What is ACE Pathway?
Pathway supports colleges to increase retention and completion rates of vulnerable students, those tentatively connected to college – academically, socially or culturally – who leave before, during or after their first semester. ACE Pathway provides two ways to leverage ACE’s significant experience with vulnerable students:
- The Inquiry Path guides colleges through a structured process of inquiry based on student data:
- Understand their vulnerable students and their needs
- Design programs using available interventions and solutions
- Implement by creating plans that are actionable and broadly supported
- The Action Path allows colleges to pilot some ACE solutions to experience first-hand how ACE pedagogy and practices can help the college’s vulnerable students. For example, we offer the ACE Faculty Experiential Learning Institute.
How can I learn more about ACE Pathway?
- Retention Webinar – “Supporting the Students of the Future: Retention of Vulnerable & Tentative Students.” Attend a free online interactive presentation in which ACE Founder Diego Navarro delves deeper into the concepts he presented in his Change Magazine article called Supporting the Students of the Future”.
- Pathway 101 Webinar – “Inquiry & Action for Retention of Vulnerable & Tentative Students.” Attend a free online interactive presentation in which ACE Founder Diego Navarro & Pathway Manager Jim Knickerbocker, PhD explain how Pathway can help colleges to quickly apply the latest research on tentative students.
- ACE evaluation and research – Read about the independent analysis and evaluations of the effectiveness of ACE interventions
- Pathway Datasheet – Read more about ACE Pathway