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Broward UP increases access to post-secondary education and training. This innovative community-centric approach is expanding Broward College's service model and strengthening partnerships to deliver workforce education courses and programs, along with career readiness and related support services, in areas most affected by economic immobility. These are the communities in which the greatest impact can be made.
As part of this community collaborative, the college is leveraging its assets and relationships to operationalize a bedrock ideal of Broward College's existence – every resident should be empowered and enabled to pursue post-secondary education.
This expanded service model focuses on Broward County zip codes with disproportionately high unemployment rates and low education attainment. The first phase of work focused on six zip codes, representing 12 of the 31 municipalities across the county. It has now expanded to include an additional five zip codes, further saturating areas of need in existing partner cities, and adding two additional municipalities.
INCREASE COLLEGE ACCESS AND ATTENDANCE
IMPROVE DEGREE AND CERTIFICATE ATTAINMENT
HOLISTICALLY RAISE ECONOMIC MOBILITY
AND OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES
A series of collaborations customized to the specific needs of each community has been established, as well as outreach efforts to overcome misconceptions around access and to align retention and support services.
Through Broward UP, barriers such as tuition, transportation, and technology are removed so residents of Broward UP Communities can access in-demand training leading to Broward College certificates and industry-recognized credentials in high-demand areas such as Process Improvement, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, Information Technology, Health Care, and more. Through one-on-one coaching sessions, participants work with Broward UP Career Pathway Navigators to complete career assessments, educational plans, and goal-setting exercises, as well as a needs assessment to identify wrap-around services needed to promote student success.
Broward UP is not a “program” or “initiative,” with a start and end date, but rather an expansion of the college’s service model, touching every division within the college. To operationalize this work, the BrowardUP Commission was formed to tap into faculty and staff expertise and provide opportunities to engage in Broward UP decision-making and implementation. The Broward UP Commission presently consists of 8 teams – led by employee volunteers – focusing on areasfrom business development to community engagement, social support services, technology, and more. It is through internal partnerships with employee volunteers, and innovative departments willing to expand beyond the traditional to realize the exceptional,that we have been able to operationalize our community partnerships.
Establish a corporate collaborative that is committed to the educational advancement of its employees, the enrichment of diverse small businesses, and the career development of the residents in BrowardUP Communities
Partner with community agencies and cities to elicit community needs, promote programs and services, and recruit students.
Build financial support models to leverage available assets including those from community partner agencies.
Develop and implement a comprehensive evaluation framework that will track program progress toward goals that will inform interventions and mid-course adjustments, when needed, and measure short and long-term impact ofthe Broward UP movement on the communities served.
Expose K-12 students, and their families, to the college experience, post-secondary credentials, programs, and careers by providing wrap around services through student support departments.
Develop Service-Learning engagement opportunities for Broward College students, faculty, and staff to benefit Broward UP Communities.
Partner with community agencies and college departments to provide solutions to students’ identified external obstacles.
Identify and mitigate technology challenges, create solutions, and necessary training to bridge the digital divide for Broward UP Communities.
Broward College has entered into partnership agreements with numerous community and support service agencies, expert research organizations, city governments, and employers to remove barriers to meaningful post-secondary education to offer students critical educational programming and support resources needed to upskill and retool for the workforce.
15 RESOURCE & THOUGHT PARTNERS
18 PROGRAM PARTNERS
10 MUNICIPAL PARTNERS
27 CORPORATE PARTNERS
including those in progress
"Broward UP is providing the tools to individuals so that they can improve their lifestyle, and improve their opportunities." - Ann Diebert, CEO Broward County Housing Authority.
"The Prospect of having classes in our city will increase the skills of our citizens, which should translate to increased employability for them and better jobs." - Ken Thurston, Mayor, City of Lauderhill.
"The sociological barriers [Broward UP] breaks down tells this generation that they are worth it, that their community thinks they are worth it, and that Broward College thinks they are worth it. I can't think of anything more empowering than to say to a young person, 'it doesn't matter about your financial start in life, your college will be right next door.'" - Kirk Brown, CEO HANDY, Inc.
