The American Association of Community Colleges and The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy are working with five community colleges in a three-year demonstration program to help improve student retention and success by addressing pregnancy planning, prevention, and healthy relationships. Unplanned pregnancy among young adults is at the root of a number of important public health and social challenges, including college dropout rates.
Each MIPCC grantee college is redesigning course curricula to include peer-to-peer service learning components. Courses include biology, business management, college success, communication, counseling, education, English, English for speakers of other languages, ethics, health, philosophy, political science, psychology, reading, science, social work, sociology, speech, statistics, and women’s history.
Using replicable course materials developed through the grant, service learning students build broader awareness and knowledge of pregnancy planning and family stability, and how these relate to all students' personal and postsecondary education goals.
MIPCC Grantee Colleges
- Chattahoochee Technical College, Marietta, Georgia
Project Director: Jodie Vangrov, Social Sciences Division Chair
- Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia
Project Director: Sean Brumfield, Executive Director, Atlanta Center for Civic Engagement and Service Learning
- Mesa Community College, Mesa, Arizona
Project Director: Duane Oakes, Faculty Director, Center for Service-Learning
- Montgomery College, Takoma Park, Maryland
Project Director: Jim Walters, Director of Student Life
- Palo Alto College, San Antonio, Texas
Project Director: Mike Flores, Vice President of Student Affairs
In the News
The MIPCC project is funded by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy and managed by AACC. To get the personal perspectives, watch videos featuring community college students and faculty talking about how unplanned pregnancy can affect academic, career, and life goals.
Questions? Contact Gail Robinson, AACC program director for service learning, at grobinson@aacc.nche.edu or 202/728-0200 ext. 254.