A college focused on maximizing access to world-class education.

At a glance

Leadership & governance

Tade Oyerinde

Chancellor

Tade Oyerinde is an education entrepreneur with over 10 years of experience using technology to solve a variety of challenges in the higher education system. Prior to founding Campus, he created and founded Campuswire, a leading online learning platform used by students and professors from over 300 active universities. He was named Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2021 as one of the most influential education entrepreneurs in the country. Before starting his first company, Gleepost Labs, Oyerinde studied Aerospace Engineering at the University of Leeds in the UK and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida.

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Michael Zimmerman

President

Michael Zimmerman has spent his entire career with Campus, formerly MTI College, and was appointed president at the age of 28. He holds a B.A. in Business Economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Beyond his career at Campus, he has served as a commissioner for the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, as vice chair of the Golden Sierra Workforce Development Board, and as president of the California Association of Private Postsecondary Schools.

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Dr. Arthur Levine

President Emeritus, Teacher’s College, Columbia University

Dr. Arthur Levine is a distinguished scholar with New York University’s Steinhardt Institute for Higher Education Policy. He served as President of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and before that, he served as President and Professor of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Dr. Levine received his bachelor’s degree from Brandeis University and his Ph.D. from State University of New York at Buffalo. He was previously the Chair of the Higher Education program and Chair of the Institute for Educational Management at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has served as consultant to more than 250 colleges and universities across the United States.

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Dr. Eduardo Padrón

President Emeritus, Miami Dade College

Dr. Eduardo Padrón has been serving as President of Miami Dade College since 1995. Though he leads one of the largest degree-granting institutions of higher education in America, Dr. Padrón is an economist by training, having earned his Ph.D. from the University of Florida. Since arriving in the United States as a refugee at the age of 15, he has grown to become a widely recognized educational leader in the world. He has been selected to serve on posts by five U.S. presidents and, in 2016, former President Barack Obama awarded him the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, for his years of work in maximizing access and inclusivity in higher education.

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Dr. Gail O Mellow

Fmr. President, LaGuardia Community College

Dr. Gail O. Mellow served as President of LaGuardia Community College in Queens, an institution with degree, certificate, and continuing education programs that educate more than 50,000 New York residents every year. With almost 20 years of service, she oversaw the powerful partnership between LaGuardia and Goldman Sachs in which the 10,000 Small Businesses in New York program was launched, helping local entrepreneurs grow. Dr. Mellow graduated from community college herself and earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from George Washington University. She is an acclaimed expert on the history, development, and future of the American community college and co-authored Minding the Dream: The Process and Practice of the American Community College and Taking College Teaching Seriously: Pedagogy Matters!

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Dr. Joe May

Chancellor Emeritus, Dallas College

Dr. Joe May served eight years as Chancellor of Dallas College (formerly known as Dallas County Community College). Under his leadership, Dallas College restructured and unified seven different community colleges into a single institution to better serve the 150,000 students across Dallas and North Texas. He earned a Master of Education from Stephen F. Austin State University and a Doctorate in Education from Texas A&M University-Commerce. He previously served as President of the Louisiana Community and Technical College system, President of the Colorado Community College System, and President of Pueblo Community College. In April 2022 he joined Educate Texas as Chancellor in Residence and is currently the founding president of Rebuilding America's Middle Class. Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, Dr. May's work includes encouraging the U.S. Congress to reinstate year-round Pell Grants and second-chance Pell Grants for those who are currently incarcerated.

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Dr. John Wilson

Fmr. President, Morehouse College

Dr. John Wilson has over 35 years of experience in academia, from serving as Senior Advisor and Strategist to the President of Harvard University to serving as President of his alma mater Morehouse college. His impressive strides in higher education also include serving as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities under former President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013 and being the former senior administrator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He’s currently writing a book on the future of higher education with particular reference to HBCUs. Dr. Wilson holds an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, a Master of Education and Doctor of Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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Ralph Wolff

Fmr. President, WASC Senior College and University Commission

Ralph Wolff serves as Board Secretary. He is the Founder and former President of The Quality Assurance Commons, a nonprofit that aims to ensure all postsecondary learners are prepared for the ever changing world of work, and previously served as the President of the WASC Senior College and University Commission from 1996 to 2013. He’s an active member of the University Quality Assurance International Board in Dubai, a member of the Board of Trustees of the United States International University Africa in Nairobi and Palo Alto University, and on the National Advisory Boards of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment and for the Lumina Foundation on the Degree Qualifications Profile. Dr. Wolff received his JD with honors from George Washington University and is a member of the Washington, DC bar.

