Episode 71:nSquared- National Student Clearinghouse Keynote with President and CEO Rick Torres
As the President & CEO of the National Student Clearinghouse, Rick Torres believes that we can begin to aggressively address our nation's education-to-workforce challenges with reliable, verified data and information in today's ever evolving digitalized education and technical environments. The Clearinghouse provides trusted and private access to comprehensive academic data and other learning records that empower education leaders, employers, learners, and researchers to achieve their goals and aspirations. Data is key to opening the doors for learners of all backgrounds, races, and socioeconomic statuses, especially as we grapple with the millions of students from underserved communities who are left behind from a global pandemic.
Since arriving at the Clearinghouse in 2008, Rick has grown the Clearinghouse by 600% today serving institutions that enroll 98% of the post-secondary population and 17,000 high schools and State Education Authorities in all 50 states. The Clearinghouse has become a convening point for education. By regularly convening academic and workplace leaders, Rick works to shed light on the pressing issues facing our higher education-to-workforce ecosystem, such as equity in education, closing workforce skills gaps, and creating lifelong learning pathways. Under Rick’s leadership, the Clearinghouse is developing a nationwide pilot program for an easier way to translate all education, training, and work experience to empower cybersecurity learners. The organization partnered with WorkCred to accelerate the capture of workforce credentials and their relative economic value.
Rick holds an MBA in International Finance from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree in Marketing and Management from Manhattan College.
Keynote
Rick Toress is the President and CEO of the National Student Clearinghouse. Since 2008, Rick has worked to shed light on the pressing issues facing our higher education-to-pressing issues facing our higher education-to-workforce ecosystem, such as equity in education, closing workforce skills gaps, and creating lifelong learning pathways.
Learn more about the National Student Clearinghouse: https://www.studentclearinghouse.org/
Get in contact with Rick Torres: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ricardo-rick-torres-5836184
Find out more about nSquared: https://www.nsquared.events/rick-torres
To watch this keynote, please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYGlZa7hkoI&t=12s
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