Past Events
2019 Florida College Access Network Summit — PowerPoint Presentations
The 2019 FCAN Summit is in the rear-view mirror, and we would like to extend a huge thank you to all the changemakers who attended the event and joined the conversation surrounding college access and completion for all Florida students. More than 360 people from...
Register today for “Improving Postsecondary Education Success for Former Foster Youth”
Youth in the foster care system enroll and graduate from college at much lower rates than other students. Although Florida policies and programs are working to better support these students, more needs to be done to help them succeed. Recent policy changes...
Key takeaways from “Students Can’t Be What They Can’t See: Making the Most of Career Fairs”
On April 23, Kimberly Lent, FCAN’s Assistant Director for Research and Analytics, hosted a webinar highlighting the role that career fairs can play in helping K-12 students envision their future professional paths and learning about the appropriate postsecondary...
Summit Speaker Series — First Generation College Students: Practice and Research of Successful Retention Strategies
“We want to change the narrative and how the conversation is framed about this particular population; we’d like to create awareness that first-generation students, they are not broken.” The term “first-generation” evokes a strong range of emotions for higher education...
Summit Speaker Series — Why Do Students Leave College? Preliminary Results From a Research-Practice Partnership
“The decision to leave college is often way more complex than not having the grades or being unable to pay tuition.” What are some of the factors that lead academically successful students to stop enrolling in college? What motivates these same students to return?...
Register today for “Students Can’t Be What They Can’t See: Making the Most of Career Fairs”
Many communities now recognize the value of helping students envision their future career in order to ensure their postsecondary education plans support their goals. Career Fairs have proliferated to expose students to careers they may not have considered or been...
Key takeaways from “Stay: How Community Collaboration Helps Students Stay in College by Meeting ‘Life’ Needs”
On March 26, Kathy McDonald, FCAN’s Assistant Director for Network Partnerships, hosted a webinar spotlighting the Destination Graduation program, which helps low-income, first-generation, and veteran students overcome non-academic barriers to college completion....
Summit Speaker Series — State of Students Report: Parent Perception on College
“A lot of times we are creating programming or making decisions on behalf of students, and we don’t always get their perception on the things that they are fearful about, the things that they are interested in.” Employers, community organizations, and even school...
Summit Speaker Series — “Unlikely” filmmaker Adam Fenderson
“When we were looking at the next documentary…we kind of looked back at the struggles that we see in these students’ lives once they get to college, and the challenges that they face trying to actually complete.” After finishing work on their award-winning 2011...
Register today for “Stay: How Community Collaboration Helps Students Stay in College by Meeting ‘Life’ Needs”
Keep students on track with a newly-launched toolkit. In 2015, a unique collaboration was formed through the Central Florida College Access Network (CFCAN) called Destination Graduation. Heart of Florida United Way and Seminole State College collaborated...