1. TARGET 2020 SUMMIT SERIES
North Carolina, California, Florida | 2010 - 2012
REPORT
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2. Target 2020:
Introduction 1,195 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN THE
UNITED STATES have OVER 6.5 MILLION
students enrolled in accreditation programs.
THESE STUDENTS HIGHLIGHT the diversity
of the Millennial Generation (MINORITIES:
35% AND FEMALES: 60%).
46% OF UNDERGRADUATES ARE
why community ENROLLED AT COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
college students? To ensure that they can afford their education,
27% OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
ARE EMPLOYED FULL-TIME WHILE OVER
47% RECEIVE SOME KIND OF FINANCIAL
AID.
MORE THAN 1/3 OF ALL COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE THE first in their
family to attend college. 2

3. Target 2020 NC: Participant Data
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4. Target 2020 NC: Participant Demographics
Education Gender Ethnicity
60
OTHER 5% AFRICAN
50 AMERICAN
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE - FULL… 68% ASIAN
COMMUNITY 40
COLLEGE - PART… 2% LATINO/A
PREVIOUSLY 30 PACIFIC
ATTENDED 4… 7% 51 ISLANDER
48
HIGH SCHOOL 20 WHITE
DIPLOMA - GED 1%
HIGH SCHOOL 10 MIXED
GRADUATE 0% ETHNICITY
OTHER
IN HIGH SCHOOL 6% 0
DECLINED
TO STATE
0% 20%40%60%80%
Age
50% 20% 29% 16% 12%
6% 10% 3% 3%
0%
18 TO 19 20 TO 22 23 TO 25 26 TO 27 28 TO 30 31 TO 34 35 TO 40 OVER 40
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5. Target 2020 NC: Partners
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6. Target 2020 NC: Themes
challenges LACK OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR
tuition, housing, textbooks, healthcare, and childcare services
to community
college completion
INSTITUTION OF NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR transferring
role of government
credits and consistent policies THROUGH THE STATE
in ensuring community COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
college completion
role of academic institutions improved academic advising process THAT INCLUDES PEER
MENTORSHIP AND COUNSELING
in ensuring community
college completion
role of Millennial students involvement with SGA or a campus group AND PERSONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR your own academic success
in ensuring community
college completion
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7. Target 2020 NC: Winners
peer pairing
STUDENT-LED EFFORT TO SUPPORT FIRST-YEAR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH MENTORING
AND ADVISEMENT
the lounge
ONLINE NEWSPAPER
FOR STUDENTS TO
LEARN ABOUT LOCAL
EVENTS AND ISSUES
the goal program RELEVANT TO
ONLINE JOURNAL TO TRACK EDUCATIONAL GOALS STUDENTS
early college high
school
COMMUNITY-BUILDING ACTIVITIES TO
BRIDGE COLLEGE COMMUNITY WITH HIGH
SCHOOL PROGRAM
a walk for success
STUDENT ACTIVITY AND CLUB FAIR TO ENGAGE
STUDENTS IN WAYS TO BECOME MORE INVOLVED ON
THEIR CAMPUS 7

8. Target 2020 NC: Project Spotlight
title PEER PAIRING
college CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PEER PAIRING MATCHES 2ND YEAR STUDENTS WITH 1ST
YEAR STUDENTS DURING THE FALL SEMESTER TO PROVIDE:
• SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ENCOURAGEMENT
• STRATEGIES FOR ADAPTING TO A NEW ACADEMIC
description ENVIRONMENT
• COACHING ON EFFECTIVE STUDY SKILLS
• AN INSIDE TRACK ON HELPFUL COLLEGE SUPPORT
SERVICES
• TIPS RELATED TO COLLEGE POLICIES, TIMELINES AND
• DEADLINES + MENTEES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED
18 MENTORS
accomplishments • AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE POSITIVE FRIENDSHIPS ON
PILOT PROGRAM
• CAMPUS
PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS TO
INSTITUTIONALIZE PROGRAM
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9. Target 2020 NC: Participant Testimonials
kellyhenley }
WHAT I GOT
}
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
HERE [AT THE
SUMMIT] IS THE
I’M A LATE STUDENT, I’M COMING OPPORTUNITY
TO SCHOOL AT ALMOST 30 YEARS TO MEET AND
LOT OF GREAT AND WONDERFUL
OLD AND THIS HAS BEEN THE NETWORK WITHHAVE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME. I A
POSITIVE AND INNOVATIVE
WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH IDEAS. I AM ALSO GOING TO
OTHER STUDENTS THAT I COME IN TAKE BACK WITH ME A LOT OF
CONTACT DIFFERENCE, THE
WITH AND AND GREAT IDEAS, NOT ONLY THAT
I HAVEN’T YET
STUDENTS THATWANT TO MAKE AFFECT MY CAMPUS, BUT THAT
AN IMPACT AND
DECIDED ON COLLEGE. I WANT TO AFFECT CAMPUSES ACROSS THE
~
EMPOWER THOSE
MAKE A DIFFERENCE STATE. I WANT TO WORK TO
WHO HAVE A EMPOWER OTHERS TO COME UP
~
DREAM. WITH REASONABLE AND SOLID
SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT THESE
BARRIERS little
nicholas THAT OUR
GENERATION FACES NOW AND
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY
OTHER GENERATIONS WILL FACE
COLLEGE
IN THE FUTURE.
