Community Resource Library

Resource	Author(s) / Organization	Publication Date	Summary	Resource Highlights or Key Takeaways	Practical Application/Use Case:	Source/Link	Focus Area	Target Audience	Resource Type	Curated Topic	Keywords/Tags	Region/Context	Access	Notes or Annotations
iPASS Resource Hub	EDUCAUSE		Resource hub that supports implementation of integrated advising systems.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Library		Library
Postsecondary Education and Workforce Training Trends	Ascendium Education Group	2025	Summarizes emerging trends affecting credentialing, workforce training, and postsecondary access.			view	Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper	ROI, Workforce	ROI, Workforce
Technology-Enabled Advising	EDUCAUSE		A thoughtful jumping off point to explore how advising technologies improve persistence.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Article	Technology	Technology
Recovery: Job Growth and Education Requirements through 2031	Carnevale, Anthony P., et al	2023	Provides projections of future education and workforce needs.			view	Policy Recommendations , Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Administrators	Report/White Paper	Workforce	Workforce
Workforce Alignment in Career and Technical Education	Georgia Policy Labs	2025	Evaluates alignment between CTE programs and regional employment demand.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Administrators	Report/White Paper	Workforce	Workforce
Work-Based Learning Framework	Jobs for the Future		The Work-Based Learning Framework outlines a comprehensive career preparation strategy that connects structured instruction with real-world workplace experiences. Clickable exploration of the four stages of the framework. Guides integration of internships and apprenticeships into programs.			view	Curriculum and Instructional Design , Teaching and Learning	Faculty	Toolkit	Workforce	Workforce
Better Alignment Needed Between Education and Workforce	Inside Higher Ed	2024	Summarizes employer concerns about graduate workforce readiness.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Article	Workforce, ROI	Workforce, ROI
State Workforce and Educational Alignment Project presentation	SWEAP	2025				view	Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Institutional Best Practice	Workforce	Workforce	Community colleges	Free
Teaching and Learning Toolkit	Achieving the Dream	2024	This tool is designed to help your college assess how far along you are toward adopting essential guided pathways practices at scale. Supports faculty and instructional leaders in redesigning teaching practices to improve course success and equity.			view	Teaching and Learning	Faculty	Toolkit
Evidence-Based Student Success Interventions and Programs	Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)	2023	The goal of this guide is to elevate evidence-based student success strategies, promote collaboration and knowledge sharing among peers. Provides frameworks and institutional examples for implementing equity-centered success reforms.			view	Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
VALUE Rubrics	Association of American Colleges & Universities	2009	Internationally validated set of 16 rubrics intended to support transformative academic assessment and course design. Designed by AAC&U, with permission to share via CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. No changes have been made to this items. (zip file)			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Toolkit
High-Impact Practices	Association of American Colleges & Universities	2024	Proven teaching and learning practices that are designated as high-impact practices, or HIPs, based on evidence of significant educational benefits for students who participate in them. Identifies teaching practices shown to increase engagement, retention, and completion.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Student Success	Faculty	Article
Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative	Stanford University	12/9/2022	This resource is a digest of harmful words that Stanford proposed using as a filter for their online documents and practices. While many institutions have created similar lists, Stanford's was among the first to consider this idea and media's impact on its website and resource users.			view	Policy Recommendations , Campus Climate and Culture	Policy Makers	Article			Public universities	Free
Different Types of Signature Work	Center forEngaged Learning	2025	A further exploration of Kuh's work with AAC&U related to their academic leadership developing High Impact Practices.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Article
Reducing Inequality in Academic Success through Social-Psychological Interventions	Broda, Matthew, et al	2018	Shows how targeted interventions reduce equity gaps in student achievement.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
Universal Design for Learning Guidelines Version 3.0	CAST	2023	Guides inclusive course design supporting diverse learners.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
Credential Transparency Toolkit	Credential Engine		This group of policy and practice documents helps institutions clarify credential value for students and employers.			view	Policy Recommendations , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Administrators	Toolkit
Student Basic Needs Survey Report 2023-24	Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice (Lumina)	2024	Documents food, housing, and financial insecurity affecting persistence.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Report/White Paper
What Works: Clearinghouse Study Review	Institute of Education Sciences	Ongoing	Contains a government curated library of past grant programs and reviews of individual studies for their effectiveness.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Library
Persistence and Retention Report	National Student Clearinghouse Research Center	2023	This is a dashboard that displays the latest clearinghouse success and retention data.			view	Policy Recommendations , Student Success	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Career College Advisement Toolkit	WPLA	2024	LA County career development resources for practitioners and students.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Toolkit
Labor Market Returns to Community College Noncredit Occupational Education	Bahr, P. R., & Columbus, R./ Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis	2025	Analyzes employment and earnings outcomes of short-term training.			view	Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper	Fast Track Learning	Fast Track Learning
Evaluating Academic and Economic Effects of CUNY ASAP	MDRC	Ongoing	Long-term evaluation examining both graduation and earnings impacts of ASAP programs.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper	ROI	ROI
