Pathway for education New program piloted to benefit student success

ANDREW FORTIN-CALDERA Sports Editor @afortincaldera

The statewide initiative Guided Pathways, designed to help students complete their educational goals, is being implemented in a number of community colleges and Pierce is taking steps to be involved in the program.

Guided Pathways provides a framework for colleges to offer students coherent educational plans and resources intended to increase the speed and rate at which they graduate.

“It’s a structured approach that helps all students, not just a pilot that helps maybe 30 or 40 of them,” said Vice President of Academic Affairs Sheri Berger. “With Guided Pathways, we’re taking a step back and asking how we can help students meet their goals in an organized way.”

According to Berger, the initiative will help students make informed decisions about what classes to take regardless of whether or not they have a declared major.

If a student is not entirely sure of what they would like to study, the educational plans created through Guided Pathways will ensure that the classes the student takes to explore options are relevant to what the student’s expressed interests.

Cabrillo College is listed on the California Guided Pathways