Access
Ensuring equitable and early access to post-secondary education is vital for Michigan to achieve its credential attainment goals. Colleges should focus their efforts on expanding dual enrollment, designing effective and evidence-based student onboarding practices, and targeted enrollment strategies to support recent high school graduates, adult learners, and specific academic programs.
Community College Research Center
Research Evidence on Community College Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan Onboarding Practices
Focus: The Ask, Connect, Inspire, Plan (ACIP) model of onboarding and supporting students
Community College Research Center
Ask-Connect-Inspire-Plan: How to Reimagine Onboarding into a Program of Study
Focus: The Ask, Connect, Inspire, Plan (ACIP) model of onboarding and supporting students
Community College Research Center
Redesigning Community College Student Onboarding Through Guided Pathways
Focus: Student onboarding with a guided pathways focus
Aspen Institute College Excellence Program
The Dual Enrollment Playbook: A Guide to Equitable Acceleration for Students
Focus: Equitable dual-enrollment program design
Community College Research Center
DEEP Insights: Redesigning Dual Enrollment as a Purposeful Pathway to College and Career Opportunity
Focus: Dual enrollment with a guided pathways focus
The Campaign for College Opportunity
Greater Equity in College Access Through High School/College Dual Enrollment Programs
Focus: Dual enrollment as an equitable on-ramp to college
New America
We Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Maintaining and Bettering Our Lives: An Analysis of Older and Parenting College Students
Focus: Recommendations for supporting older students and student parents
New America
Bringing Adults Back to Community College Playbook: Strategies and Recommendations to Increase Adult Enrollment
Focus: Recommendations for enrolling and retaining older students
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
Attracting Adult Learners with Credit for Prior Learning
Focus: Equitable increased enrollment of older learners through Credit for Prior Learning
AACRAO
Enhancing Accessibility and Inclusion: The 2024 Landscape of Credit for Prior Learning in U.S. and Canadian Higher Education
Focus: Successes in implementing Credit for Prior Learning in educational institutions
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning
Closing Equity Gaps in Credit for Prior Learning
Focus: Equitable tools and strategies for Credit for Prior Learning
American Association of Community Colleges
Implementing a Registered Apprenticeship Program
Focus: Equitable tools and strategies for Credit for Prior Learning