Path to Accelerated Completion and Employment (PACE)

Statewide, the consortium has identified the advanced manufacturing and healthcare sectors as primary targets. Each is a large employment sector projected to have significant occupational growth in the coming five years. The goal is to increase program completions in these targeted programs by 15 percent above the current baseline by the end of the grant period. The three aforementioned evidence-based strategies to support accelerated completion of developmental education and technical content, as well as, augmented student support and career placement services will drive these completion outcomes. The intent is to implement these strategies within the targeted programs, and as they demonstrate success, expand them institution-wide and system-wide.