National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Launches New Pilot with Epixego – PR.com

Cary,
NC,
January
15,
2025
–(PR.com)– The
National
Association
for
Community
College
Entrepreneurship
(NACCE),
North
America’s
leading
advocate
for
entrepreneurship
education
and
programming
for
community
and
technical
colleges,
has
announced
a
new
partnership
and
pilot
program
with
Epixego,
a
National
Science
Foundation-winner.
Epixego
is
a
mentoring
solution
software
that
helps
expand
student
access
to
peer-to-peer
mentoring
in
the
classroom.

“We
are
happy
to
announce
this
exciting
new
alliance,”
said
NACCE
President
and
CEO
Rebecca
Corbin.
“Epixego
focuses
on
mentorship
and
experiential
learning
applications
that
faculty
can
use
to
encourage
student
engagement
and
ultimately
improve
completion
rates,
transfer
pathways,
and
help
create
successful
entrepreneurs.”

Combining
Technology
with
Human
Connection
By
combining
Epixego’s
AI-powered
mentoring
and
experiential
learning
technology
with
human
connection,
the
pilot
aims
to
help
faculty
boost
engagement
and
entrepreneurial
skills.
For
NACCE
member
colleges
it
will
integrate:


Near-peer
mentoring

Competency-based
learning

Asset-based
self-reflection

Social
capital
development

This
approach
cultivates
crucial
social
capital
skills
through
mentorship
in
the
classroom,
giving
students
agency
and
self-efficacy
for
career-connected
learning.

The
technology
creates
comprehensive
learning
journey
profiles
to
generate
personalized
recommendations
for
mentors
and
experiential
learning
to
propel
career
guidance
and
academic
navigation.
It
also
addresses
the
critical
shortage
of
counseling
resources
in
public
colleges,
where
student-to-counselor
ratios
can
reach
1:1,800.
Epixego
aims
to
expand
the
toolkits
of
each
faculty
member’s
learning
strategies
to
enhance
classroom
learning.

Transforming
Student
Engagement
“NACCE’s
partnership
with
Epixego
represents
a
powerful
synergy
in
our
mission
to
uplift
communities
through
entrepreneurship
and
innovation,”
said
Anita
Balaraman,
founder
of
Epixego
and
an
adjunct
professor
at
the
University
of
California,
Berkeley.
“By
leveraging
Epixego’s
NSF-funded
mentoring
solution,
we
can
dramatically
expand
access
to
critical
guidance
for
all
students,
particularly
those
in
community
colleges.

“The
collaboration
has
the
potential
to
cultivate
successful
entrepreneurs
and
professionals.
NACCE’s
network
of
nearly
400
community
and
technical
colleges,
serving
over
3.3
million
students,
provides
the
ideal
platform
to
scale
this
innovative,
cost-effective
mentoring
approach.
Together,
we’re
not
just
enhancing
education,
we’re
empowering
the
next
generation
of
innovators
and
leaders
across
America.”

About
NACCE
NACCE
is
an
organization
of
educators,
administrators,
presidents,
and
entrepreneurs
focused
on
igniting
entrepreneurship
in
their
communities
and
on
their
campuses.
NACCE
has
two
main
goals:
to
empower
college
leaders
to
approach
the
business
of
running
a
community
college
with
an
entrepreneurial
mindset;
and
to
grow
the
community
college’s
role
in
supporting
job
creation
and
entrepreneurs
in
their
local
ecosystem.
Visit:

www.nacce.com
.

About
Epixego
Epixego
is
a
software
mentoring
technology
aimed
at
improving
student
engagement
and
success
through
peer
mentoring
in
the
classroom.
Today,
almost
80
percent
of
undergraduate
students
reported
changing
their
college
major
within
the
first
couple
of
years
because
they
are
unclear
if
they
still
like
the
major,
and/or
if
they
can
secure
a
career
that
they
will
enjoy.
About
two-thirds
of
millennials
reported
that
they
were
not
engaged
at
work
and
were
seeking
to
change
careers
not
just
jobs.
Epixego
aims
to
bridge
the
gap
between
academic
learning
and
career
readiness,
potentially
transforming
how
students
engage
with
their
educational
journey
and
future
occupational
identifies.
For
more
information
about
Epixego,

visit
epixego.com.