; (D) strengthening and reforming remedial and developmental education, especially for low-income, first-generation, and adult students, and other students belonging to racial and other groups that are historically underrepresented in higher education, including through the use of multiple measures (such as a student’s college entrance examination score, grade point average, high school course list, or a placement examination) to identify students in need of remedial education; (E) utilizing career pathways, including through building capacity for career and technical education, as defined in section 3(5) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2302(5) ), and programs of study, as defined in section 3(41) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 2302(41) ), or degree pathways; or (F) providing expanded opportunities for participating in work-based learning, which may include apprenticeship programs, in students’ programs of study; (5) a description of how the State or eligible Tribal College or University will ensure that programs leading to a recognized postsecondary credential meet the quality criteria established by the State under section 122(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3152(b)(1) ) or other quality criteria determined appropriate by the State or eligible Tribal College or University; (6) an assurance that each community college operated or controlled by the State or the eligible Tribal College or University, as applicable, has entered into a program participation agreement under section 487; (7) an assurance that the State or eligible Tribal College or University will assist eligible students in obtaining information about and accessing means-tested Federal benefit programs and similar, State, tribal, and local benefit programs that can provide financial assistance for any component of the student’s cost of attendance, as defined under section 472, other than tuition and fees