Episode 21: Top Global Tech Executives on Community Colleges as Hotbeds of Talent Development

In the Know with ACCT

English - December 25, 2018 13:00 - 1 hour - 85.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Previous Episode: Episode 20: Sara Goldrick-Rab: The Heart of a Community College Movement

Next Episode: Episode 22: Philanthropy + Corporations + Community Colleges

Top global tech firm executives from Cisco, IBM and Lenovo discuss the critical and accelerating role community colleges are playing to support workforce needs. Today's technology field is faced with hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions—and the number is growing as talent needs outpace available skilled employees. Wake Technical Community College Trustee Tom Looney facilitates a conversation among three top technology sector executives: Lenovo Data Center Group Vice President for Development and Quality Beverly Crair; IBM Vice President for Education Grace Suh; and Cisco RTP Site Executive and Vice President of Trustworthy Systems Engineering Ed Paradise.

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