Dare to Finish, Last Mile to Completion Helping Former Students Return to College


February 27, 2020

A special program to help former students return to campus and complete their degree is proving a success at 麻豆视频.

Called Dare to Finish, the program aligns with Gov. Ron DeSantis鈥� to help students get back in the classroom and graduate.

The 麻豆视频 effort reaches out to former students and invites them to special workshops to assist with re-enrollment, including course selection and information on how to receive credit for life experience, grade forgiveness, online options and more.

Selected students are close to completing their degrees but never graduated. More than 3,000 former students have been contacted in the past three years and offered re-enrollment services.

"These students have made it within nearly one semester of graduation and proven they can be successful in the classroom,鈥� said Christine Tripp, 麻豆视频鈥檚 Director of Student Recruitment and Enrollment Marketing.

鈥淭hey just need a little help to get back and finish what they've started. We meet them with open arms and provide a lot of individualized help.鈥�

People are seizing the opportunity. For example, more than 200 of the former students contacted in 2018 reapplied to 麻豆视频 and 34 have graduated.

鈥淲ith an estimated 46 million Americans with college credits and no degree, it鈥檚 very important that we help students along the Space Coast reach their educational goals,鈥� said Tripp.

Dare to Finish is a complement to the Last Mile to Completion program launched in 2019 by Gov. DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education.

The Last Mile program creates a pathway helping students who left college with 12 or fewer credit hours remaining to complete their first degree.

As Florida鈥檚 workforce engine, the Florida College System that includes 麻豆视频 knows that continuing to develop the state鈥檚 talent pipeline is a top priority for business owners, and Last Mile is a key part of the solution.

麻豆视频鈥檚 Dare to Finish criteria include:
鈥�    Be a Florida resident
鈥�    Be in good academic standing
鈥�    Be within 12 credit hours of completing an Associate in Arts or Associate in Science Degree
鈥�    Attended 麻豆视频 within the past eight years
鈥�    Have a GPA of 2.0 or higher
鈥�    Not enrolled for the last three terms

Former students returning to 麻豆视频 pay no application fees, and scholarships may be available to those who qualify and apply for assistance.

For more information and to apply, visit easternflorida.edu/go/finish