All In: Student Pathways Forward
This podcast focuses on elevating community college student voices to shape inclusive higher education and workforce development policies, practice and partnerships that create economic mobility.
All In: Student Pathways Forward
Grand Rapids Community College graduate Kwame Presley, College President, Dr. Charles Lepper & Corporation for a Skilled Workforce Director of Competencies and Credentials, Melissa Goldberg
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This episode features interviews with Grand Rapids Community College (GRCC) graduate Kwame Presley, GRCC President Dr. Charles Lepper and Melissa Goldberg, the Director of Competencies and Credentials at Corporation for a Skilled Workforce, a national non-profit development organization that partners with government, business, education and community leaders to connect workers with education and good jobs.
Kwame shares his experience as a parenting student in an accelerated quality non-degree credential program in the IT sector that has led to a fantastic career opportunity with a local employer. He provides important recommendations to college leaders and students towards student success.
President Lepper offers his reflections from Kwame’s interview and describes how GRCC has developed responsive non-degree credential programs in strong partnership with regional employers and workforce organizations.
Melissa shares more on the work Corporation for a Skilled Workforce leads on quality non-degree credential programs across the country including the ACE-UP grant that Grand Rapids is a part of focused on strategies colleges can employ to help their industry partners create more inclusive workplace environments.
The All In: Student Pathways Forward podcast is a part of Oregon’s participation in the National Skills Coalition SkillSPAN network and supported by the Lumina Foundation.