What is the Circle of Champions Network?
​The Circle of Champions Network helps students identify the natural cheerleaders in their lives, bringing them in as Champions. The Network facilitates relationships between students and their champions, creating an environment where students feel a greater sense of support on their academic journeys.
First-gen students are surrounded by people who love them, but these individuals usually have no experience navigating academia. The Circle of Champions Network teaches Champions how to play a more active role in their student's journey, converting social capital into academic capital.
The Circle of Champions Network embraces a complete journey from college to career. Students receive help in achieving critical milestones along this complete pathway. Conversations between students and champions are contextualized around achievement of these milestones.
The Circle of Champions Network is constructed through partnerships with colleges, universities, and individual faculty. Students, faculty, college personnel, champions, and JourneyGPS staff populate and activate the Network.
Marginalized groups in higher education continue to experience academic equity gaps in comparison to upper-middle income White and Asian students. The Network's main goal is to close these chronic and worsening academic equity gaps across higher ed.