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Student Success Center Network
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The Network
The Student Success Center Network is dedicated to advancing economic mobility and racial justice by dramatically and equitably increasing the number of students earning postsecondary credentials with value in the labor market.
Managed by JFF since 2012, the SSCN partners with nearly half of all community colleges in the United States to develop, implement, and scale student success strategies. Each of the 17 statewide Student Success Centers (SSC) works with community colleges in their state to increase student completion rates, close equity gaps, and strengthen communities.
Through their participation in the SSCN, Centers have access to relationships, knowledge, expertise, resources, and platforms for innovation and influence that they use to support colleges and students in their states and shape postsecondary education nationally.
Centers benefit from:
— Peer learning and support
— Technical assistance
— Strategic advising
Elizabeth Cox Brand, Executive Director, Oregon Student Success CenterIf we were not part of the Student Success Center Network (SSCN), our community colleges would not be engaged in the transformational change currently underway. The networking with peers, sharing of resources, lessons learned, contacts with national experts, and general support of the SSCN have made all the difference. Plainly speaking, Oregon would not be where we are today without our participation in the SSCN.
The Centers
Student Success Centers are state-based organizations that deliver expert guidance to community colleges on how to implement large-scale student success reforms, and collectively meet their state’s completion goals. They create a coherent, statewide framework for action, or a lens through which community colleges in the state evaluate, align, and integrate their work in various student success initiatives.
Centers help colleges adopt new student success strategies
States in the Network
Community College Research Center (2021) “Investing in Student Success at Community Colleges: Lessons from Research on Guided Pathways"[SSCs] have sought to support adoption of Guided Pathways by hosting institutes, workshops, and other training along with coaching from practitioners who have experience implementing Guided Pathways at their colleges. This has proven to be an effective mechanism for spreading Guided Pathways, because these entities provide support for adoption to all colleges in their systems, including small rural colleges and others that have limited resources for training and outside technical assistance.
Our Partners
We collaborate with a number of partners in this work, including:
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Guided Career Pathways Framework
Dramatic disruptions in our labor market and economy require a responsive and dynamic model for postsecondary education. The lines between learning and work are fading as people find that they must continually develop new skills throughout their careers to keep pace with the demands of an ever-evolving economy. These new realities have created an environment that requires a new model for postsecondary education - one that prioritizes equitable economic mobility for an increasingly diverse student population. Jobs for the Future (JFF) introduces Guided Career Pathways: a new postsecondary model for today's learners. Visit, guidedcareerpathways.com
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Statewide Community College Groups Team Up to Tackle the Crisis of Student Basic Needs Insecurity
The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice and JFF join forces to scale best practices in addressing student basic needs and expanding emergency student aid across a network of 52 community colleges.
Student Success Center Network Coaching Toolbox
Welcome to the SSC Coaching Program Toolbox!
This is a resource for the entire SSCN coaching community–Student Success Center staff, coaches, and those supporting the work of college transformation. The tools were developed by JFF, Achieving the Dream, and Community College Research Initiatives. This toolbox will evolve over time as new resources are created. Our intent is to provide a living compilation of resources that reflects work happening in states and institutions and supports initiatives underway throughout the Network.
Toolkit
Student Success Center Toolkit
Student Success Center Toolkit is a compilation of materials to assist Student Success Center executive directors as they launch, staff, operate, and sustain Centers. The toolkit features materials created and used by existing Centers and are supplemented by relevant resources from JFF and other national organizations.
[The network] will help institutions collect data on where the gaps are and where there are opportunities for more support.