bronx Community College

  • Case Study
December 2020 —

This case study by the Community College Resource Center examines how the Bronx Community College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, build on an existing initiative to scale the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) to redesign the entire institution.