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The ACT World-of-Work Map is an empirically based system for summarizing and displaying basic similarities and differences between occupations. It is visual and interactive, designed to engage users in the process of career exploration.  To help individuals navigate among hundreds of occupations, the...(view more)

The Adult College Completion Tool Kit is designed to connect state administrators and local practitioners to the strategies, resources, and technical assistance tools resulting from the Department of Education’s work. States can use this information to identify and implement state adult education...(view more)

The website provides tools, models, strategies, and research about ways to help adult students stay on their learning paths. The site grew out of work done by 18 programs doing action research through the New England Learner Persistence Project. On this website, the findings, and the growing set of research,...(view more)

The Back to School guide is designed to help adults returning from a correctional environment take the first steps towards continuing their education, whether that means learning English, working towards their GED, learning an occupation, or building on college credits they have already earned. (view more)

This is a briefing on the Backpacks to Briefcases (BB) College Transition Program at Davidson County Community College in Lexington. The program was begun because surveys showed that the students did not know very much at all about college. The program is 3 weeks long and has 3 components: intake and...(view more)

The Breaking Through Practice Guide is designed for adult basic education practitioners who want to connect adults having limited reading and math skills with postsecondary credentials leading to jobs paying family-supporting wages. It highlights practices developed and implemented by community colleges...(view more)

The WebTool is a web-based resource that can be adopted by colleges and states to develop web-based career pathway roadmaps.  Roadmaps used by advisors, counselors, students, parents, and educators help to increase understanding and access to education, skills progression, and labor market information. ...(view more)

The SUCCESS program is designed so that career planning is integrated nearly seamlessly into the overall college transition program by providing ongoing guidance and support to students in their career research, by connecting students to college and career information, and by introducing students to...(view more)

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, CareerOneStop is a source for free career exploration tools resources.  These tools help job seekers, students, businesses, and career professionals.  Products include the following: (1) America’s Service Locator (www.ServiceLocator.org); (2) America’s...(view more)

This is a Promising Practices description of the GED Bridge to College Careers Program at LaGuardia Community College. The program is 14-weeks long and serves adults, ages 19 and older, and integrates GED preparation with rigorous college-level material using a career-focused curriculum. Contextualized...(view more)