Michael A. Baston - Recognizing Promise: The Role of Community Colleges in a Post Pandemic World

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EDITED BY

MICHAEL A. BASTON

Cuyahoga Community College, USA

BEATRICE L. BRIDGLALL

SUNY Rockland Community College, USA

And

MICHAEL NETTLES

Educational Testing Service (ETS), USA

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This book is dedicated to all impacted by the global pandemic; those who work to dismantle the systems that perpetuate systematic racism, and those who believe in strengthening our nation's community colleges.

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To Dr Edmund W. Gordon, a national treasure, on the occasion of his 101 birth year.
M.A.B., B.L.B., & M.N.

CONTENTS

Michael A. Baston

Yolanda Watson Spiva

Davis Jenkins and Hana Lahr

Marcia Ballinger and Marisa Vernon White

Sara Goldrick-Rab

Frank Sobey and Russell Lowery-Hart

Christopher M. Mullin

Bill Pink

Randall J. VanWagoner, Franca Armstrong and Timothy Thomas

Kevin Stump and Michael A. Baston

Edmund W. Gordon and Beatrice L. Bridglall

About the Editors

Michael A. Baston is the fifth president of Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, Ohio, and has recently served as the seventh president of SUNY Rockland Community College from 2017 to 2022. He is on the board of Teacher's College, Columbia University, and was selected to join the Education Design Lab's Designers in Residence program. Under his leadership, RCC launched a Hospitality and Culinary Arts Center, a new Guided Pathways influenced academic school model, Career and English Skills Academies to address middle-skills workforce needs and secured over $30 million in grants including back-to-back Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institution awards, the largest in RCC's history. Dr Baston's groundbreaking Steps Beyond Statements Initiative has helped to signal specific steps that educational institutions can take to foster inclusive excellence.