Episodes
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Part 2: Meet Maria, Amarillo College's Most Promising Student
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
Tuesday Jan 14, 2020
The leadership at Amarillo Colleges in Texas wants nothing more than for its students to succeed. And they knew that in order to empower every student to make the most of their potential, they need to understand every student. But how? The college has operated in its community for 90 years, and the makeup of the community and the needs of students have changed dramatically over time.
In this episode, Amarillo Colleges Regent Jay Barrett and President Russell Lowery-Hart profile the college's most significant student, Maria, and explain how getting to know her has transformed the institution.
Maria is a “the typical student at Amarillo College. She’s...female. She’s first-generation; 71 percent of our students are first generation. She goes to school part time; 60 percent of our students go to class 12 (credit) hours a year. She’s working two part-time jobs. She’s the mother of at least 1.2 kids, and she’s 28 years old," according to Lowery-Hart. She is highly intelligent and tenacious—but she won't reach her potential without higher education. Maria is a composite representative of the typical Amarillo College student, and understanding her needs and motivations has proven to be the key to success for the college.
By empowering Maria as a secret shopper, asking her to write the college values, and redesigning systems around her, completion rates at the college improved from 19 percent to 48 percent over three years.
This episode was recorded live during the 50th Annual ACCT Leadership Congress in San Francisco, California.
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
What I Wish I Had Known as a New Trustee: Rosaelena O'Neil
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Rosaelena "Rosie" O'Neil is a trustee at Northern Virginia Community College and a member of the ACCT Board of Directors, with over 20 years of experience in education advocacy and leadership development. In this episode, Rosie talks to ACCT about what she wishes she had known when she became a new trustee.
In addition to her trusteeship, Rosie serves as deputy director and program counselor in the Landegger Program in International Business Diplomacy in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Need to Know: The College-Work Balancing Act
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
In this episode, ACCT's Allison Beer and Jacob Bray discuss ACCT's new report, The College-Work Balancing Act. Nearly 70% of community college students work while enrolled. Listen to learn how this complicates their students' lives and ways colleges can help.
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Campus Public Safety with NCCPS Director Kim Richmond
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
In this episode, National Center for Campus Public Safety Director Kim Richmond discusses what trustees and other community college leaders need to know about issues ranging from sexual assault to firearms on campus, the Clery Act, Title IX, emergency management and other issues. Richmond walks us through these concerns, explains how to prioritize public safety concerns, how to prepare for on-campus crises, and she directs listeners to additional free resources, including webinars and publications.
The National Center for Campus Public Safety was created by Congress and funded through the United States Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Assistance to serve as a national clearinghouse for campus safety and security-related best practices and other resources on issues that include:
- Active shooters
- Active thread
- Alcohol and substance abuse
- Behavioral threat assessment
- Bicycle and pedestrian safety
- Binge drinking
- Bullying and cyberbullying
- Campus carry
- Campus violence
- Clery Act
- Community policing
- Dating & domestic violence
- Ethics
- Fire safety
- Food insecurity
- Grants and funding
- Hate crimes
- Hazing
- Homelessness
- Laws and regulations
- Legal assistance
- LGBTQ concerns
- Media and public relations
- Mental health
- Missing persons
- Officer safety
- Policy and plan development
- Risk assessment
- Sexual assault
- Social media
- Stalking
- Suicide
- Terrorism
- Title IX
- Underage drinking
- Victim services
- Violence prevention
- And others
For more information, visit nccpsafety.org/library.
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
Tuesday Sep 10, 2019
For this episode, we interviewed Doug Houston, the Chancellor of the Yuba Community College District in California. We talked to Doug about how last year’s wildfires impacted community colleges in his area. This episode is part of a series we curated for September, National Campus Safety Awareness Month.