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Future Insight is a monthly podcast hosted by Dr. Dean Cantu, Bradley University, which examines current issues impacting K-12 and higher education. Future Insight, which is sponsored by the Future Institute Research Center, explores national and international education trends, twenty-first century…

Dean Cantu, Ph.D.


    • Jun 13, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 14 EPISODES


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    Episode #14 College Transition and Persistence Panel Discussion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 68:37


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu moderates a panel discussion at the Chicago International Summit on Education, on June 6, 2025, with Dr. Gina Buccola, Dean, College of Humanities, Education, and Social Sciences at Roosevelt University, and Dr. Mark Potter, Provost and Chief Academic Officer at City Colleges of Chicago. The focus of the panel discussion is on the transition of high school students to college and effective strategies for helping to improve student persistence and overall academic success.

    Episode #13 A Team and Community Approach to Student Academic Success

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 30:17


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses with Dr. Cynthia Bice, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies at Missouri Valley College, educational initiatives she has engaged in during her career, focused on student academic success, which provide insight into potential opportunities with community partners and stakeholders in the current higher education landscape.

    Episode #12 Registered Apprenticeships, Educational Partnerships, and Vision Casting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2022 22:20


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses the role a new approach to apprenticeships in the woodworking industry and educational partnerships play in workforce development and vision casting with Professor Kelly Victor-Burke, Lecturer III, Co-Director Geotourism, & Historic Preservation Program Emerita, Eastern Michigan University.

    Episode #11 Noncognitive Factors and Student Academic Success

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 19:44


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses the relationship between noncognitive factors – to include emotional intelligence, personality type, resilience/grit, and growth mindset – and student academic success, with Dr. Scott Richardson, Associate Professor, Franklin Pierce University.

    Episode #10 The Use of Technology to Promote Equity and Excellence

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2021 22:21


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses the current K-12 educational landscape, with a particular focus on the integration of technology in the teaching and learning process to promote equity and excellence, with Dr. Marcus Belin, President of the Illinois Principals Association and Principal of Huntley High School.

    Episode #9 Moving from Survival to Thriving

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 24:49


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses strategies to enhance resiliency and thriving in our ever-changing world, particularly within the current context of the global pandemic, with Dr. Joy Miller, internationally known licensed psychotherapist, professional trainer and author, as well as the founder and director of Joy Miller & Associates in Peoria, Illinois.

    Episode #8 Future Institute Research Center

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2021 21:58


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses various initiatives and events sponsored by the Future Institute Research Center (FIRC), focused on maximizing college and career transition success, with the FIRC Director Dr. Radhi Al-Mabuk, Professor & Coordinator, Professional Development for Teachers Program, University of Northern Iowa.

    Episode #7 Promoting Student Success and Retention

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 24:29


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses various approaches and initiatives designed to help promote student success and retention in higher education with Dr. Melissa Cheese, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Academic Enrichment at Bloomsburg University.

    Episode #6 The Role of Technology and the Internet on Memory and Learning

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2021 43:38


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses the impact technology and the Internet have on memory and student learning with Dr. Arnold Glass, Professor of Psychology at Rutgers University, who is the author of Cognition: A Neuroscience Approach, published by Cambridge University Press.

    Episode #5: The Role of Green Chemistry in STEM Education

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 27:04


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses green chemistry and the role it plays in the field of chemistry and in STEM Education today with Dr. John C. Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, The Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, in Wilmington, Massachusetts.

    Episode #4: Neurocounseling – Understanding the Bridge Between Brain and Behavior (February 2020)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 23:37


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses neurocounseling and the role it plays in the counseling profession today with Dr. Lori Russell-Chapin, Professor of Counseling and Co-Director of the Center for Collaborative Brain Research at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

    Episode #3: Transitioning to Tomorrow (May 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2019 58:42


    Live Panel Discussion, hosted by Dr. Dean Cantu, at the World Future Forum at the Palmer House in Chicago, Illinois. The focus of the Panel Discussion was on College and Career Readiness for Success.

    Episode #2: Successful Transition from High School to College and Career for Students of Color (April 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2019 26:22


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses initiatives that have yielded success in helping students of color to transition from high school to college and career with Dr. Jeannine Williams, CEO and founder of Jae-9’s Educational Consulting and Human Resources Recruiter for Peoria Public Schools in Peoria, Illinois.

    Episode #1: STEM Education (March 2019)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2019 25:57


    Future Insight host Dr. Dean Cantu discusses STEM education with Dr. Tim Indahl, Education Coordinator for Integrated Science Education Outreach (InSciEdOut) at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.

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