The Futures Series on Community Colleges delivers books that tackle big ideas and advance bold calls to action that impact our nation’s community colleges. This podcast features authors of books in the Series and seeks to advance insights and inspiration across the community college sector, so we can advance positive change, support our students and our colleges, and together, strengthen our communities.
Futures Series on Community Colleges
Claim This Podcastby Kate Thirolf and Debbie Sydow
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The Futures Series on Community Colleges delivers books that tackle big ideas and advance bold calls to action that impact our nation’s community colleges. This podcast features authors of books in the Series and seeks to advance insights and inspiration across the community college sector, so we can advance positive change, support our students and our colleges, and together, strengthen our communities.
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June 9, 2026
Jim Jacobs: Moving a Community College Forward
<p>Dr. Jim Jacobs recently wrote a fantastic new book in the series titled Moving a Community College Forward: My Story as an Educator, Researcher, President, and Radical. </p><p>In this interview with Futures Series co-editor Debbie Sydow, Jim shares insights from his experience at Macomb Community College, where he started as an adjunct faculty in 1967 and retired as college president in 2017. Told through the lens of his career at Macomb, his book examines the growth and development of the college, the community, and community colleges overall.</p><p>Read his book and listen to this episode to learn more about how critical factors, like leadership, values, and institutional choices, shape the trajectory of community colleges.</p><p>Order Jim's book at <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/moving-a-community-college-forward-9798216377979/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/moving-a-community-college-forward-9798216377979/</a> or wherever books are sold.</p><p>For more info about the book series, visit <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/the-futures-series-on-community-colleges/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/the-futures-series-on-community-colleges/</a>.</p><p>Thanks to community college graduate Jean-Luc Gagnon for producing the Futures Series podcast theme music.</p><p>Questions, comments, ideas? Contact us at FuturesSeriesCC@gmail.com.</p>
June 20, 2021
Randy VanWagoner: Competing on Culture
<p>Dr. Randy VanWagoner is president at Mohawk Valley Community College in New York and the author of a timeless book in the Futures Series titled Competing on Culture: Driving Change in Community Colleges. <br/>In this episode, we dive into what culture is and why it’s so influential; we talk about the power of paradox and the importance of equity; and we explore how the pandemic has, in many ways, been a “cultural catalyst” for colleges. You'll also want to hear his ideas about what community colleges need to be thinking about now in order to prepare for the future.<br/>Thanks again to community college student Jean Luc Gagnon for creating and producing our theme music. <br/>Questions, comments, ideas? Contact us at FuturesSeriesCC@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @FuturesSeriesCC.<br/><br/></p>
June 6, 2021
Kjell Christophersen: Community Colleges as Economic Engines
<p>Dr. Kjell Christophersen is the co-founder and recently retired senior economist at Emsi, a company that, for decades, has produced high-quality economic impact studies on community colleges. In this episode, we talk about a range of topics that he explores in his new book, Community Colleges as Economic Engines. <br/>He shares how Emsi carefully and thoroughly measures the net impact of community colleges and how community colleges can and should use their economic impact studies to gauge, not just what they are worth to their students and communities, but also how they can be even stronger economic engines for their regions.<br/>Thanks again to community college student Jean Luc Gagnon for creating and producing our theme music. <br/>Questions, comments, ideas? Contact us at FuturesSeriesCC@gmail.com. Follow us on Twitter @FuturesSeriesCC.</p>
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