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10. Target 2020 CA: Participant Data
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11. Target 2020 CA: Participant Demographics
Education Gender Ethnicity
60
OTHER 3% AFRICAN
50 AMERICAN
COMMUNITY ASIAN
COLLEGE - FULL TIME 66%
40
LATINO/A
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE - PART TIME 16% 30 PACIFIC
PREVIOUSLY 48 ISLANDER
ATTENDED 4 YEAR… 2% 20 39 WHITE
HIGH SCHOOL
DIPLOMA - GED 1% 10 MIXED
ETHNICITY
HIGH SCHOOL OTHER
GRADUATE 0% 0
DECLINED
IN HIGH SCHOOL 1% TO STATE
Age
50% 22% 36%
16% 3% 5% 5% 0% 1%
0%
18 TO 19 20 TO 22 23 TO 25 26 TO 27 28 TO 30 31 TO 34 35 TO 40 OVER 40
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12. Target 2020 CA: Partners
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13. Target 2020 CA: Themes
challenges FINANCIAL BARRIERS AND lack of awareness of campus resources
INCLUDINGFINANCIAL AID AND CHILDCARE SERVICES
to community
college completion
role of government GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS NEED TO prioritize education AND
RECOGNIZE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND STUDENTS
in ensuring community
college completion
role of academic institutions INSTITUTIONS NEED to stand for the “whole” student
body, INCLUDING AB 540 STUDENTS AND provide mandatory
in ensuring community workshops for educators AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
college completion THEIR SKILL SETS
role of Millennial students student-led peer mentoring programs WITH TRAINING ON
FINANCIAL AID, EDUCATION PLANNING, AND OUTREACH TO
in ensuring community HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
college completion
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14. Target 2020 CA: Winners
institutional aid for undocumented
students RESOURCE CENTER FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
CREATES A CAMPUS
THAT INCLUDES COMPUTER ACCESS, FREE PRINTING, USED
BOOKS, COUNSELING SERVICES, PEER TUTORING, AND A NETWORK OF AB
supporting student voices
540 STUDENTS virtual tutoring for skyline
OFFERS COMPLETE VIDEO AND EDITING seed investment winner
SUPPORT FOR STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ON
collegeTUTORING WITH EXTENDED HOURS
FREE VIRTUAL
CAMPUS AND CREATES FILMS TO INCREASE TO ACCOMMODATE STUDENT SCHEDULES AND THE
AWARENESS ABOUT COMMUNITY COLLEGE NEED FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT
E4FC outreach team
STUDENT ISSUES
¡fuerte!
