Helping provide career advancement opportunitiesfor Californians.
The Career Ladders Project for the California Community Colleges works to strengthen the role of community colleges in providing educational and career advancement opportunities for Californians. Through research, policy initiatives and strategic assistance to colleges and their workforce development partners, the Career Ladders Project fosters career ladders in California.

News

New Releases!
Contextualized Teaching & Learning (CTL)
Student Perspectives Videos


Contextualized Teaching & Learning, A Faculty Primer Spring 2009 

Utilities & Construction Prep program / Career Advancement Academy at L.A. Trade-Technical College featured.

San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 15, 2009
CA EDGE Campaign Op-ED calls for investment
in skills training.
CAA among programs and partnerships highlighted.


Skills2Compete-California Campaign report: A focus on the need to train California residents for middle-skill jobs, which require more than high school but less than a four-year degree. Career Advancement Academies featured in this report released October 19, 2009


 

Can Community Colleges Save the U.S. Economy?
TIME magazine July 20, 2009


"Despite Recession, High Demand for Skilled Labor”
The New York Times – June 24, 2009, page A1


“Job Training that Works”
Public Private Ventures releases new study. 5/2009


 


A Matter of Degrees:
Tomorrow's Fastest Growing Jobs and Why Community College Graduates Will Get Them


California Budget Project releases first of series:
At a Crossroads:  Basic Skills Education in California
October 2009

Work Less, Study More and Succeed
How financial supports can improve postsecondary success
Demos, September 2009


White House Releases Report:  Preparing Workers for Tomorrow’s Jobs


Process Technology Opportunities


Moving Adults from Basic Skills to Careers
California EDGE Campaign Webinar Audio and Presentations
Guest Speakers: Linda Collins, Julie Strawn and Israel Mendoza
June 17, 2008


Charting a Path:
An Exploration of the Statewide Career Pathway Efforts in Arkansas, Kentucky, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.
Seattle Jobs Initiative
Rosanna Perry Stephens
May 2009