Credential Transparency and State Policy Goals	Credential Engine	2021	Explains how credential transparency supports economic development goals.			view	Policy Recommendations , Student Success	Administrators	Report/White Paper	ROI, Workforce	ROI, Workforce
A Framework for Student Success Analytics	EDUCAUSE	2022	Guidance on using analytics dashboards to support advising and student success improvement.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Student Success	Administrators	Report/White Paper	Technology	Technology
Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology (ECAR)	EDUCAUSE	2025	Examines student technology use and implications for learning and persistence.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Student Success	Faculty	Report/White Paper	Technology	Technology
Increasing Community College Graduation Rates with a Proven Model. MDRC, 2020.	MDRC	2020	Explains scalable strategies from the ASAP model to increase graduation rates.			view	Student Success	Administrators		Transfer	Transfer
Improving Transfer from Community College to the California State University	Public Policy Institute of California	2025	Discusses strategies to improve transfer rates between CA public post-secondary institutions.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Article	Transfer	Transfer
State Opportunity Index	Strada Education Foundation	2025/ Ongoing	Broad research, with comparative state analysis, on best practices colleges can employ to improve the transitions from education to employment.	https://accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/StradaOpportunityIndexFullReport69431313535806aaf4178c80_Strada_2025StateOpportunityIndex_Report_Dec.2025.pdf		view		Administrators	Report/White Paper	Workforce	Workforce
Postsecondary Workforce Alignment Framework	Urban Institute	2023	This guide to program design aims to align design frameworks with workforce needs.			view	Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Institutional Best Practice	Workforce	Workforce
State Workforce Alignment Study	Utah System of Higher Education	2024	This report analyzes mismatches between education outputs and labor demand.			view	Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper	Workforce	Workforce	Community colleges
Shaping Our Future: Workforce Annual Report	Ascendium	2024	This report focuses on workforce development nationally and the impact of grant-driven efforts that influence the work of post-secondary institutions.			view	Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper	Workforce	Workforce
Strong Workforce Program Annual Report	California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office	2024	Reports outcomes linking education programs with employment success.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success	Faculty	Report/White Paper	Workforce	Workforce
Aligning Higher Education and Workforce in California: A Primer	California Competes	2024	Explains strategies for improving alignment between education and workforce demand.			view	Curriculum and Instructional Design , Teaching and Learning	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice	Workforce	Workforce
Work-Based Learning Guidance and Resources	CA Dept of Ed	Ongoing	A repository of work-based learning resources across secondary and post-secondary topics from practical, program development to grants.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Toolkit	Workforce	Workforce
Course-Skill Atlas	Javadian, S., et al	2024	Connects course offerings with workforce skill demands.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Article	Workforce	Workforce
Career Readiness Competencies	National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)	2024	A helpful guide that defines employer-valued graduate competencies in the burgeoning workforce.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Toolkit	Workforce	Workforce
Holistic Advising and Wraparound Services Playbook	U.S. Department of Education	2024	Offers implementation guidance for comprehensive student advising and support systems.			view	Student Success	Faculty	Toolkit	Inclusive Teaching
Holistic Student Supports Redesign Toolkit	Achieving the Dream	2018	Provides practical guidance for redesigning advising and student services to improve persistence and completion.			view	Student Success	Staff	Toolkit
Guided Pathways Scale of Adoption Self-Assessment	Achieving the Dream	2022	A diagnostic tool helping institutions measure progress implementing guided pathways reforms and identify improvement priorities.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Student Success	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
Student Experience Project Releases First Day Toolkit to Help Faculty Foster Student Belonging	Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU)	2022	The toolkit, which is informed by a pilot of such a revision process with nearly 300 instructors from 16 institutions that demonstrated a significant positive impact, includes a self-paced, video-based syllabus revision module, a syllabus review guide, a workshop facilitation guide, and more to help faculty and institutions easily put the research into practice. (Downloads available on site).			view	Student Success , Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Toolkit
Assessing Underserved Students: Engagement in High-Impact Practices	LEAP; Finley & McNair	2013	A seminal deep dive into HIP, high-impact practices, that began an ever changing discussion about the utilization of critical thinking activities with rigor to augment student learning.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Report/White Paper
Redesigning America's Community Colleges	Harvard UP; Bailey, Smith Jaggars, & Jenkins	2015	Foundational research explaining guided pathways and institutional redesign for completion gains.			view	Teaching and Learning	Faculty	Article
Guided Pathways Legislative Report	California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office	2023	Documents statewide implementation progress and challenges.			view	Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Online Education Initiative Study Report	California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office	2023	Examines equity and outcomes in online instruction within the CA Community Colleges.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Report/White Paper
Guided Pathways Playbook	California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office		A resource hub that provides practical implementation briefs and institutional case examples supporting pathway reforms.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Case Study
Guided Pathways Practices and Early Academic Success in Three States	Community College Research Center	2024	This resources provides a historical view of pathway reforms along with early student success outcomes through current.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper
