Texas Pathways

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Texas Pathways

Housed at the Texas Association of Community Colleges and operated through the Texas Community College Education Initiative, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Texas Success Center supports the community college districts in Texas to redesign the student experience through Texas Pathways.

What is Texas Pathways?

  • A strategic plan to support community colleges to build capacity to implement structured academic and career pathways at scale for all students
  • A comprehensive, statewide five-year strategy with four components:
  • A research-based strategy built upon the foundation of the American Association of Community Colleges’ Pathways Project
  • A student success framework to support colleges to clarify paths to student end goals, help students choose and enter a pathway, help students stay on their pathway, and ensure students are learning.
  • An integrated, system-wide approach to student success that guides students from the selection of their high school endorsement through postsecondary education to attainment of high-quality credentials and careers with value in the labor market.
Texas Pathways Model

How are colleges implementing Texas Pathways?

  • Colleges are redesigning the student experience by scaling essential practices organized in four pillars.
  • Colleges receive support from curated institute curriculum, technical assistance, and expert coaching provided by the Texas Success Center.
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Pillar 1: Mapping Pathways to Student End Goals

Read how colleges are:

  • Defining broad areas of study known as meta-majors
  • Mapping programs within each meta-major
  • Designing program maps for student planning and marketing
  • Customizing program maps with the student end goal in mind: transfer to a university or entry into the workforce
  • Aligning program math requirements with student end goals

 

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Pillar 2: Helping Students Choose and Enter a Pathway

Read how colleges are:

  • Providing career exploration to all students
  • Developing a full program plan for and with students
  • Supporting student success in gateway courses
  • Building pathways for students at all readiness levels
  • Working with high schools and other feeders to motivate and prepare students

 

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Pillar 3: Keeping Students on Path

Read how colleges are:

  • Supporting all students with active and strategic advising
  • Clarifying program progress for students
  • Providing targeted academic and basic needs support to keep students on their program plan
  • Providing program options within meta-majors for all students
  • Scheduling based on student needs

 

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Pillar 4: Ensuring Students are Learning

Read how colleges are:

  • Defining program learning outcomes aligned with success in further education and employment
  • Engaging students in active and applied learning across programs
  • Providing opportunities for deep learning through projects, service learning, internships, and other high-impact practices across programs
  • Assessing educational practice effectiveness and creating targeted professional development
  • Assessing program learning outcome progress and engaging in continuous program improvement

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