Toolkit 1 – How to Build Student-to-Student Networks

This toolkit provides practical guidance for designing and implementing peer-led, student-to-student college networking initiatives. It offers guidance on developing student ambassador programs and coordinating high school alumni engagement to connect current students with recent graduates navigating college.

By formalizing student knowledge-sharing structures, the toolkit helps schools extend college-going support beyond traditional advising models and strengthen student-led networks of information and mentorship.

Additionally, we encourage practitioners to support student-led initiatives whenever possible. Students often connect most authentically when they are leading conversations.

This is the first of three toolkits in IDRA’s Community-based College Access – Online Technical Assistance Toolkit.