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Workforce-Ready Tools Built for Community Colleges.
Close the gap between classroom and career.
Adobe Creative Cloud Pro Plus gives community colleges the tools to prepare students for careers with real hiring demand, driving 90% faster digital workflows campus-wide while giving faculty the time and consistency to teach at their best.
How is Foothill-De Anza preparing every student for the jobs of the future
89%
of part-time students say Adobe tools helped them engage with campus in new ways
Edelman × Adobe, 2025
90%
faster digital workflows deployed campus-wide
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
45%
less faculty document review time with Acrobat AI
Pfeiffer Acrobat AI Assistant Benchmark Report, 2024
Careers for students. Credentials employers recognize. Outcomes your board can see.
Your students are arriving with more to manage and less runway. Your funding is tied to what happens after graduation. And you're being asked to close that gap with tools that weren't built for any of it. Here's how Adobe helps.
Get students job-ready with skills employers are actually hiring for.
Employer-relevant creative, communication, and digital literacy skills using the same tools used across modern industries.
Help students stay on track from start to finish.
Take advantage of flexible pathways with modular coursework to help students persist, build momentum, and finish with clear career outcomes.
Scale support without adding staff.
Streamline communication, document workflows, and admin tasks — reducing manual work while improving responsiveness.
Deploy AI with confidence.
Adobe Firefly is built for institutional use — commercially safe, embedded in tools your campus already uses, with no new systems for IT to manage.
Meet the speakers
Heather Lawrenz
Assistant Director for Technology - University of Kansas
Heather Lawrenz is Assistant Director for Technology at the University of Kansas William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, where she teaches graphic design, coordinates Adobe-focused curriculum, and leads training initiatives that prepare students for evolving creative industries. A passionate advocate for digital storytelling, Heather empowers learners to use creative technologies to communicate ideas, share personal narratives, and drive meaningful change.
Dr. Nathan Araya
Senior Customer Success Manager - Adobe
Dr. Nathan Arraya is a Senior Customer Success Manager at Adobe, where he partners with higher education institutions to help them get the most out of their Adobe investments. He works closely with university marketing and communications teams to activate tools, build workflows, and drive measurable outcomes across campus.
These peer institutions are making it work today.
Community colleges across the US are closing the gap between learning and employment with Adobe.
Graduates leave with portfolio-ready work and skills employers are actively hiring for.
Admin processes run 5× faster — staff spend less time on paperwork and more time with students.
43+ workflows deployed campus-wide. Digital processes run ~90% faster, enrollment bottlenecks eliminated.
Students build AI literacy and prompt-writing skills through cross-disciplinary projects with Firefly.
These peer institutions are making it work today.
Community colleges across the US are closing the gap between learning and employment with Adobe.
Students build portfolio-ready work with tools employers actually hire for.
Austin Community College prepares graduates with skills that translate directly to the workforce.
Admin processes 5× faster with Acrobat Sign.
Staff productivity is up ~30%, supporting more students without added headcount.
Digital workflows ~90% faster, enrollment bottlenecks eliminated.
43+ workflows have been deployed campus-wide with Acrobat.
AI literacy built across disciplines with Adobe Firefly.
Students develop prompt-writing skills through responsible, cross-disciplinary projects.
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