In the Know with ACCT

Episode 29: Future Ready Workforce Pt. 2

This episode of In The Know features ACCT’s senior policy analyst, Allison Beer, Michael Carren, head of corporate social responsibility at Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Angie Kamath, Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce, City University of New York. This is part two of a conversation that features discussion surrounding the white paper ACCT partnered with Guardian on called Partnerships for a Future-Ready Workforce. The paper details how community colleges and businesses can f...

Episode 28: Future Ready Workforce Pt. 1

This episode of In The Know features ACCT’s senior policy analyst, Allison Beer, Michael Carren, head of corporate social responsibility at Guardian Life Insurance Company, and Angie Kamath, Dean of Continuing Education and Workforce, City University of New York. This conversation features discussion surrounding the white paper ACCT partnered with Guardian on called Partnerships for a Future-Ready Workforce. The paper details how community colleges and businesses can form strong partnership...

Episode 27: The Future Workplace Experience with Kevin Mulcahy

Future Workplace Partner Kevin Mulcahy coaches on leadership effectiveness at the Harvard Business School and is an adjunct faculty member at Babson College. This episode features Mulcahy's keynote address to the 2018 ACCT Leadership Congress in New York, New York. In his provocative speech, Kevin discusses the technological and social changes that are radically redesigning how work is done, how the best employees are found, and some of the things colleges (and other organizations) must do ...

Episode 2: Need to Know - NLS Part 2

Welcome back to Need To Know with ACCT, a spinoff of the popular In the Know with ACCT podcast, brought to you every Tuesday by the Association of Community College Trustees. These shorter podcasts feature bonus, or time-sensitive information and will be released on Thursdays. This episode features ACCT Director of Government Relations Jennifer Stiddard, and ACCT Vice President for Public Policy and External Relations Jee Hang Lee discussing the legislative priorities ahead of the Community...

Episode 26: Safeguarding Your College with Andre LeDuc

Episode 26 features Andre LeDuc, Chief Resilience Officer and Associate Vice President for Safety and Risk Services from the University of Oregon speaking with Noah Brown about what community college trustees and presidents need to know about Campus Security and Organizational Resiliency as it relates to violence on campus, natural disasters and other unforeseen issues on campus. This podcast is a good primer for the 2019 Governance Leadership Institute which will focus on Safeguarding Coll...

Episode 1: Need to Know - Community College National Legislative Summit Part 1

Welcome to Need To Know with ACCT, a spinoff of the popular In the Know with ACCT podcast, brought to you every Tuesday by the Association of Community College Trustees. These shorter podcasts feature bonus, or time-sensitive information and will be released on Thursdays. This episode features ACCT Director of Government Relations Jennifer Stiddard, and ACCT Vice President for Public Policy and External Relations Jee Hang Lee discussing how to prepare for the Community College National Legi...

Episode 25 Part 2: How Boards Support and Nurture Leadership

Q&A portion of the podcast.

Episode 24: How Boards Support and Nurture Leadership

Sponsored by Ascendium Education Philanthropy. The urgency attached to the board's role in selecting, supporting, and positioning their institution and new presidents to thrive and excel cannot be overstated. In 2016, more than 50% of the presidents of colleges that award associate degrees reported that they anticipated stepping down within the next five years, yet only 21% of these colleges report having a succession plan in place. This session, recorded live during the 49th Annual ACCT Lea...

Episode 23: Unleashing Leadership: How Boards can Empower 21st Century Leaders

Aspen Institute Vice President and College Excellence Program Founder and Executive Director Josh Wyner leads a discussion among four community college chief executives about what boards can and should do to get the most out of their institutions’ presidents. Panelists include Bunker Hill Community College President Pam Eddinger; Alamo College District Chancellor Mike Flores; Montgomery College President DeRionne Pollard; and Florida College System Chancellor Madeline M. Pumariega. Subscrib...