What We Know about Guided Pathways	Community College Research Center	2021	Summarizes research evidence supporting pathway reforms.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Report/White Paper
Whole-College Guided Pathways Reform Practices	Community College Research Center	2022	Examines adoption and implementation progress nationwide of guided pathways efforts.	https://accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/Columbia-whole-college-guided-pathways-reform.pdf" title="Columbia whole-college-guided-pathways-reform"		view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Report/White Paper
Basic Needs Survey Toolkit	California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office		Provides instruments for assessing student mental health needs.			view	Student Success , Campus Climate and Culture	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success Programs (CASS)	TICAS	2021	An overview of contemporary strategies to improve student retention and completion at the practitioner level.			view	Student Success	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
Findings and Lessons from Postsecondary Education Research	MDRC	2022	Synthesizes a meta-analysis of outcomes across major postsecondary college interventions .			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Project REACT. An Introduction to REACT: Improving College Reenrollment and Completion for Stopped-Out Students.	MDRC/Magnelia, Rubin, Woo, and Sommo	2024	A hub for research on outreach methods to re-enroll stopped-out students.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Strategies for Community College Success	MDRC	2025	Leadership-focused evidence synthesis.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Institutional Best Practice
Evaluating the Impact of Integrated Planning and Advising for Student Success (iPASS)	MDRC	Ongoing	Examines how advising technology combined with institutional practice redesign affects student persistence and completion.			view	Student Success	Administrators	Institutional Best Practice		Student Success, Advising
More California Students Are Attending College Elsewhere	Public Policy Institute of California	2025	An exploration of the state student exodus who are increasingly entering higher education outside of California.			view	Student Success , Campus Climate and Culture	Administrators	Article
Californians and Civic Education	Public Policy Institute of California	2025	Provides research examining impacts of placement reform on access and course success.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Report/White Paper
Using Data to Improve and Evaluate Direct Assessment CBE Programs	RAND Corporation	2025	Guides evaluation of competency-based education (CBE) programs.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
Developmental Education Reform Cost-Effectiveness Report	Research for Action	2024	Analyzes implementation costs and effectiveness of developmental education reforms.			view	Policy Recommendations , Student Success , Teaching and Learning	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Social-Belonging Intervention Improves Outcomes	Walton, Gregory M., and David Yeager.		Shows persistence gains from low-cost belonging interventions.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations , Campus Climate and Culture	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Women Upskilling or Reskilling to an ICT Career.	Williams, et al.	2025	Examines barriers and drivers affecting women entering tech careers.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Article
Career Pathways Toolkit	Workforce Strategy Center	2015	Foundational resource for career pathways linking education and employment. (pdf)			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design	Faculty	Toolkit
Building Equitable Pathways to Careers Toolkit	CCC Foundation	2024	A career pathways toolkit intend for CA Community Colleges engaged in system development activities.			view	Student Success , Curriculum and Instructional Design , Teaching and Learning	Administrators
Supporting Postsecondary Success Intervention Reports	What Works Clearinghouse (IES)	Ongoing	Summarizes current exploratory evidence for postsecondary student success interventions.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Report/White Paper
Growth Mindset Interventions	What Works Clearinghouse (IES)	2022	This report explores the effects of Growth Mindset interventions on postsecondary students, academic achievement, college enrollment, and progressing in college.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success	Faculty	Report/White Paper
Community-Based Data Integration of Course and Job Data	Zhu, Y., et al.	2020	Explores linking course data with labor-market information for advising improvement.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design	Administrators	Article
College Completion Strategy Guide	MDRC	2020	Summarizes research-backed strategies institutions use to increase completion and reduce equity gaps. Current Focus Topics: Reform Costs; Implementation; Strategies to Boost College Completion.  (evolving repository) Navigate to site to explore collection. https://www.mdrc.org/work/blogs/college-completion-strategy-guide			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations	Administrators	Toolkit	ROI	ROI
Comprehensive Approaches to Student Success. MDRC, 2020.	MDRC	2020	Summarizes evidence-based student success strategies.			view	Teaching and Learning, Student Success	Faculty	Institutional Best Practice
International Workforce Education Research Database	VOCEDplus	Ongoing	Global repository of workforce education research and best practices.			view	Teaching and Learning, Curriculum and Instructional Design , Policy Recommendations	Faculty	Database
Accountability with Integrity: A National Framework for Data-informed Higher Education Accountability	Council of Recognized Accrediting Commissions	03/20/2026	Across American higher education, community colleges, public and private universities, graduate institutions, and their accreditors are being asked to demonstrate that programs deliver measurable value for students and society; students, their families, and American taxpayers deserve accountability. Conveying the value and integrity of a higher education credential depends on a modern, integrated evidence base. Without reliable and comparable data, institutions and accreditors alike are being asked to prove value with tools that cannot provide accurate or actionable information. These data elements remain incomplete, inconsistent, or inaccessible across federal and state systems.			view	Student Success , Policy Recommendations , Post Completion Outcomes	Policy Makers	Report/White Paper		ROI	Public universities	Free