Helping College Educators and Their Institutions Succeed
Practical resources to help educators move from planning to execution.
What You'll Learn
Resources: Frequently Asked Questions
Organizational Change
An impactful resource hub.
Integrated Planning & Execution Tools & Resources
Downloads (no email required)
- Multi-plan crosswalks
- Planning calendar templates
- Scenario planning resources
- Gantt Chart spreadsheet template
- Goal progress checker tools
- Logic model templates
- Evaluation tools & resources
Student Success Strategies
50+ strategies plus KPIs (key performance indicators).
Student Success Insights
Everything from dual enrollment to FYE to STEM Pathways and more.
Culture Change & Continuous Improvement
Step-by-step guidance and reflection prompts.
Student Journey Framework Resource Page
Actionable strategies to implement a student journey framework.
Teaching & Learning: Organized Paths
Teaching & Learning Podcast Episodes
Faculty-driven, student-centered practices.
Clarity Regarding Student Success Teams
Case/Cohort Management | Dr. Al’s Inquiry & Action Teams
Outcome: Learn why student success teams are difficult to implement and what models to consider.
Holistic Student Supports with Dr. Melinda Karp
Findings from Phase Two’s Study on Early Student Success Team Adopters
Outcome: Learn about the three different cohort management student success team models.
SST Do’s and Don’ts
Why Reaching Consensus on Student Success Teams is Challenging
Outcome: Learn the pitfalls to avoid in student success team development
Impactful Professional Development
From Strategy to Implementation
Mini-Course: Achieving Clarity, Coherence, and Consensus
Dig Deeper. Download a timeless free guide.
Why Colleges Struggle to Implement Priorities and What To Do About It
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Meaningful Conversations
The Student Success Podcast
Learn practical and actionable strategies to support college student success.
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“The Continuous Learner posts are the first thing I read each week…”
Dr. Al's Substack
A companion to the Continuous Learning Institute, but more personal, more real. Continuous Learner shares reflections, lessons, and strategies that work with a focus on teaching & learning and organizational change.
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Resources & Tools: Spotlight
Integrated Planning
One of the most popular resources. Downloads (no email required)
- Multi-plan crosswalks
- Planning calendar templates
- Scenario planning resources
- Gantt Chart spreadsheet template
- Goal progress checker tools
- Logic model templates
- Evaluation tools & resources
SAMPLE CONTENT
Practical strategies and expert interviews with concise summaries. These samples from 100+ resources show the kind of bite-sized learning at the Continuous Learning Institute.
Dr. Al Solano
Author. Coach. Trainer. Facilitator. Helping institutions turn strategies into real results by cutting through the noise and focusing on what works. Featured by a Columbia University research team for improving morale and organizational outcomes to better student success and equity.
Authentic Perspectives
"Dr. Solano is a consummate professional with amazing insight and knowledge which he openly shares with higher education leaders and practitioners. The Continuous Learning Institute website resources are comprehensive and his Student Success Podcast piques dialogue, thought, and action. His authentic, courageous, and forward-thinking approach is refreshing and is exactly what is needed to meet the moment. "
Dr. Julie Asperin Barnes
Chancellor, South Orange CCCD (former president, Cuyamaca College)
"Dr. Solano is extraordinarily skilled in helping colleges implement complex, whole-college student success reforms."
Dr. Davis Jenkins
Co-Author, Redesigning America’s Community Colleges; Senior Research Scholar Community College Research Center, Columbia University
"Dr. Solano journeys with us in the inquiry process that engages our thinking, encourages reflection, and inspires our teams to reach peak performance so that the students we serve will get the educational experience they need to help them live the lives they deserve."
Dr. Michael Baston
President, Cuyahoga Community College
"Dr. Solano clearly outlines practical strategies that can lead to institutional transformation and drives home the point that any meaningful conversation about student success must start and end with a focus on equity within a 'culture of kindness.' "
Dr. Angelica Suarez
President, Orange Coast College
"Dr. Solano's approach is helpful in framing the issues and useful in providing methods for addressing them."
Diego Navarro
Professor Emeritus, Cabrillo College; Founder, Academy for College Excellence
"I'm thankful for Dr. Solano's dedication in spreading kindness and his expertise across our educational field. It is always a pleasure to receive his emails as they are resourceful, relevant, and always invoke a positive tone while calling for us to engage in transformational work."
Dr. Monica Green
President, Norco College
"Dr. Solano writes and provides advice and support through a practitioner's eye, knowing from personal experience how institutions are designed and operate. Institutional transformation is a marathon, not a sprint--scaled reform takes resiliency and refinement that only comes when a culture of improvement is embedded at all levels of an organization."
Dr. Gretchen Schmidt
Senior Fellow, National Center for Inquiry & Improvement (NCII); recent Executive Director, American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Pathways Project
"Dr. Solano's honest candor is refreshing and so needed during this time. He knows how to balance truth with kindness in the only way an amazing coach can. He blesses the field with free, accessible, practitioner-focused resources that are easily digestible and ready for application."
Libby Curiel
Speech Professor, Rio Hondo College
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Trusted by colleges and universities nationwide to get results.
Columbia University CCRC Feature
Dr. Al Solano's work to improve organizational performance and better student outcomes.
