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Institute #3

Connection to College and Connection to Programs: The Role of the Institution and Community Stakeholders

Birmingham, AL
February 8–10, 2023

Agenda

Institute #3 Agenda

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Orientation

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Advance Work

Pre-work

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Conducting the Skills Builder Analysis Homework Assignment

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Pre-Institute Data Exercises

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Presentations & Materials

Building Resilient Rural Communities: Skills, Entrepreneurship, & Data-informed Strategies

Alexandria M. Wright, Senior Research Associate, WestEd Center for Economic Mobility

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Building Successful K–12 to Community College Pathways in a Rural Community

David Drury, Retired Vice President of Instruction, Imperial Valley College

Victor Torres, Associate Dean of Workforce Development and Non-Traditional Instruction and Interim Vice President of Student Services and Equity, Imperial Valley College

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Four C’s: Creating a College-Going Culture in Central Texas 

DeDe Griffith, Vice President of Workforce Development, Temple College

Denise Monzingo, Superintendent of Rockdale High School 

Billie Logiudice, External Relations/HSI STEM Advisor, Temple College 

Evelyn Waiwaiole, Vice President of External Relations and Development, Temple College

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The Evolution of a Successful Cross-Sector Partnership

Kate Mahar, Associate Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives, Shasta College, and Executive Director of SCAILE

Dakota Pawlicki, Director, Talent Hubs, CivicLab

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The Partnership Imperative: Community Colleges, Employers, and America’s Chronic Skills Gap

Joseph Fuller, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School

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A Second Look at the Program Enrollment Data

Hana Lahr, Senior Research Associate, Community College Research Center

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Revisiting the Why: Shifting the Enrollment Management Conversation to the Financial and Human Return on Guided Pathways Investments

Rob Johnstone, Founder and President, NCII

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