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title: "Webinar: A Bold Rethinking of the Educational Enterprise"
description: Access and student success are the hallmarks of community colleges but meeting these goals amid COVID and budget cuts requires new leadership approaches.
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###### ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

# A Bold Rethinking of the Educational Enterprise

Recorded October 29, 2020

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###### Jim Catanzaro

 Executive Director, HERDI - South

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###### Damon Vangelis

 Founder & CEO, Ocelot

*This is Part 2 of 2 in the Community College Leadership Series: Scaling Student Success Through Technology & Innovation. Part 1 can be accessed [here](https://info.ocelot.ai/why-technology-is-essential-to-institutional-financial-recovery?hsLang=en).*

Access and student success are the hallmarks of American community colleges. They also present ongoing challenges. Meeting each institution’s goals in a time of pandemic and budget shortfalls will require **bold new leadership approaches**.

In Part 2 of our Community College Leadership Series we sit with **Dr. Jim Catanzaro, community college president for nearly four decades** and Director of the Higher Education Research and Development Institute for the South, as he offers perspectives from 20,000 feet up and from inside the C-Suite.

The discussion unpacks the **strategic imperatives for community colleges** and highlights the innovative technologies being used across the country.

*Thanks to **Mark Butland** (Kirkwood Community College), **Michael Bennett** (St. Petersburg College), and **Melissa Curtis** (Austin Community College) for their special contributions!*

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#### "Students are getting what they need—they are less stressed. Staff are able to focus. Answers are consistent and right. This product is a revenue generator—it drives enrollment and retention."

##### Michael Bennett

 AVP, St. Petersburg College

#### "Seriously, I have done quite a few things as VP since I've been there the last 5.5 years...I have never gotten more positive feedback than what we're doing with this artificial intelligence."

##### Dr. Lloyd Holmes

 President, De Anza College

#### "In this enrollment environment you can't afford not to do this."

##### Brian Jones

 Director of Admissions, Minnesota State University, Mankato

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