Linda Collins

Thought Leaders - October 9
Conversation focus: Learning from and leveraging this moment of racial reckoning and organizational fluidity to truly restructure and redesign our colleges. You can find more details on the registration form.

Bio: Linda Collins is Founder and Executive Director of the Career Ladders Project (CLP), a non-profit that promotes equity-minded community college redesign. CLP’s policy work, research, and collaboration with colleges focus on systems change so more students—particularly students of color and low-income students—attain certificates, degrees, transfer, and career advancement.

Linda has provided leadership on many reform initiatives. Currently, Linda works with the California Community College (CCC) system and colleges across California to support Guided Pathways efforts. She serves on the Board of the Linked Learning Alliance and as President of the Board for the non-partisan California EDGE Coalition. Linda also founded LearningWorks, linking knowledge, policy, and practice to improve student achievement.

Linda frequently advises on state and national policy efforts. She served as an expert advisor to CDE’s Adult Education Strategic Planning Initiative; the U.S. Department of Education’s Policy-to-Performance Initiative to transition adult learners to college and career; and the national Alliance for Quality Career Pathways effort.

Previously, Linda served as President of the Academic Senate for CCCs, and taught sociology and interdisciplinary studies at Los Medanos College.