Advancing State and Systems Strategies for Work-Based Learning
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This grant supports the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association in convening and supporting a multi-state learning community to strengthen statewide policies and systems that enable high-quality, scalable work-based learning.
A Multi-Inquiry Study of Condensed Course Formats
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This grant supports the University of California, Irvine, in conducting research on the impacts of shortened courses on learners’ longer-term outcomes and on the key course design and delivery features connected to student success.
Scaling for Sustainability: Expanding Proven Tech Workforce Pathways
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This grant supports Per Scholas in scaling its evidence-based technology workforce training programs while also testing new models to achieve sustainable scale and maintain positive learner impact. This grant will expand Per Scholas’ technical training and upskilling programs, integrate work-based learning and registered apprenticeships, and establish public revenue streams through partnerships with community colleges.
Identifying & Analyzing Barriers to Economic Opportunity for Incarcerated Learners and Returning Citizens
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This grant supports Education Commission of the States to complete a series of state policy scans, two cycles of legislative tracking, and consulting support with state education officials – all focused on helping policymakers better understand the policy context affecting postsecondary education in prison students.
Integrating Strategic Financial Practices with Holistic Advising
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This grant supports National Association of College and University Business Officers in developing strategic finance models to scale evidence-based holistic student advising practices.
Expanding Systems of Support in Rhode Island
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This grant supports Reentry Campus Program in building structured reentry pathways for currently and formerly incarcerated learners in Rhode Island that include credit-for-prior-learning and holistic advising support, both on the inside and as learners transition to the freeworld.
Strengthening Cross-State Education to Workforce Linkages: Integrating Postsecondary and Workforce Data Through a Multi-State Partnership to Facilitate Successful Transitions
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This grant supports the Coleridge Initiative in supporting data sharing in Wisconsin and building cross-state data infrastructure in the Northeast region. This region has high inter-state mobility, and the integration of multi-state agency data (i.e., higher education, workforce training, and employment), will support individual state’s education and workforce planning efforts.
Implementing Flexible Learner Pathways to Expand Access to Apprenticeships
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This grant supports Code the Dream in expanding access to high-quality tech apprenticeships by developing flexible, modular learning pathways, increasing their apprenticeship capacity, and strengthening the sustainability of their equity-centered model that connects underrepresented learners to high-wage careers.
Phase II of Developmental Education Reform Implementation in Illinois
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This grant supports Partnership for College Completion in scaling evidence-based placement and co-requisite models at Illinois community colleges.
Success Coach Program
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This grant supports The Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network in creating and piloting a success coach model at two higher education in prison programs, providing peer support and coaching strategies to help learners continue on their path to postsecondary opportunities upon release.