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Rural Guided PathwaysRural Guided Pathways
  • About
    • Focus on Rural Colleges
    • Community Partners
    • Videos: Why Rural?
    • Colleges
      • 2025–27 Colleges
      • College Service Areas
      • College Lead Contacts
    • Curriculum
    • Key Dates
    • Project Partners
    • Funders
    • Press
  • Experts
    • Expertise
    • Implementation Coaches
    • Leadership Coaches
    • Coaching Assignments
    • Subject Matter Experts
  • Breakthrough Moments
  • Institute Materials
    • Institute #1
    • Phase 1
      • Institute #1
      • Institute #2
      • Institute #3
      • Institute #4
      • Institute #5
      • Institute #6
  • Resources
  • NCII

In Breakthrough Moments, college teams describe the aha moments they experienced through participating in the Rural Pathways Project. These moments changed individuals’ perspectives, reframed the pathways teams’ work, and added urgency to the colleges’ efforts.

Kilgore College

IMAGINE Whole-College Improvement

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Linn-Benton Community College

Following the Data: The Correct Math Plus Corequisite Support

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Missoula College

The Pathways Framework Makes Everything Possible

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Patrick & Henry Community College

Leap and the Net Will Appear

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San Juan College

Urgency for Change Leads to Results

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Southwestern Oregon Community College

Meeting Students — and Principals — Where They Are

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Temple College

Outreach, Outreach, Outreach

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Washington State College of Ohio

Eliminating “Random Acts of College Credit”

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West Virginia Northern Community College

Eliminating Placement Tests: “We’re Not Going To Do This to Any More Students”

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White Mountains Community College

“I Couldn’t Have Planned This”

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University of Arkansas Community College-Batesville

The Gravity of the Work Became Clear

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