Innovative Ideas on Student Success with Dr. Tracy Hall and Dr. Michael Torrence

About this episode

The episode discusses leadership and innovative strategies for enhancing student success in Tennessee's community colleges.

In this episode of At Scale, the podcast hosted by tnAchieves, Krissy DeAlejandro and Ben Sterling sit down with Dr. Tracy Hall, president of Southwest Tennessee Community College, and Dr. Michael Torrence, president of Motlow State Community College. Together, they explore leadership, innovation and partnership in support of student success across Tennessee’s community colleges. The conversation includes: building a unified institutional culture supporting students at open-access colleges aligning programs with workforce and community needs breaking down silos to better serve students the importance of early momentum through programs like tnAchieves Summer Institute and Summer Bridge While Summer Programs are discussed later in the episode, both leaders reinforce the importance of helping students start strong. These programs give students the opportunity to build confidence, earn credits and begin college with a clear path forward. At Scale is a podcast from tnAchieves focused on the ideas and partnerships that improve student outcomes across the state. Listen now to learn how collaboration and innovation are driving student success. Support At Scale: The tnAchieves Podcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Krissy DeAlejandro, Ben Sterling

Guests: Dr. Tracy Hall, Dr. Michael Torrence

Topics covered

• student success
• community colleges
• leadership
• innovation
• partnership
• workforce alignment
• early momentum

Keywords

• student success
• community colleges
• leadership
• innovation
• tnAchieves
• Summer Institute
• Summer Bridge
• workforce needs
• institutional culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Southwest Tennessee Community College, Motlow State Community College, tnAchieves

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