Missoula College Selected to Co-Lead National Effort to Better Serve Students

Missoula College has been named to an elite cohort of two-year colleges that are implementing reforms to streamline the student education experience.

Of the approximately 1,500 two-year colleges in the U.S., the National Center for Inquiry & Improvement chose the University of Montana’s Missoula College as one of only 16 two-year institutions to implement evidence-based reforms grounded in what is known as the “Guided Pathways” framework.

“Guided Pathways provides a game plan to redesign institutional processes with the clear goal of preparing colleges to serve students,” said Dr. Tom Gallagher, dean of Missoula College. “It is very different from the traditional philosophy of preparing students for college. It is a tremendous opportunity to improve the social mobility of underserved populations at two-year colleges.”