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Accreditation

Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges

Campus is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, 428 J Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814, (415) 506-0234, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. Additional information about accreditation, including the filing of complaints against member institutions, can be found at: www.accjc.org.

2023 Campus Midterm Report

2019 Campus Re-Accreditation

Why does accreditation matter?

Vision

We’re inspired by the efforts of those seeking to increase completion rates for community college students. We find the CUNY ASAP program and its efforts to address how systemic barriers and unique personal responsibilities may hinder many students completing their degree especially compelling.

At Campus, we envision a space where students’ multitude of needs are met so that they may find their own success within any higher education program they take on.

Many have tried to make big impact in this space and we are inspired by their efforts. We believe that if we can do the above, consistently and at scale, we will be able to massively increase class mobility in our country.

Funding

To advance our mission of maximizing access to a world-class education, we’ve partnered with a small, curated group of entrepreneurs and investors. We’ve been highly deliberate selecting investment partners who are more motivated to see a positive impact in the world than solely results to their bottom line. The majority of the capital we have raised have come from highly successful entrepreneurs who are choosing to use their personal resources to enact change.

Jason Citron

Investor

Jason Citron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Discord, one of the largest social networking platforms with over 150 million active users. Jason pivoted from game development in 2015 and launched Discord with the goal of bringing players together around the games they love. Before Discord, Jason was the founder and CEO of OpenFeint, the biggest social mobile gaming platform.

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Sam Altman

Investor

Sam Altman is the Co-Founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam was previously the Chairman of Y Combinator, the leading Silicon Valley startup accelerator.

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Bloomberg Beta

Investor

Bloomberg Beta is a firm backed by Bloomberg L.P. focused broadly on the future of work. Bloomberg primarily invests in companies that bring different worlds together, and in the case of Campus, technology and education, and the preparation of students to enter the workforce.

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Rethink Education

Investor

Rethink has a mission to unlock the full human potential of people who have been marginalized or underserved by investing in impactful education technology companies. The investments in higher education are focused on making post-secondary pathways more accessible and outcomes-oriented. They focus on companies that can have a transformative effect on calcified institutions, communities, and value systems.

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Lachy Groom

Investor

Lachy is an active technology investor. Previously, he ran Stripe Issuing and led payments, product, and partnership teams.

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Reach Capital

Investor

Reach funds people and ideas that empower humans across their lifetimes. And there is no better way than through increasing access to education and economic opportunity.

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Precursor Ventures

Investor

Precursor Ventures was founded with one simple premise: that all entrepreneurs, regardless of background, benefit from having partners to help them scale and grow their company from the very beginning. Their approach is notable for the high standards in terms of the diversity of founders they back and support.

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Dylan Field

Investor

Dylan Field is the CEO & Co-Founder of Figma, a design and prototyping platform for teams who build products together.

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Founders Fund

Investor

Founders Fund invests in ambitious founders solving difficult problems that matter for the future of the world.

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Doug Scott

Investor

Doug Scott has been a technology entrepreneur since the early days of the internet. He continues to be inspired by the internet's capacity to transform how we live and work, and is optimistic about the internet's potential to transform how we learn.

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Betaworks Ventures

Investor

Betaworks invests in surprising new consumer behaviors and trends powered by frontier technologies. They've backed more than 150 companies; some that you may have heard of include Giphy, Gimlet Media, Medium, Kickstarter, and Tumblr.

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Spacecadet Ventures

Investor

Spacecadet Ventures invests in founders whose passion and ambition is limitless.

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Scribble Ventures

Investor

Scribble Ventures invests in ambitious ventures lead by visionary founders at the earliest stage in their journey.

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AirAngels

Investor

AirAngels invests in transformational 21st century companies powered by a group of Airbnb alumni.

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