Virtual Academy

Click here to access Accelerating Opportunity’s Virtual Academy, a collection of tools and resources that can help states and colleges develop and implement integrated pathways from Adult Basic Education to credit-level career and technical programs.

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Accelerating Opportunity will ensure that more workers have the skills they need for today’s good jobs.

Through innovative adult education that provides a valuable credential, this four-year, multistate initiative seeks to fundamentally:

  • Change the way Adult Basic Education is structured and delivered at the state and institutional levels;
  • Ensure that state policies encourage dramatically improved results in terms of the number of individuals who complete credentials of value in the labor market; and
  • Substantially increase the number of adults who can earn a GED and a credential and enter the workplace with competitive skills.

National Necessity

Millions of adults need access to postsecondary education and training to advance their careers and support their families. Read More

Innovative Solutions

Accelerating Opportunity transforms Adult Basic Education to ensure that more adults can access and succeed in postsecondary education and training. Read More

Lasting Impact

States and colleges will scale and sustain programs so that many more adults have access to marketable credentials and family-sustaining careers. Read More

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Accelerating Opportunity is a community college initiative of Jobs for the Future, with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Kresge Foundation and the Open Society Foundations, and in partnership with Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, the National Council for Workforce Education, and The National College Transition Network.