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The Future of Education Podcast a higher education podcast hosted by Tri-County Technical College President Dr. Galen DeHay and produced in partnership with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture. The Future of Education Podcast web banner background

A podcast on ideas shaping the future of higher education.

About This Podcast

Colleges and universities must be innovative in order to overcome the challenges facing post-secondary education. Welcome to The Future of Education, a podcast brought to you by Dr. Galen DeHay, President of Tri-County Technical College, and IdeaXChange, a community forum created by McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture. In this monthly series, we invite guests who are among some of the brightest minds running campuses today to discuss the biggest issues and opportunities facing higher education. Please join us for these insightful conversations and subscribe to The Future of Education on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you like to listen.

About Our Host

Pictured: Galen DeHay, President of TCTCDr. Galen DeHay is president of Tri-County Technical College. In his 23 years at the college, Dr. DeHay has served in a number of leadership roles, ranging from senior vice president to head of the science department. He also has spearheaded a number of programs that have won regional and state awards serving as model programs within the S.C. Technical College System, including the I-BEST and Michelin Manufacturing Scholars programs. TCTC boasts the highest student success, graduation, and transfer rates among two-year colleges in the state and ranks in the top one percent nationally for successful student transfers to four-year colleges and universities.

Dr. DeHay serves on a number of boards at the local, state, and national level and was among 40 leaders nationwide selected to participate in the Aspen Institute’s 2019-2020 Presidential Fellowship for Community College Excellence program. This highly selective leadership program is aimed at preparing the next generation of community college presidents to transform institutions to achieve higher and more equitable levels of student success both in college and in the labor market.

He has received multiple awards in recognition of his outstanding leadership, the most recent being the 2020 CEO of the Year award from the South Carolina Association of Technical College Commissioners.

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The Future of Education podcast episode 5

The Dual Enrollment Experience: Pathways to Academic Success

Last year, around 1.4 million high school students engaged in dual enrollment coursework. In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating world of dual enrollment — a rising higher education trend that’s reshaping the educational journey for high school students and the colleges that serve them. Our guest, Dr. Davis Jenkins, is a distinguished expert on dual enrollment. As a senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Community College Research Center (CCRC), Dr. Jenkins has a wealth of experience in dual enrollment programs. We hope you join us for this enlightening conversation on one of the approaches to higher education that is shaping our future.

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Community College Success Measurement: A New Approach

Community college students often have diverse backgrounds and goals. For this reason, it has always been a challenge to evaluate a community college’s success rate. In this episode of The Future of Education, Dr. Galen DeHay talks to Dr. Laura Ullrich, a senior regional economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, about the complex topic of measuring community college success. They discuss why the current metrics used by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) are inadequate for truly evaluating a community college’s impact and Dr. Ullrich reveals some new insights from a pilot study of community colleges that used a broader and more nuanced definition of success. This episode gives listeners a deeper understanding of how higher education institutions are measured, the current challenges community colleges face, and the exciting opportunities that may arise from the Federal Reserve evaluating community colleges with a new lens.

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Creating a Culture of Caring

Understanding a community’s needs starts with developing an understanding of the students who are attending the local community college. This requires elevating student voices to focus and drive reforms. In this episode, Dr. DeHay interviews Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart, President of Amarillo College in Texas. Dr. Lowery-Hart has transformed the systems and culture at Amarillo by centering them on one word: love. Join us for this uplifting and inspiring episode!

Higher Education podcast about providing access and success for diverse communities with Aspen Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Maria Harper Marinick.

Providing Access and Success for Diverse Communities

The demographics of many communities are shifting. As we emerge from the global pandemic, we are witnessing trend shifts in who is attending college and who is not. In this episode, Dr. DeHay discusses the role of community colleges in providing access for diverse communities. He is joined by Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick, a Senior Fellow for the College Excellence Program at The Aspen Institute and a Guided Pathways Coach for the Texas Success Center. Dr. Harper-Marinick served the Maricopa Community College District for almost 30 years in a variety of leadership roles, including as Chancellor for the system. She is a leader and a strong advocate for access to opportunity, equity, and student success. Thanks for joining us!

Dr. Hope Rivers interviewd on The Future of Education Podcast, a higher education podcast about how community college can serve communities differently.

Engaging Communities Differently to Meet Changing Needs

Community colleges are not strangers to change. In fact, their ability to change to meet evolving needs is built into their DNA. As population demographics shift, community college leaders must adapt their organizations to meet the emerging needs of the communities they serve.

In this episode, Dr. DeHay talks with Dr. Hope Rivers, President of Piedmont Technical College, to discuss how leaders are engaging their communities differently to provide equitable access and opportunity for education.

The Future of Education Podcast, a higher education podcast hosted by Tri-County Technical College President Dr. Galen DeHay produced in partnership with McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture

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Welcome to The Future of Education, a higher education podcast brought to you by Dr. Galen DeHay, President of Tri-County Technical College, and IdeaXChange, a community forum created by McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture. In this monthly series, we invite guests who are running post-Secondary colleges and universities to discuss the biggest issues and opportunities facing higher education. Please join us!

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