Compact Nation Podcast: Becoming an Anchor Institution

About the Episode

In our nineteenth episode of the second season, Co-Host J.R. Jamison sat down with Valerie Holton and Emily Sladek, of CUMU and The Democracy Collaborative respectively, to discuss the Anchor 101 Framework, what it means to be an anchor institution, and whether or not the Higher Education Mission Initiative and the Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement are mutually exclusive. They also make a stop off in Pop Culture Corner to talk Notorious RBG, the history behind Pride Month, and how to continue to support Puerto Rico in the continuing aftermath of Hurricane Maria.

Guests

• Valerie Holton is a higher education consultant who is a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the National Taiwan University where she teaches a course on Community-Engaged Research. While in Taiwan, Valerie is studying the social and economic responsibilities of universities across Asia. She serves as Senior Fellow with The Coalition of Urban and Metropolatian Universities (CUMU), focusing her time and energy on the Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative.

• Emily Sladek is the Manager of Higher Education Engagement for The Democracy Collaborative. She has written extensively on community wealth building practices that provide a systematic approach to constructing inclusive intergenerational wealth through shared community equity and governance opportunities. Since 2015, Emily has coordinated the Anchor Dashboard Learning Cohort and now works in tandem with Dr. Valerie Holton on the Higher Education Anchor Mission Initiative.