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Erik Clemons Reflects On Ten Years Leading ConnCAT; Community College Enrollment On The Decline

The , or ConnCAT, was started in 2011 in New Haven — modeled after . This hour on Disrupted, we talk to Erik Clemons, who was one of its founders, and who just stepped down as CEO after a decade. He talks about his career in New Haven and about the lessons he learned from being a part of the .

Also, we talk about how community – and why.

GUESTS:

  • Erik Clemons – Founder and former CEO of the º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Center for Arts and Technology (ConnCAT) in New Haven; Executive Chairman of CT Outreach Revitalization Program (ConnCORP), the economic development arm of ConnCAT
  • Danielle Douglas-Gabriel – Reporter covering the economics of higher ed at the Washington Post
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at º£½Ç»»ÆÞ.
Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean is an award-winning scholar at Wesleyan University, author, and host of 'Disrupted' on º£½Ç»»ÆÞ.

Funding provided by:
The º£½Ç»»ÆÞ Office of Film, Television and Digital Media