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How it worksThe Connect2Complete (C2C) model is built around two central components — peer to peer mentoring and community engagement opportunities. Participating schools vary in how they incorporate mentoring and community engagement into their respective programs, but all involve faculty, staff, C2C members, and peer advocates in the process. Generally speaking, peer advocates work alongside faculty in developmental education classes to support C2C members in goal setting, making connections to college life, navigating college systems, and linking to college services designed to help students be successful. In addition to mentorship, C2C members also participate in community engagement activities inside and outside of class through projects coordinated by peer advocates or campus community engagement offices.Each participating institution is testing unique peer-to-peer advocacy models that reflect the culture of their respective campus, while still being defined by 7 essential components. C2C campuses:
Participating Florida community colleges include:
Why?A compelling need exists to increase the completion of low-income, community college students in Florida. The graduation rate for full-time, first-time-in-college associate degree seeking students at Florida's 28 public two-year colleges is only 25.6 percent. By 2020 it is estimated that 63 percent of jobs will require a college education. Florida C2C partners recognize that graduation rates are heavily influenced by institutional efforts at retention. The overarching vision of the Florida C2C pilot program is to build evidence of success in proving that colleges — by utilizing peer-to-peer advocacy, student social capital, leadership development and community engagement — can positively impact retention and persistence.Students themselves are an incredibly under-utilized community college resource, and there exists an opportunity and a need to engage them. Students who participate in community engagement learning activities have higher retention rates and are more likely to complete their degree. These students are also more likely to demonstrate improved academic knowledge, critical thinking, and leadership skills, and show increased interest in becoming personally and professionally involved in community change work. The ultimate result is producing critically, civically, and globally minded graduates who can advocate for change in their communities and contribute to building a healthy democracy. When?The pilot phase of the program began on January 1, 2024 and will end on June 30, 2014. For growing the model on the pilot campuses beyond the pilot phase, and for adoption at additional community college campuses across the country, state offices will work in partnership with Campus Compact to identify a financing model for C2C, with an emphasis on securing new funding sources and leveraging and repurposing existing revenue streams such as work-study. | |||||
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