Columbia College’s new president has been on the job for four weeks, and he continues to listen and learn.
Dr. Toby Arquette joined host Fred Parry in-studio Saturday morning on 939 the Eagle’s “CEO Roundtable” program. President Arquette says his goal is to help explain why they think a Columbia College education is the right investment that a family wants to make:
“Someone to lead their storytelling, to lead the explanation of the value of higher education for those students and families who are making that huge investment in college,” he says.
President Arquette tells listeners that there are more than 100,000 Columbia College alums who can speak to that.
President Arquette also tells listeners that higher education needs to collaborate more:
“To be blunt we’re overbuilt for the demographic decline that is out there. So we need to figure out how to more efficiently collaborate with each other to serve our learners,” says Dr. Arquette.
President Arquette tells listeners that he recently had lunch with new Stephens College president Dr. Shannon Lundeen and that he’ll meet with UM System president Dr. Mun Choi in May. President Arquette wants to find ways to work together.
You can listen to Fred’s full interview with Columbia College’s president here.