Expanding Opportunity and Outcomes for Young Men of Color
Expanding Opportunity and Outcomes for Young Men of Color In America, young men of color face numerous barriers to achieving higher education and gaining skills needed to succeed in the job market. At Jobs for…
Aid and Innovation: How Federal Financial Aid Policy Impacts Student Success and How States Can Respond
Aid and Innovation: How Federal Financial Aid Policy Impacts Student Success and How States Can Respond Across the nation, state policymakers and community college leaders are focused on building completion pathways to ensure that more…
Cornerstones of Completion: State Policy Support for Accelerated, Structured Pathways to College Credentials and Transfer
Cornerstones of Completion: State Policy Support for Accelerated, Structured Pathways to College Credentials and Transfer After a year of intensive data analysis and planning, the colleges participating in Completion by Design announced strategies for creating…
Policy Meets Pathways: A State Policy Agenda for Transformational Change
Policy Meets Pathways: A State Policy Agenda for Transformational Change A national report by JFF states that a decade of interventions and improvements have fallen short. States and campuses have not taken large enough steps…
Thinking Big: A Framework for States on Scaling Up Community College Innovation
Thinking Big: A Framework for States on Scaling Up Community College Innovation In the education and workforce fields, it is often difficult to properly scale up “boutique” programs that aim at improving student outcomes. *Thinking…
Implementation of Accelerating Opportunity: Lessons for the Field
Implementation of Accelerating Opportunity: Lessons for the Field This report details the first three years of the Accelerating Opportunity initiative, diving into what worked and what lessons were learned along the way. Related…
Accelerating Opportunity: A Portrait of Students and Their Program Experiences from the 2014 Student Survey
Accelerating Opportunity: A Portrait of Students and Their Program Experiences from the 2014 Student Survey This report, performed in partnership with the Urban Institute, presents findings from a survey of students enrolled in Accelerating Opportunity…
Lessons Learned from Accelerating Opportunity
Lessons Learned from Accelerating Opportunity What are the most important aspects of combining Adult Basic Education and career and technical training? After four years of building the Accelerating Opportunity initiative, JFF has the knowledge to…
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers
A Resource Guide to Engaging Employers This resource guide presents working models of successful employer engagement and lessons for securing and sustaining partnerships with employers, in addition to helping education and training providers fully realize…