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This is a podcast for busy people in higher education who are looking for the best ideas, inspiration, and leaders that will help you improve student success. I'm your host, Bridget Burns. Each week I partner with a journalist to have a conversation with a sitting college president, chancellor, system leader, or someone in the broader ecosystem who's really an inspiring leader. And the goal is to have a conversation to distill their perspective and their insights gathered from their leadership journey.
Our hope is that this is inspiring and gives you something to look forward to each week. Before playing that role, President Sacks was head of deputy assistant secretary for community colleges at the U. Department of Education where she led the work around workforce development, career and technical education, adult education, and prison education. Welcome, Dr. Great to have you here. Bridget Burns : Well, we're excited to get to know more about you. I mean, I think it's such an interesting perspective you probably bring to the work in terms of having served at the federal level and then coming back grounded to the institution to actually work directly with students, with faculty, with staff.
I would just kick off by first β Is there anything about that experience serving in the federal government that, for you, has influenced how you think about the presidency or how you operate as a president? I'm just super curious about that.
Casey Sacks : Yeah, it's a great question. I think serving at ED really did give me some different perspectives than some of my colleagues have when they have negotiated rulemaking. I understand what I'm watching for, what I'm looking for. I understand federal grants a lot better than a lot of my colleagues seem to.
