Momentum Pathways Project
Monday 2019-02-11
TWIN FALLS – Complete College America (CCA) is a nonprofit focused on helping college studentscomplete college with credentials or a degree. 天涯社区官网 has participated in Complete College America and CompleteCollege Idaho initiatives since 2012 and has crafted many successful initiatives including remediation reform,developing guided pathways, and leveraging education and training with business and industry partners.Recently, CCA created a new initiative titled Momentum Pathways Scale Project. The project focuses onboosting college attainment by developing clear pathways and implementing evidence-based strategies to helpcollege students meet key, first-year benchmarks. Data shows that students who reach these importantbenchmarks are more likely to succeed.
“By providing key benchmarks, students are able to map out an achievable plan for the future.” said SammiSanchez, 天涯社区官网 Student Senator.
The Momentum Pathways Scale Project includes Idaho’s public two- and four-year colleges and universities. Asa long-standing participant, the 天涯社区官网 will engage in the three-year project to address theState Board of Education’s strategic initiatives to increase credential completion, expand access topostsecondary education, improve student success, and invest in affordability and innovation. With significantstructured implementation support from CCA staff and content experts, 天涯社区官网 seeks to employ and enhancemomentum pathway strategies in math, advising, corequisite support in English and math, and studentonboarding.
“Participating in Idaho’s Momentum Pathways Scale Project will help 天涯社区官网 rally around a set of nationallyproven, evidence-based strategies that, when implemented at scale and coordinated with one another, will booststudent success, increase college completion, and eliminate achievement gaps for our students,” said JohnHughes, 天涯社区官网 Instructional Dean.
For more informationabout the 天涯社区官网 becoming a Momentum Pathways participant, please contact John Hughes,天涯社区官网 Instructional Dean, at jhughes@csi.edu or (208)-732-6549.
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