Pathways to Results (PTR) is an outcomes-focused, equity-minded approach that empowers colleges to use methods, templates and tools to continuously improve pathways and programs of study by addressing inequities in student outcomes. Enhanced results for students, programs, organizations, and systems is the primary goal. Dr. Debra Bragg started this work in 2009 with colleagues at the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) and continues this work with colleagues here at CCRI.
The PTR Process
Pathways to Results is an outcomes-focused, equity-guided process to improve student transition to postsecondary education and employment.
Engagement and Commitment
Team members focus on critical problems that need to be addressed to improve pathways.
Primary Module
Outcomes and Equity Assessment
Teams use student-level data to identify gaps in outcomes between racial, ethnic, low income, and other underserved populations.
Primary Module
Supplements
Process Assessment
Teams analyze “core processes” (e.g., recruiting, advising, teaching, learning) that contribute to the problem.
Primary Module
Supplements
Process Improvement
Teams reach consensus on solutions and develop implementation and evaluation plans to improve student outcomes and programs of study quality over time.
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Supplements
Review and Reflection
Team members, individually and collectively, review and reflect on lessons learned from engaging in the PTR process.
Primary Module
Products and Resources
Publications and supplemental resources related to the PTR Process and Projects.
Insights into Equity and Outcomes Briefs
- Changing Systems to Improve Outcomes: A Midterm Review of PTR Implementation Practices [PDF]
- Work-Based Learning as a Pathway to Postsecondary and Career Success [PDF]
- Transforming Pathway Performance: Leveraging Key Knowledge of Pathways Principles, Populations, and Practices [PDF]
- Exploring the Role of First-Year Experiences in Enhancing Equity and Outcomes [PDF]
- Improving a Path to Equity: Engaging Student Voices [PDF]
- Digging Deeper: Low-Income Students’ Intersecting Identities [PDF]
- A Portrait of Single Student parents: Financial and Academic Barriers to a Postsecondary Degree [PDF]
- The Role of Community Colleges in Offsetting Challenges Faced by Student Veterans in Higher Education [PDF]
- Enrollment and Credential Attainment Among Underrepresented Males of Color Attending Community Colleges in Illinois [PDF]
- Gender Equity in CTE and STEM Education [PDF]
- Cultural Competence in Pathways to Results [PDF]
CCRI would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Illinois Community College Board in the creation and dissemination of PTR.
Attribution: Much of the content on this page was developed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, through the Office of Community College Research and Leadership – OCCRL at the College of Education. To download materials from the OCCRL website at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, use this link.
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