FORMATION OF OUTREACH TEAM LED BY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENT-LED ORIENTATIONS FOR
STUDENTS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE ACADEMIC
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDOCUMENTED
LEARN ABOUT THEIR OPTIONS TO
transition from foster care to
STUDENTS
ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE
college
A MENTORSHIP/COUNSELING PROGRAM THAT HELPS FOSTER AND HOST ON CAMPUS WORK
CARE CHILDREN PROPERLY TRANSITION INTO COLLEGE LIFE
project unity
SHOPS
OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT
robyn hood project INCREASES AWARENESS OF
ADDRESS HIGHER EDUCATION FUNDING
AFRICAN AMERICAN AND LATINO
DEFICIT THROUGH TRAINING AND ORGANIZING
OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT SUCCESS CULTURES TO CREATE A MORE
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POLICIES WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR

15. Target 2020 CA: Project Spotlight
title E4FC OUTREACH TEAM
organization EDUCATORS FOR FAIR CONSIDERATION (E4FC)
E4FC OUTREACH TEAM IS A GROUP OF UNDOCUMENTED
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKING TO:
• DEVELOP THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CREATE A NETWORK
OF SUPPORTIVE, MOTIVATED COLLEGE STUDENTS
• MAKE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT CHALLENGES AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS
• BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS UNDOCUMENTED
description STUDENTS
• INCREASE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, CIVIC
ENGAGEMENT, TRANSFER RATES AND INTERNSHIP/RESEARCH
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS
• TRAINED A COHORT OF 11 OUTREACH AMBASSADORS
accomplishments • CONDUCTED 120 PRESENTATIONS IN THE PAST YEAR
• OUTREACHED TO OVER 20,000 PEOPLE IN THE SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND BEYOND
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16. Target 2020 CA: Participant Testimonials
jannetceja }
I THINK THE
}
HARTNELL COLLEGE
PROCESS HAS
BEEN ALMOST...
I FEEL VERY LIBERATING.
LUCKY, HONORED, AND BLESSED MOST TO EXPERIENCE THIS, AT
GET
TO ATTEND THIS CONFERENCE... STUDENTS I
LEAST HAVE NEVER
WE GOT TO MEET WITH 100 DON’T
EXPERIENCED THIS, WHERE NOT
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE ONLY IS YOUR VOTE LITERALLY
STUDENTS AND SHARE OUR COUNTED, BUT YOUR VOICE IS
STORIES AND REALIZE THAT EVEN HEARD AND JUST TO BE WITH
THOUGH THE DIFFERENT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
~
WE’RE HERE TO
COLLEGES HAVE DIFFERENT MAKE PROBABLY THE TOP 10% OF OUR
UPS, WE STILL MOBILIZE.
SHARE SOME OF AREAS THAT ARE MOTIVATED, IS
TOGETHER, WE’RE
THE SAME BASIC PROBLEMS. anaruthhernandez
REALLY NOT ONLY EMPOWERING
~
WE’RE STRUGGLING TO TO MAKE
HERE KEEP OUR DE ANZA COLLEGE
BUT LIKE I SAID, LIBERATING.
EDUCATIONS GOING. VOICES BE
OUR TOE MAKE
OUR VO. HEARD.
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17. Target 2020 FL: Participant Data
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18. Target 2020 FL: Participant Demographics
Education Gender Ethnicity
60
OTHER 0% AFRICAN
50 AMERICAN
CURRENTLY ASIAN
ATTAINING A 4YR 1% 40
DEGREE LATINO/A
PLAN ON
30
TRANSFERRING TO A 52% 53
PACIFIC
4YR COLLEGE OR… ISLANDER
PLAN ON GETTING 20 WHITE
2YR OR AA OR AS 11% 33
DEGREE MIXED
10
PROFESSIONAL/POST- ETHNICITY
SECONDARY 1% OTHER
CERTIFICATE 0
DECLINED
DIPLOMA 5% TO STATE
Age
46% 33%
50% 8% 2% 0% 1%
0%
18 TO 19 20 TO 22 23 TO 25 26 TO 27 28 TO 30 OVER 30
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19. Target 2020 FL: Partners
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20. Target 2020 FL: Themes
challenges LOST AT THE START OF COLLEGE BECAUSE OF lack of
advisement, orientation, and access to finances
to community
college completion
role of government lower tuition rates or lessen the fee structure WITH AN INCREASE IN
MONEY FOR EDUCATIONAL STUDENT AID
in ensuring community
college completion
role of academic institutions IMPROVEMENT OF student advising and training for faculty and staff
AND INCREASED FOCUS ON civics and service learning
in ensuring community
college completion
role of Millennial students SEEKING leadership positions in clubs and networks on campus, AND
NOT BEING AFRAID TO INVEST IN THE FUTURE
in ensuring community
college completion
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21. Target 2020 FL: Winners
h.i.y.a.!
