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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 collaboration, 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. Broward UP's work is focused on 11 zip codes, representing 15 of the 31 municipalities across the county.
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. The support of our community, business partners, and volunteers makes it possible for Broward College to reach this goal. If you are interested in being involved with Broward UP and transforming our communities, please contact us using the forms below.
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 – led by employee volunteers – focusing on areas from 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.
Partner with community agencies and cities to elicit community needs, promote programs and services, and recruit students.
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. Thank you to the partners who have been instrumental in helping Broward College impact the lives of Broward County residents through our expanded service model, Broward UP.
20 RESOURCE & THOUGHT PARTNERS
22 PROGRAM PARTNERS
12 MUNICIPAL PARTNERS
18 EMPLOYER PARTNERS
including those in progress
"Broward UP, to me, is so important, because it is an example for what we need to see across the country. Not only because it provides opportunities for the students that area in it, but it provides economic mobility for the participants and the community. This is community development at its best." - Miguel Cardona, U.S. Secretary of Education
"Knowing that we have a community partner that is there for our employees and our community has been priceless. Our partners at Broward UP know our community and assists us in identifying programming that is needed." - Sean Henderson, Director, City of Lauderhill Community Redevelopment Association
"[We] recommend policymakers incorporate the Broward UP framework as a model for the rest of the state [of Florida]." - Florida TaxWatch
"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.
"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.
"Broward College students seem to retain the trainings provided and have an aptitude for the job requirements allowing them to excel within our organization." - Ryan Van Portfleet, District Manager, Fastenal
"I was immediately convinced of the mission of Broward UP – providing proximity and ease of access so that everyone has the opportunity to realize their unlimited potential. All of our Broward County residents should have affordable access to degree and certification programs regardless of your proximity to a Broward College campus of the ZIP code in which you live." - Jarett Levan, President and CEO, BBX Capital
"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.
"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
Broward UP received the 2022 National Council for Workforce Education (NCWE) Exemplary Innovative Workforce Programming Award. This award was given to Broward UP for its efficacy in disrupting the traditional model of higher education and changing the narrative on poverty and mobility by creating access to noncredit workforce education and good jobs.
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 PSA Video
Broward UP - Achieve your Unlimited Potential
Press Releases
New Broward College @ YMCA Brings Job Training and More to a Broward UP™ Community
City of Lauderhill’s Sean Henderson Fosters Community Synergy with Broward UP™
Keeping the Promise: For Broward College Student Kayla Wright, Education is a Way to Pay It Forward
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
The City of Fort Lauderdale Celebrates New Post-Secondary Education Opportunities Under Broward UP
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
The Observer
Unlimited Potential: Uplifting the Community with President Haile
Blogs
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
Community College Daily Six ZIP Codes, Endless Impact
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
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, but 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 the opportunity to so many within our community.