Episode 22: Philanthropy + Corporations + Community Colleges

ACCT President and CEO Noah Brown talks with Allan Golston, president of the United States Program at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Deanna Mulligan, president and CEO at The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America about leadership, philanthropy, and corporate partnerships with community colleges. This podcast was recorded at the Annual ACCT Leadership Congress in New York City. Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play ...

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

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 Deve...

Episode 20: Sara Goldrick-Rab: The Heart of a Community College Movement

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab has long championed community colleges and their students. The self-proclaimed “scholar-activist” has well known among higher education leaders for stubbornly refusing to let unmet basic student needs go unaddressed any longer, and for being the engine behind research into homelessness, hunger, mental illness and other issues that can affect academic progress and completion. In this podcast, Jacob Bray, David Conner and Indya Rogers from ACCT talk to Goldrick-Rab about ...

Episode 19: Addressing Students' Basic Needs: Homelessness and Hunger Among Community College Students

Sara Goldrick-Rab leads a discussion on the challenges of food and housing insecurity facing community college students and efforts to address those challenges. Presidents from three Texas community colleges discuss approaches from three different perspectives—a large urban district, a moderate-sized college in a borderland, and a rural college in the Panhandle. Panelists include: Sara Goldrick-Rab, Professor of Higher Education and Sociology at Temple University and Founder of the Wisconsin...

Episode 18: Tassels and Second Chances with Connie Hornbeck

In our season two premiere episode, ACCT speaks with Iowa Western Community College’s Connie Hornbeck about how her extraordinary upbringing in rural Iowa led her from a one-room schoolhouse and cornfields to taking the helm of a national education association. Hornbeck is the vice president of IWCC’s board of trustees, and current chair of the ACCT board of directors. She has pledged to focus on member engagement and extending opportunities to our incarcerated brothers and sisters throu...

Season 2 Next Week

Season 2 begins December 4, 2018 Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know

Episode 17: ACCT Leadership Congress New York 2018 Preview

In the final episode of ACCT's inaugural season, Christina, David, Indya and Justin discuss everything you need to know about the upcoming ACCT Leadership Congress. Whether you'll be joining us for the first time or the 20th, whether you're a trustee, a college president, a student, faculty, or professional board staff, this conversation is geared toward helping you get the most out of your time at the conference. Listen to the ultimate behind the curtain discussion from a group that has alm...

Episode 16: Not Just for Emergencies: Understanding the Value of Board Retreats

What's the real value of a board retreat? Are retreats in order just when a crisis arises at the college, when board members can't get along, or are they useful for keeping everything running well among a well-run board? In this episode, Jacob Bray sits down with Director of Educational Services Colleen Allen, former St. Petersburg College Trustee and former Chair of the ACCT Board of Directors Ken Burke, and former President of Lane Community College Mary Spilde to discuss what board retrea...

Episode 15: National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship with Rebecca Corbin

In this episode, ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown talks with the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship's Rebecca Corbin about the vital importance of innovative leadership and entrepreneurship at today's community colleges.  Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know

Episode 14: Higher Ed for Higher Standards with Matt Gandal

In this episode, ACCT President and CEO Noah Brown talks with Education Strategy Group’s Matt Gandal about efforts of community college trustees and presidents to embrace the higher standards many K-12 school systems have adopted and to implement strategies to increase college readiness and success. Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know

Episode 13: Debra Humphreys - The Societal Value of Higher Education (Part 2 of 2)

In this second part of our conversation with Lumina Foundation Vice President of Strategic Engagement Debra Humphreys, ACCT Vice President Jee Hang Lee, Director of Educational Services Colleen Allen, and Director of Strategic Communications David Conner go beyond quality assurance for a lively discussion about the societal value of higher education. From the comprehensive, well-rounded liberal arts educations of the past to the more recent focus on STEM to the even more recent development o...

