The four million high school students graduating this spring will be among the last big graduating classes higher education can count on for years.

President Frank Shushok is reengineering how students move between high school, college and work—with on-ramps, off-ramps and fewer dead ends.

The program will allow students to enroll in short-term CTE training and requires colleges to tie to tuition to graduates' earnings.

Across California, community colleges are rolling out bachelor's degrees, aimed at students who have long been left out of the traditional four-year pipelines. This includes older working adults and place-bound students who would benefit from a cheaper local path to careers in fields such as health care and public safety.