Career Ladders Project

At McFarland High School, 99% of their senior class took at least one course, and nearly half earned a degree or certificate from Bakersfield College.

Source: CLP (2025): Success Starts Early, Dual Enrollment Pathways at McFarland High School - https://bit.ly/47Ub4Yu

Career Ladders Project
EdTrust-West

Get ready for the Dual Enrollment Digital Week of Action.
April 13-17, 2026

Check out the themes and how you can support.
https://bit.ly/4dzUDnG

Have you checked out “Credit Where Credit is Due?” Dive into the report to learn how your K12 policies can impact whether college credit counts towards students’ high school graduation and ways to analyze your local policies. Dr. Naomi Castro and Laurencia Walker presented at the and explored how dual credit matters for student success, but in California, differing local policies create inequities in access and opportunity.

Check report here -> https://bit.ly/421u7fK

Strengthening dual enrollment means rethinking outreach and engagement so more historically underserved students can access and thrive in these pathways. Thank you, Laurencia Walker and Dr. Nicole Austin, for their presentation on this section at the .

Check out the 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐀 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 (𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬) - bit.ly/4d2IhnP

Check out the 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐧𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞: 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 to see how holistic supports and peer-led strategies can drive equity in Dual Enrollment. Thank you to Dr. Byron Reaves and Dr. Amanda Xu, Dean of Centers, for joining us at the 2026 Dual Enrollment Equity Conference and sharing Mendocino College’s Student Ambassador Program.

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It was a pleasure to connect with all of you at the 2026 California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference in San Diego! We truly appreciate everyone who stopped by our booth to learn more about our degree completion and transfer solutions. Looking forward to staying in touch!

Career Ladders Project, EdTrust-West

Call for proposals extended to Tuesday, 3/24! Submit by 11:59am. For more info, visit https://rpgroup.org.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 The RP Group. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙋 𝙂𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 3CSN 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 Career Ladders Project.

We’re wrapping up three great days in San Diego for the California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference. We extend congratulations and a big thank you to the sponsors -- California Alliance of Dual Enrollment Partnerships, Career Ladders Project, EdTrust-West -- for another productive experience and especially to those of you who attended our session Tuesday when we presented our new playbook.

Now we at the Central Valley Higher Education Consortium look forward to our upcoming CENTRAL VALLEY HIGHER EDUCATION SUMMIT 2026 April 24 and we invite you all to consider attending. We welcome your voices in our mutual mission to advance higher education for aspiring students.

-Dr. Benjamin Duran, executive director, with our delegation: Angel Ramirez, associate director; and consortium DuE co-leads Dr. Kristin Clark and Elaine Cash.