Student Success at Scale: Guided Pathways
Essential Discussions: Improving Academic Outcomes for Students

Having a college credential is important to securing a living-wage job and pursuing a meaningful career. While most students begin their college studies with this in mind, fewer than 40 percent of community college students actually earn a degree or certificate within six years.
Colleges (both two- and four-year) can substantially increase their rates of student success by applying fresh eyes and solid research findings to their institutions, including programs of study, support services and instruction.
The Essential Discussion: Conversations at MCC, entitled “Student Success at Scale: Guided Pathways,” looks at the research that identifies barriers to completion and drives innovative strategies to improve academic outcomes for students.
Our daylong symposium, featuring national speakers and local panelists, explores how colleges are rethinking their organizational structures and implementing clearer academic pathways to support student success. Please join us on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
Anne M. Kress, President
Monroe Community College
Videos from this Essential Discussion:
View our Essential Discussions:
- Free Speech and Why It Matters
- A Celebration of Healing and Hope
- Supporting Student Veterans in Higher Education
- Inclusive Higher Education: Inspiring Change from Within
- Beyond Academics: Supporting Holistic Student Readiness
- Title IX: Building a Culture of Inclusion & Shared Responsibility
- Student Success at Scale: Guided Pathways
- Black Male Achievement in Higher Education
- Closing The Skills Gap
- Learning By Design - Learning Spaces & Technologies
- STEM - Preparing Our Nation's Future Innovators
- Completion - Our Community's Next Promise