Past Events
Florida College System panel emphasizes benefits of partnerships, collective impact strategies at Learners to Earners summit
The Florida Chamber Foundation’s 2017 Learners to Earners Education Summit recently brought together leaders from the state’s business, education, and workforce development communities to discuss best practices in connecting today’s learners to tomorrow’s career...
Miami chapter of Take Stock in Children celebrates record-breaking graduating class
Cindy Lozada is excited to venture somewhere her parents never got to go. “In my family, it’s really a big deal that I’m going to college because my parents didn’t go,” said Lozada, 18, who recently graduated from Miami Senior High School. In the fall, she is slated...
Florida Higher Education Coordinating Council discusses statewide postsecondary attainment goal at Florida CAN Summit
Ken Burke empathizes with the challenges faced by non-traditional students seeking a college degree. “When you’re 30 years old, that’s over a third of your life since the last time you were in an education environment,” said Burke, Clerk of the Circuit Court in...
Highlights from the 2017 Florida College Access and Success Summit
More than 250 people attended the 2017 Florida College Access and Success Summit, and a good number of them had plenty to say. (And tweet!) This year's theme was "Breaking Barriers," and the event served as a wonderful opportunity for professionals from multiple...
2017 Florida College Access and Success Summit — PowerPoint Presentations
The 2017 Florida College Access and Success Summit is in the rear-view mirror, and we'd like to extend a big thank you to everyone who attended and showed their support. More than 250 people from multiple sectors — including business and community leaders, K-12...
Poet Shawn Welcome shares unconventional path to academic success at Florida CAN Summit
Shawn Welcome’s long and winding road to getting his bachelor’s degree required the same perseverance and determination he describes in “Rio,” a poem he wrote last year as a tribute to the Refugee Olympic Team in Brazil. “It felt really good and, in a way, school was...
Better Together Breaking Barriers
The 2017 Florida College Access and Success Summit On May 10-11, Florida College Access Network (FCAN) hosted its annual summit at the B Resort and Spa in Orlando. The event’s theme, “Breaking Barriers,” explored how Florida educators and communities are working...
Middleton High in Tampa hosts College Decision Day event
College-bound star athletes aren’t the only ones who deserve a little hype and hoopla when they announce their postsecondary plans. To that end, George S. Middleton High School in Tampa recently hosted its second annual National College Signing Day. The event is a...
Florida College Access and Success Summit to explore the state of scholarship innovation
Some of the more established scholarship funding models have been struggling to keep up with the level of demand. Michelle Boehm, research and evaluation analyst for the Helios Education Foundation, said the desire to serve minority, low-income, first-generation, and...
Impact of Peer Leadership to be discussed at 2017 Florida College Access and Success Summit
One of the most valuable and effective assets in the quest to get high school students more engaged in their postsecondary pursuits is sitting right next to them in class or at the cafeteria. “The most influential person to a 17 year old is another 17 year old,” said...