"We want our kids to be able to get an education and choose a trade, vocation, or profession that will last them for life and also help their families. That's the importance of a higher education and we are so glad Broward College is here." - Hazelle P. Rogers, Mayor, City of Lauderdale Lakes
CBS 4: US Sec. of Education Visited Weston High School (Broward College Roundtable on Broward UP)
NBC 6: Secretary of Education Visits Broward High School (Broward College Roundtable on Broward UP)
WPLG Local 10: US Education Secretary Visits High School, College in Weston
2021 Dallas Herring Lecture - Redefining Access: The Power of Proximity
NBC 6: MacKenzie Scott Makes Large Gifts to 3 Florida Schools
CBS 4: President of Broward College Announces 'Broward UP' To Tackle Poverty
Your South Florida: Broward College President Haile Making Higher Education Accessible to All
Broward UP Partnership Ceremony with City of West Park
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize: Broward County, Fla.: Collaboration County
South Florida Business & Wealth - Empowering Equity Through Education: Bridging the Digital Divide
Broward College Partners with Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta for New Financial Forecaster Tool
Broward College Receives Transformational Gift of $30 Million from Mackenzie Scott
Transformational Gift of $30 Million Will Help Broward College Impact More Lives Through Broward UP
The City of Fort Lauderdale Celebrates New Post-Secondary Education Opportunities Under Broward UP
Broward College Celebrates Another Broward UP Partnership with City of Miramar
Broward College Offers Free Workforce Certificate Programs During COVID-19
Broward College Partners with City of North Lauderdale
The City of Pompano Beach is the Newest Broward UP Partner
Broward College Awarded $200,000 Grant from Bank of America to Expand Broward UP
City of Tamarac Partners with Broward College
Broward UP to Tap Into 'Unlimited Potential' of City of Hollywood Residents
The City of Lauderdale Lakes Becomes the Third Municipal Partner to Sign on to Broward UP
Broward UP Builds Momentum with Another Municipal MOU with City of West Park
U.S. Department of Education Names Broward UP a Promise Neighborhood
Unlimited Potential: Uplifting the Community with President Haile
Broward UP: Moving Broward County Forward
Home Free: Broward College Grad Now Owns Keys to His Future
In Florida House, Former Broward College Student Lends Her Voice to Boost District
After Broward UP Training, Single Mother Doing Her Part to Rebuild Native Bahamas
Partnership with Broward UP is Just Like Old Times for Lauderhill Mayor
Get Hired! Broward UP Partners with Urban League to Support Displaced Workers
FPL Provides Free Laptops for Students to Complete Rapid Credentials
Broward UP Employee Volunteers Find in Giving, They Receive
Mother And Daughter Share Bond Through Broward UP Workforce Training
WLRN - U.S. Education Secretary Highlights Workforce Development in Visit to Broward County School
Urban Institute - Policies and Programs for Inclusive and Equitable Recovery
Community College Daily Six ZIP Codes, Endless Impact
Inside Higher Ed - Reimagining Access
Public News Service - One FL College Strives for Better Workforce Recovery
WLRN - Class of Covid-19: The Pandemic and Public Higher Education
The Key with Inside Higher Ed - Episode 34: Serving Working Students with Innovation and Agility
South Florida Business & Wealth - Onward & UPward (PDF)
Florida Chamber Foundation - In a Time of Crisis: Uniting the Business Community for Good (PDF)
West Park News - Broward College Flag Planting Ceremony
Florida TaxWatch – An Independent Assessment of the Value of Broward UP
Florida Daily - Florida TaxWatch Releases Reports Looking at Broward College's Broward UP
New America - This Community College is Having None of the Inequitable Economic Recovery
MacKenzie Scott - Seeding by Ceding
Associated Press - Mackenzie Scott makes large gifts to 3 Florida schools
South Florida Business Journal - MacKenzie Scott donates $40M to FIU, $30M to Broward College
Atlanta Fed Partners with Broward College to Launch Benefits Cliff Tool
Inside Higher Ed - Florida Community College Wins Targeted Federal Grant
Diverse Issues in Higher Education - Broward College Receives Grant and Breaks Records
Work Shift - The workforce is changing. Can community colleges change with it?
Through Broward UP, Broward College provides workforce training and wrap-around support to residents of Broward UP Communities for free. This is only possible through the generous support of philanthropic organizations and individuals who, through their giving, have helped shape Broward UP programming and services.
The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation not only funds programming, outreach, and emergency student support, their philanthropic giving also provided the resources to launch and sustain the Broward UP case management model.
With support from the Community Foundation of Broward, Broward College has developed the EMPLOYS career placement model.
A generous gift from Mackenzie Scott and Dan Jewett has allowed the College to create the Broward Educational Attainment (BEA) Fund that is building out the College’s Employment Solutions Department, enhancing the Continuing Education (CE) to Degree Pathway, an innovative adult learner strategy, and will guarantee the current level of Broward UP programming and services remain in Broward UP Communities in perpetuity.
The Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods grant will allow Broward College, and its community partners, to realize a true two-generational model by addressing residents’ needs from “cradle to career” through a continuum of services from early childhood through job placement.
Broward College is thankful for these and all gifts that have afforded opportunity to so many within our community.
