Education must move at the speed of business, or risk leaving an entire workforce behind. Todd Shields sits down with Graham Cobb and Shane Broadway to examine how institutions are actively rewriting the curriculum playbook.

Traditional four-year degree pipelines are fracturing under the weight of rapid technological shifts. Operators need incumbent workers trained immediately, forcing colleges to build stackable credentials directly alongside corporate partners like Dassault Falcon Jet.

This conversation strips away the academic theory to examine the actual logistics of custom workforce training and adjusting to older, non-traditional student populations. We look at the costs of scaling these programs and the missteps that happen when education fails to consult industry floors.

For local business leaders navigating severe talent shortages, this episode provides a practical framework to partner with two-year colleges for immediate upskilling. Subscribe and share this episode with a peer trying to solve their hiring bottlenecks. What specific skill gap is hurting your daily operations the most right now?

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0:00 Intro & Regional Relationships 2:31 Changing Demographics in Higher Education 5:14 Building Curriculum with Industry Leaders 9:49 Shane Broadway on System-Wide Perspectives 13:59 Stackable Credentials and Workforce Training 19:40 Political Consensus and State Transformation