The Emerging Role of Community and Technical Colleges in a National Learning Economy Gregory Haley, Director, Strategic Communications, ACT Foundation
What Does It Take to Be a Successful Department Chair? Jim Hammons, Professor, Higher Education, University of Arkansas
A Matter of Degrees: Practices to Pathways Evelyn N. Waiwaiole, Director, Center for Community College Student Engagement, The University of Texas at Austin; Ruth Dalrymple, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Partnerships, Alamo Colleges
Making the Connection Between Academic Success and Student Mental Health Needs Kevin Kuntz, Counselor and Assistant Professor; David Nardecchia, Counselor and Assistant Professor; Samantha Posey, Counselor and Assistant Professor, Cuyahoga Community College
Helping Students Develop Their Psychosocial and Academic Skills Steve Piscitelli, Professor, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Florida State College at Jacksonville
Student Retention Rates and Effective Student Engagement Dr. Steve Perry, Education Contributor, CNN and MSNBC; Columnist, Essence Magazine; Best-Selling Author; and Host, Save My Son
Perceptions Meet Reality: Community Colleges and the Underprepared Student Many in the field acknowledge that developmental education is broken. As a result, the field is currently in flux regarding processes and working with underprepared students: assessment, placement, curriculum, instruction, delivery of developmental education, and more. Join us to discuss findings from the [...]
Teaching and How to Improve It: Creating Learning Opportunities in the Classroom Dr. James W. Stigler, Professor, Psychology, and Associate Dean, Social Sciences, UCLA
STEM Workforce Development in Community Colleges Targeting African American and Hispanic Students Tina Jackson, Program Coordinator, Charles A. Dana Center for Science and Mathematics Education, The University of Texas at Austin; Bryan A. Brown, Associate Professor, Science Education, and Director, Gateway to Science Careers Program, Stanford University; Carmen De Las Mercedez; Ph.D. Student and Coordinator, [...]
Joining Forces: How Student Success Centers are Accelerating Statewide Community College Improvement Efforts Lara Couturier, Program Director, Postsecondary State Policy, Jobs for the Future; Angela Oriano, Executive Director, Texas Success Center, Texas Association of Community Colleges
