Elevating Student Affairs Practice in Community College Redesign

The current national community college redesign effort, Guided Pathways, focuses on the need for "clearer, more educationally coherent programs of study that simplify students' choices without limiting their options." In Redesigning America's Community Colleges, the authors Thomas Bailey, Shanna Jaggars, and Davis Jenkins offered general insights into student services redesign in support of constructing guided pathways. This article provides answers to some basic questions about the role of Student Affairs in the community college redesign effort commonly referred to as Guided Pathways. Specifically addressed is the focus on how and where Student Affairs executive teams start in the desire to advance the institutional change mandate.