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Return to Earn: Insights for Supporting Comebackers to Completion and Careers

2024-01-30T00:05:13+00:00

  Over six million Californians ages 25 to 64 have completed some college but not yet earned a credential. Shifting postsecondary structures to support this prospective student population is crucial for addressing the state’s workforce shortage. However, the needs of these individuals, often from underinvested populations, remain understudied—leaving institutions and policymakers with few evidence-based solutions to improve their educational outcomes. To bridge this gap, California Competes, in collaboration with CaliforniaAttain! partners, conducted research and organized a community of practice to better understand returning students’ needs and experiences. Join us next Monday, February 5 from 12:00-1:00 p.m. for a new research publication and a panel discussion that explores [...]

Return to Earn: Insights for Supporting Comebackers to Completion and Careers2024-01-30T00:05:13+00:00

The Power of Regional Collaboratives: Top Focus of Project Attain’s Summer Summit

2023-08-29T22:03:16+00:00

Project Attain’s day-long Summer Summit held on August 9th at the Harris Center at Folsom Lake College is an annual event that brings education partners together to share, learn, and align on important systems change work that can lead to better education outcomes. This year, the event focused on adult learner success through the lens of regional collaboratives and the value that collaborative education partnerships can provide. Dakota Pawliki, director of Talent Hubs for CivicLab, a nonprofit Institute for civic collaboration headquartered in Columbus, IN, was the event’s keynote speaker.  “The problem exists at the center of this table – and [...]

The Power of Regional Collaboratives: Top Focus of Project Attain’s Summer Summit2023-08-29T22:03:16+00:00

Sacramento State Plans to Launch Adult Learner Success Center

2023-04-18T15:44:06+00:00

Center to Provide Adults with Resources, Belonging, and Support to Complete their Education Sacramento State is taking steps to better serve adult students with plans to launch an Adult Learner Success Center. Grounded in an idea that grew out of Dr. Anna Keck’s doctoral research, the Center will provide returning students with the necessary resources and support they need to return to school to complete their degree. Like specialized centers that already exist to support veterans, first-gen, LGBTQ students, and other communities, the Adult Learner Success Center will serve as a space where adult learners can connect with peers, receive [...]

Sacramento State Plans to Launch Adult Learner Success Center2023-04-18T15:44:06+00:00

American Leadership Forum Honors ProjectAttain! Leaders

2021-11-17T14:39:07+00:00

Jennings and Orchard Receive ALF Exemplary Leader Award Each year the American Leadership Forum - Mountain Valley Chapter honors a Sacramento-region leader who represents the cornerstone of ALF. The award recipient thinks and works regionally, values diversity, and is a successful collaborative leader. ALF bestowed this honor on two ProjectAttain! board members, Cassandra H.B. Jennings, CEO of St. Hope, and Arlen Orchard, chair of the the board of directors of the California Mobility Center, at this year's ceremony. The annual dinner attracts the region’s decision- and opinion-makers to celebrate the award recipient’s accomplishments. The ALF- Mountain Valley Chapter works to [...]

American Leadership Forum Honors ProjectAttain! Leaders2021-11-17T14:39:07+00:00

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