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Maria Aguilarwas 10 years old when men in a green Mustang pointed a gun at her father on the streets of Ciudad Juárez in Mexico. “I almost lost him,” she…
College myths often create perceived barriers to why students do not matriculate to a college or university. What is not being discussed is the face of higher education is changing; in that it is more accessible than ever before to meet the needs of a wide variety of learners. This is important knowledge for both students and educators, because we have to realize the way we discuss college needs to swiftly change as well.
FAFSA first!, a FutureMakers Coalition campaign aimed at informing Southwest Florida high school seniors and their parents about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is launching a social media…
Lumina grant supports first-year program in Glades County The Glades Education Foundation, a FutureMakers partner, recently reported a successful inaugural year of the AVID About Success program in Glades County….
A partnership was developed between the UnMaze.Me and FutureMakers Coalition to provide quality, current information to our SW Florida families and educators who need it the most. Weekly blog posts…
Amanda Sterk, M.Ed., doctoral candidate, is partnering with the FutureMakers Coalition to dedicate her weekly blog, Unmaze Me (Unmaze.me), to the Coalition partners and their networks in hopes of reaching…
Technical Colleges working toward positive perception and enrollment goals
As part of its overall goal to transform the workforce by increasing the number of Southwest Florida residents with degrees, certificates and other high-quality credentials by the year 2025, the FutureMakers Coalition is piloting a project to determine if coordinated exposure and collaboration could increase the positive perception of technical education in Lee County. The project also aims to make progress toward technical education enrollment goals throughout Southwest Florida.
$430.96 donation helps rural engineering students complete certificates and access jobs in Hendry County FORT MYERS, Fla. (Jan. 17, 2017) – Four-hundred dollars might not seem like a lot of…
Collier County’s workforce was Florida’s most diverse in the second quarter of last year, according to an FGCU report, but that’s not necessarily as stellar as it sounds. The Naples-Immokalee-Marco…
