The American Council on Education’s (ACE) Building Pathways Initiative, sponsored by Imaginable Futures, is a limited series of state-focused convenings and conversations designed to advance student success by elevating state-led priorities and connecting them with national insights and resources. This fourth event in the series brought together leaders in state policy, higher education system leadership, and research from multiple states to explore strategies that better support today’s learners.
The discussion highlighted the experiences of student-parents and military-affiliated students. Panelists examined policies and practices that could benefit a broad range of students navigating college today. Speakers from around the nation spotlighted innovations such as state-level strategies, stronger college-employer partnerships, and integrated supports like childcare—approaches that can help more students persist and succeed.
Insights from this discussion will help inform ACE’s broader efforts to connect state-level innovation to a national conversation about how higher education builds America by expanding opportunity and strengthening workforce pathways.
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