Episode 12: Debra Humphreys - Quality Assurance & The Future of Accreditation (Part 1 of 2)

In this episode of In The Know, Lumina Foundation Vice President of Strategic Engagement Debra Humphreys sits down with ACCT Vice President Jee Hang Lee, Director of Educational Services Colleen Allen, and Director of Strategic Communications David Conner to discuss quality assurance and the future of accreditation--how to ensure that students are employable when they complete college. Humphreys discuses the vital role accrediting agencies play, but also emphasizes the roles of federal and s...

Episode 11: Single-Stop Services to Help Community College Students in Need

Our eleventh episode features a discussion between ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown and Sarah Crawford, national education director at Single Stop USA. Of the 12 million students enrolled in community college, half drop out. Many do so because of financial barriers. Completing school is not merely an educational achievement, but leads to better jobs and a more secure financial future. The unemployment rate for those with an associate degree is just over 4%. Early reports show that Singl...

Episode 10: Industry-recognized certifications for workforce development

In this episode, ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown speaks with National Coalition of Certification Centers (NC3) Executive Director Roger Tadajewski about how open-access institutions can forge strong industry partnerships in order to develop, implement and sustain industry-driven and industry-recognized, portable certifications that have strong validation and assessment standards in technical sectors. This podcast was recorded live during the 99th Annual American Association of Community...

Episode 9: Why trustees should care about accreditation

Listen to Margaret M. McMenamin and Richard Winn discuss the important role of trustees in the accreditation process.   Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know!

Episode 8: Phi Theta Kappa

Lynn Tincher-Ladner, president and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, and J. Noah Brown, president and CEO of ACCT, discuss PTK's 100th anniversary, exceptional community college students, and what we can expect from PTK in the future, including the presentation of the first-ever awards for technical college students, to be given out at the 2018 ACCT Leadership Congress in New York this October. PTK is the world’s largest and most prestigious honor society for open-access college students...

Episode 7: Applied Baccalaureate

More community colleges are adopting applied baccalaureate programs to meet workforce demands for highly specialized workers. In this episode, three community college leaders discuss how and why baccalaureate programs developed in their respective states, and how their students and communities are being served. This podcast was recorded during the 2018 Community College National Legislative Summit at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington, D.C. Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://...

Episode 6: #MeToo on Community College Campuses (Part 2)

In episode six, ACCT General Counsel Ira Shepard and his colleague Catherine Walters discuss what community college leaders need to know about gender bias in the workplace. This is part two of a two-part series featuring Ira and Catherine. We recognize that this is a sensitive topic, and we welcome your feedback and insights into how this historic movement impacts your college. Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2...

Episode 5: #MeToo on Community College Campuses (Part 1)

In episode five, ACCT General Counsel Ira Shepard and his colleague Catherine Walters discuss what community college leaders need to know about the #MeToo movement. This is part one of a two-part series featuring Ira and Catherine. We recognize that this is a sensitive topic, and we welcome your feedback and insights into how this historic movement impacts your college. Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL ...

Episode 4: Dr. Judith Eaton on Accreditation

How is American-style accreditation different from accreditation throughout the rest of the world, and why does that matter? In this podcast, Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) President Judith S. Eaton, speaks with ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown about the uniquely American higher-education accreditation process about the history, the present, and the future of accreditation within the community college sector. Brown and Eaton discuss:   Why do we use peer-review for a...

Episode 3: Tribal Colleges

American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) President Carrie Billy and Little Big Horn College President David Yarlott discuss tribal colleges—how they are unique and what they have in common with other community colleges—as well as other pressing issues, such as sourcing forward-thinking leaders and more. Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know!

Episode 2: The PROSPER Act

Members of the ACCT Public Policy team discuss what community college leaders should watch for in the Higher Education Act reauthorization process.  Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know!

Episode 1: The College Promise

ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown and Executive Director of the College Promise Campaign Martha Kanter discuss the state of Promise in America.  Subscribe on iPhone/iPad via iTunes https://apple.co/2w68ejq Subscribe on Android via Google Play http://bit.ly/2HJRKyL Tell us what you'd like to hear on In the Know!

ACCT Announcement Podcast