high school community helping individual youth
achieve
seed investment winner
outreach STUDENT-LED SCHOOL STUDENTS
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROGRAM FOR UNDOCUMENTED HIGH
OUTREACH
A MENTORSHIP PROGRAM BETWEEN
TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL
EDUCATION OPTIONS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT INCLUDES SERVICE
students expediting effective college education PROJECTS
A CENTER WITH SPECIALIZED ASSISTANCE FOR TUTORING, ADVISEMENT, AND MORAL SUPPORT
(seece)
TO ADDRESS INADEQUATE ADVISING AND A LACK OF NETWORK TO SUPPORT STRUGGLING
STUDENTS
improving graduation rates mdc united
ADAPTING STUDENT LIFE SKILLS COURSES TO
seed investment winner
CREATE A SEQUENCE OF COURSES FOR
A COALITION OF CAMPUS LEADERS IN THE STUDENT
INCREASED COMPREHENSION AND STUDENT
GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION ACROSS ALL THE
breaking down the
SUCCESS
MIAMIDADE COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO INCREASE
barriers
A CAMPAIGN FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE WOMEN
TO ADDRESS GENDER-UNIQUE BARRIERS TO
COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION
COMPLETION INCLUDING UNPLANNED
parents for college
PREGNANCY
viewer’s choice award
CHILDCARE SERVICES DURING SCHOOL HOURS
FOR STUDENT PARENTS 21

22. Target 2020 FL: Project Spotlight
title PARENTS FOR COLLEGE
college MIAMIDADE COLLEGE, HIALEAH
PARENTS TO COLLEGE IS THE VIEWER’S CHOICE AWARD
WINNER PROJECT. THEIR PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON
INCREASING COMPLETION RATES FOR PARENTS BY:
description • DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIP WITH DAYCARE CENTER NEAR
CAMPUS
• OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS FOR CHILDCARE
SERVICES
• CREATING SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE
PARENTS
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23. Target 2020 FL: Participant Testimonials
nikolecabera
}
[ONE THING I
LEARNED
THE
AT
}
CONFERENCE
MIAMIDADE COLLEGE - KENDALL
WAS] PROBLEMS AS WE DO ON
SAME THAT
ONE THING I LEARNED TODAY WAS OTHER
OUR CAMPUS, SO WE THOUGHT
REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT WE CAMPUSES
THAT OUR IDEA WAS
~
HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A SHARE THE
UNIQUE, BUT IT WOULD ALSO
DIFFERENCE. A LOT OF THE TIME HELP OTHER CAMPUSES, NOT
AS A STUDENT, YOU CAN’T GET sonjaserrano
JUST OURS.
HEARD, YOUR VOICE ISN’T PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE – LAKE
HEARD, BUT SOMETIMES IT’S NOT
A WAY TO FIGHT WORTH
ABOUT STEPPING ON PEOPLE’S
THE POWER AND
TOES, BUT FIGURING OUT A WAY
GET YOUR VOICE
~
TO FI HEARD AND GET
YOUR POINT
ACROSS.
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24. Target 2020: Overall Themes
support services THE NEED FOR BETTER ACADEMIC, CAREER, AND “LIFE”
ADVISING AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
course sequence A CLEARER PATH TO COMPLETING REMEDIATION
COURSES, UNDERSTANDING OF TRANSFER OPTIONS AND
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
teaching techniques BETTER USE OF TECHNOLOGY AND INSTRUCTION
METHODS THAT RELATE TO THE MILLENNIAL GENERATION
financial aid NOT JUST REDUCTION OF TUITION AND INCREASE
IN AID OPPORTUNITIES, BUT ALSO BETTER ACCESS
TO INFORMATION ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS AND
FINANCIAL OPTIONS
pathways from high LACK OF PREPARATION IN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE
NEED TO CREATE A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE
school
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