Compact

Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland

The Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland is an alliance between the Cleveland Mayor’s Office and Northeast Ohio area businesses, organizations, and educational institutions. The initiative aims to increase the number of Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students who graduate from CMSD high schools, enroll in college after high school and complete a postsecondary degree. The main goal of the Compact is to improve the educational outcomes of students from CMSD by focusing on measurable outcomes and proactive intervention. Hence, participating colleges and university members of the Compact will track CMSD students’ college readiness, access, and persistence. For more information, please visit its website, highereducationcompact.org or contact Ms. Valerie Raines, Chief Program Officer at the Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland.

Kent State University is a participating member of the Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland. At Kent State, the Access, Retention, Matriculation, and Success (ARMS) initiative was created to provide an institutional and collaborative approach to increasing college readiness, facilitating the transition from high school to college, and enhancing the chances of degree completion for CMSD graduates. ARMS involves the use of the Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Advocates Network, a staff-student partnership that involves regular check-ins to ensure academic success, intrusive and strategic advising, and other programming and activities designed specifically for CMSD students enrolled at Kent State. Along with DEI, many other units, divisions and colleges around the university, such as the President’s Office, Academic Affairs, and Enrollment Management, are assisting DEI with the ARMS initiative. For more information about the Compact ARMS initiative at Kent State, please contact Ms. Kaylan Baxter, (kbaxter7@kent.edu)

DEI Advocates

The goal for the Advocates Network is to pull the collective resources of University staff, students and others to form:

1) a network of interested parties to serve as advocates for students and 

2) to develop a database to track trends, issues, and needs for targeted students which in turn could inform program development and resource needs.

***We need interested University faculty and staff to serve as Advocates in the pilot phase of this initiative for fall 2012.***

The commitment is minimal and includes:

• Meet & Greet Reception

• Three contacts per semester with assigned students (contacts can be phone, e-mail, social media or face to face)

• Proving feedback and evaluative data on the Pilot
  

Please click here for more information and to sign up as an advocate: 
DEI Advocates Application