The Continuum for All Louisiana Learners, or CALL, is a joint initiative between the Louisiana Board of Regents, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), and the Consortium for Education, Research and Technology of North Louisiana aimed at making it easier for Louisiana adults without a college degree to enroll at a Louisiana public college or university and earn a degree or other college credential. CALL was piloted initially in the northern third of the state, a region with significant adult educational needs which hamper its ability to develop and sustain economic growth. Beginning in Fall 2008, six institutions will be offering accelerated, online programs as part of the CALL expansion. CALL is supported by grants from the Louisiana Board of Regents.

The goal of CALL is to expand adult participation in postsecondary education by:

• better understanding the needs of adult learners in Louisiana
• establishing innovative programming to respond to those needs
• aggressively promoting adult learning services and programming
• creating convenient pathways to postsecondary certificates and degrees.

The CALL initiative is part of the Louisiana Board of Regents’ “Education…Go for more!” campaign, being implemented in cooperation with the SREB’s Adult Learning Campaign, supported by a grant from Lumina Foundation for Education, and the Go Alliance, a consortium of SREB member states chartered to cooperatively prepare for and launch media outreach campaigns that motivate all students to complete school at high levels of achievement. SREB established the Go Alliance to help states share expensive media materials and run more effective campaigns. The Go Alliance is supported by its member states and is sponsored by the College Board and ACT Inc.