Pathfinder Podcast
1) Founder and President, National Center for Inquiry and Improvement (Rob Johnstone)
Rob served for more than a decade as a director, dean, and provost in the California community college system, before branching out to begin his work helping a number of colleges, as well as regional...Show More
Founder and President, National Center for Inquiry and Improvement (Rob Johnstone)
48:47 | Nov 19th, 2018
2) Deputy Chancellor and College President (Laurel Williamson)
The San Jacinto College District has received considerable national attention for the work they've done to improve student outcomes. They've worked with philanthropy, partners in the Houston area, res...Show More
3) Senator Florence Shapiro
I sat down a few weeks ago, in Dallas, with Senator Florence Shapiro, former chair of the Senate Education Committee. She's now working with the Texas Association of Community Colleges to help communi...Show More
4) A Systems Approach to Student Success (Wynn Rosser)
How do we encourage the adoption of good idea? How to we create a culture that promotes and internalizes positive change? Wynn Rosser, the president and CEO of the Template foundation, has spent the b...Show More
5) Education and the Workforce: A National Perspective (Tanya Garcia)
Tanya Garcia is the Associate Director of Postsecondary Policy Research at the Center for Education in the Workforce at Georgetown University. She’s working to support states integrating postsecondary...Show More
6) Designing Student Services for Student Success (Nathan Venske)
Nathan Venske is the Associate Dean of Student Services at Jackson College in Michigan. He and his colleagues have devoted a great deal of time and energy to improving the experience their students ha...Show More
7) Thinking about Data and Systems (Matt Lewis)
Matt Lewis has been a professor of mathematics at San Jacinto College since 2009, and has just recently moved into the position of Qualitative Research Analyst, devoting himself full-time to understan...Show More
8) Phi Theta Kappa Regional President Michael Aguilar
Michael Aguilar is this year’s Texas Regional President for Phi Theta Kappa, the two-year college international honor society. Michael is studying economics at Lone Star College - CyFair, where he is ...Show More
9) The Aspen Institute's Focus on Leadership (Josh Wyner)
I spoke last week with Josh Wyner, who directs the college excellence program at the Aspen Institute, about the work they're doing to improve student outcomes in community colleges across the country....Show More
10) A Big-Picture Look at Guided Pathways (Denise King)
I had the chance this week to talk with Denise King, Vice-President for Academic Affairs at Cleveland State Community College. She talks about the need these days to supplement the perspective of an e...Show More