Detroit Alumni Success Collective

BUILDING BRICK BY BRICK: SYstems that hold, care that lasts

Supporting Detroit students beyond high school through connection, data, and coordinated care.

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  • 25+

    Member Organizations

  • Monthly

    Convenings & Site Visits

  • Growing

    Cross-Sector Collaboration

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ABOUT DASC

Who We Are

DASC is a citywide network of practitioners, organizations, and partners dedicated to improving postsecondary success outcomes for Detroit students. Led by DCAN, DASC strengthens collaboration among youth-serving organizations, higher education institutions, and systems leaders to ensure Detroit students receive the support they need beyond high school graduation and throughout their postsecondary journey.

Our Vision

Youth served by DASC member organizations have the support and resources they need to complete a postsecondary degree or certificate and are economically empowered.

Our Values

  • COLLABORATION

    We share ideas, resources, and relationships to support a common goal and cultivate meaningful connections with youth and each other.

  • AUTHENTICITY

    We remain practitioner-led and rooted in authentic connections with youth and families. They are the foundation of our Collective.

  • Collaborative Responsibility

    We believe systems can change to support all young adults to persist through their postsecondary goals. We believe education and training creates economic empowerment.

Our Commitment To Equity

We work to close the completion gap for students who are underrepresented in all postsecondary pathways, particularly students who identify as Black, Latinx, Indigenous and/or of a historically marginalized community. Members listen deeply to the youth and families they serve and take responsibility for their voices being visitrhu in our collective learning and action. We center solutions offered by practitioners who have a shared identity or a cultural connection to youths’ lived experiences. All Detroit area postsecondary success providers who take responsibility for advancing equitable change are included in our work. We believe our work will create generational wealth and health for youth, families and communities.

“DASC's continued and primary role is as a collective of organizations across Detroit committed to supporting students not only in accessing college, but in persisting, graduating and transitioning successfully into careers and community leadership. What makes this work powerful is the collaboration across nonprofits, school partners, and postsecondary institutions that are all aligned around strengthening alumni success for Detroit students.”

DR. TIFFANY WILLIAMS
Senior Director, Detroit Alumni Success Collective

  • Connect & Learn

    Authentic peer-led learning spaces for alumni success providers.

  • Build & Elevate

    Collective advocacy and systems alignment across Detroit.

  • Strengthen Capacity

    Professional development, tools, and shared resources.