About the Academy
Partnerships
Organisations that bring their strengths into the building — and take our students out of it.
Since 1997
The Ithaca College–FDA Partnership
Established in 1997, the Ithaca College-Frederick Douglass Academy (FDA) Partnership is a collaboration between the College and FDA, a public middle/high school in New York City's Harlem community. This partnership emphasizes collaboration on four major goals: To use the unique strengths and resources of each institution to enhance the learning environment of both and to help support one another's goals:
- To foster a deeper understanding of the issues facing Black and Latino students by encouraging students and faculty from both institutions to cross cultural, social, and economic boundaries to work together
- To have Ithaca College serve as a consistent college “presence” for FDA students and faculty and find practical ways to help students with their stated goal of acceptance to college
- To provide Ithaca College teacher candidates with hands-on experiences that encourage urban education teaching.
Community Partners
