For colleges and universities
Help every student choose a direction and see what it will actually take.
With one place for the staff who guide them. PlannedQuest works wherever your students decide: in the career center, in a CTE program, in a first-year or career exploration course, and in student success programs.
Between “what fits me” and “apply here,” there is a gap.
Most college tools cover the two ends. The middle is where students decide whether to stay.
- What students get todayMatch your interestsA quiz points to a field.
- The gapWhat is the bar? I’m the 3.4 GPA student, not the 3.8. What do I do after a no?The 3.8 GPA student lands the competitive internship and the program seat. Everyone else is here, where students lose their why, and stop out.
- What students get todayApply for jobsPipelines and job boards work for the students who already fit.
Without a route they can see, the first rejection reads as a verdict. Among first-year students who left four community colleges, 32% named a change in career goals as one reason, and 73% said no staff member knew their goals. Community College Research Center, Why Did They Leave? (2025)
A direction, the real road, and a backup.
- Every way in, including bridges, starting with a job, and credit for prior learning.
- The bar for selective programs before they apply, and what to do after a no.
- Majors by the doors they open: the careers each major leads to and what they pay.
Way in 1: the career center
Mission control for career services.
- “Check in soon” shows who has gone quiet. Follow-ups due shows what you promised and when.
- Log a check-in in one line, set the next step and its date, book the next meeting.
- Open the student’s own plan before the meeting.
Keep your job platform for employers and postings. PlannedQuest covers the step before: which career, which route, and the follow-up with each student.
Way in 2: CTE programs
The bar and every way into the field, from the first class.
- Routes by field, including bridges and job-first starts; the bar for selective programs.
- Credit for prior learning for students who already work in the field.
- Perkins and Strong Workforce statements with the evidence behind each.
| When | What PlannedQuest gives | The measure it supports |
|---|---|---|
| Orientation or intake for a short-term program | The route and the bar before day one, and a saved plan | Workforce Pell completion (70% within 150% of normal time); Perkins 2P1 credentials |
| After a selective program says no | Other routes into the same career and ways to earn admission points | Perkins 1P1 retention and placement |
| Noncredit, ESL or adult education to credit | A plan that names the credit or CTE program next | Adult education transition to postsecondary or CTE; the Strong Workforce noncredit workforce milestone |
| Before and after exit | Caseload, notes and plan reviews, so staff can follow up | Employment in the 2nd quarter after exit (WIOA, Workforce Pell) |
| Reporting season | Strong Workforce, Perkins, Adult Education (CAEP), WIOA and Workforce Development packs | The planning evidence beside your wage-record outcomes |
Employment, wages and credentials come from your college and state records. PlannedQuest supplies the exploration, planning and follow-through evidence that leads to them. Workforce Pell rules: U.S. Department of Education Workforce Pell final rule fact sheet (May 2026), copy hosted by New Mexico HED
Way in 3: intro, first-year and career exploration courses
Exploration and planning that become part of the course.
- Ready-made activities of 10 to 35 minutes, assigned like any other course work.
- Launch from Canvas, Schoology or Blackboard; see progress for every student.
- In California, Guided Pathways (Student Equity and Achievement) statements for the plans and programs of study students choose.
Way in 4: student success programs
For TRIO Student Support Services, EOPS and programs like them.
- Caseloads and one-line check-ins for advisors.
- Support resources for foster youth, first-generation, justice-involved, immigrant and undocumented students, beside the plan.
- In California, statements for EOPS/CARE, CalWORKs, Rising Scholars and MESA.
Connects to what you run
- LTI 1.3 for Canvas, Schoology and Blackboard
- ClassLink and OneRoster rostering
- School sign-in with SAML or OpenID Connect
- HECVAT available on request