The strength of rural community colleges in America
The Rural Community College Alliance (RCCA) are advocates for the nation's rural community colleges. The RCCA helps its member institutions serve the 89.3 million people who reside in rural America. T...
28 Apr 48min
The U.S. community college closest to Russia
Leigh and Joel are joined by Justina Wilhelm, the president of Iḷisaġvik College. Iḷisaġvik College is located in the North Slope Borough of Alaska, America's northermost municipality.Justina took 2 p...
26 Mar 27min
Apprenticeship Consortium
East Central College is part of a consortium with three Missouri community colleges for the MoSEPWorks apprenticeship program, funded by the U.S. Department of Labor's ABA2 apprenticeship program.The ...
3 Mar 37min
It's not the same old GED program anymore
Adult Education and Literacy (AEL) programs in Missouri are offering more than the GED and English Language Acquisition courses. In an effort to meet the workforce needs and stay relevant, the program...
17 Feb 32min
The strength of Missouri's Community Colleges
Brian Millner, the President and CEO of the Missouri Community College Association (MCCA), joins the podcast to discuss how the association works to showcase the importance and strengths of Missouri's...
3 Feb 29min
Bringing Opportunity to a Missouri Health Care Desert
A group of Missouri community colleges work together in a consortium to provide health care programs to fill the need for health care professionals in rural Missouri.The Missouri Health Care Professio...
21 Jan 28min
Where did all the adult learners go?
The number of adult learners (24 years and older) at the nation's community colleges has been declining for several years. Attracting adult learners back is a strategic plan of East Central College an...
24 Nov 202530min
What You Eat, Eats Plants
Dr. Parvadha (Parvi) Acosta, ECC's Associate Project of Biology/STEM division chair, discusses the changes in food over time and some of its positive and negative impacts on our health. Parvi isn't a ...
14 Okt 20251h 8min
