Community College Voice Podcast, Season 9, Episode 8: Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won’t Matter
Community College Voice Podcast
Release Date: 02/19/2025
Meeting the Needs of a Remote, Rural Community
Community College Voice Podcast
Bay Mills Community College President Duane Bedell discusses the unique challenges and joys of leading a tribal college in remote and rural Michigan.
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Moving a Community College Forward
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Jim Jacobs is an educator, researcher, president and radical. That's also part of the title of his new book, “Moving a Community College Forward: My Story as an Educator, Researcher, President, and Radical,” which is part autobiography/part history of the community college movement. In this episode of CC Voice, Jacobs discusses his long career at Macomb Community College in Michigan, where he started in 1967 as a part-time instructor and activist, and retired as its president in 2017. He's also one of the nation's foremost researchers and practitioners in workforce development at community...
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Leading During Times of Upheaval
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The ICE surge in Minnesota early this year created tension and unrest for many. Minneapolis College President Sharon Pierce and North Hennepin Community College President Rolando Garcia discuss how their colleges – and their students, staff, and faculty – were affected by community upheaval, how they responded, and what they learned.
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Investing in Workforce Education at Onondaga Community College
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New York’s Onondaga Community College (OCC) is making strategic investments in workforce programming to serve its growing community. OCC President Warren Hilton discusses advancements at the college, building and strengthening partnerships with industry, overcoming growing pains, and how the college remains true to one of its core values of putting students first.
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Linn-Benton Community College's Civil Discourse Program
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Lisa Avery, president of Linn-Benton Community College, talks about the college’s unique Civil Discourse Program. The mission of the program is to promote dialogue that enhances understanding among individuals with diverse viewpoints in an open and respectful environment.
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Supporting Community College Nursing Students, In and Out of the Classroom
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Community college nursing programs are vital to closing the healthcare workforce gap. Dr. Jennifer Fritzges, the chair of the Allied Health Department at Carroll Community College, explains how her college ensures its nursing program retains top-notch faculty and that nursing students are supported in and out of the classroom.
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Using a New Data Model to Tell a More Complete Story
Community College Voice Podcast
Community College Voice Podcast Season 10, Episode 7. Dr. Kevin Walthers is the superintendent/president of Allan Hancock College in California. Using the model from the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond’s Dr. Walthers shared the data publicly and illustrates how it tells a more complete story about his students.
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Navigating Challenges & Creating Opportunities at Los Angeles Community College District
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In this episode, we talk about navigating challenges & creating opportunities with the chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), Dr. Alberto J. Román.
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The Lowe's Foundation Announces Gable Grants Third Cohort
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The announced 12 new Gable Grants for community and technical colleges to help solve America’s critical skilled trades worker shortage. The funding expands the foundation’s nationwide network of Gable Grants recipients to 60 organizations, each delivering scalable pathways into high-demand trades careers. We talk to the director of the Lowe's Foundation, Betsy Conway.
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NC Reconnect: Increasing Adult Learner Success via Professional Staff Training
Community College Voice Podcast
Many states have established educational attainment goals to align a skilled workforce with industry needs, mainly focusing on adults with some college experience but no degree, who often face challenges such as debt despite progressing toward completion. The NC Reconnect project, initiated four years ago with a small cohort of five colleges, has expanded to 20 community colleges across North Carolina, engaging over 42,000 learners and enrolling more than 2,500, resulting in a combined $2.9M return on investment in additional tuition revenue for the first term. This project has provided...
info_outlineIn this episode, we talk to Kathleen deLaski, the author of the new book Who Needs College Anymore? Imagining a Future Where Degrees Won’t Matter. Kathleen deLaski is the founder and board chair of Education Lab Design, which works with colleges to better align their institutions with the world of work.