DALLAS COLLEGE
186 relationships with over 350 hospitals , medical clinics and social services agencies . We share data and databases , which allows for our students to have a quick path to those services without having to retell their stories over and over again . That ’ s one of the things we ’ re doing that are driven by technology but also by knocking down barriers .”
In that same spirit , the college instituted the United States ’ first blockchain student record system . “ We decided that blockchain was the only technology that could allow us to move our student records into a secure environment that at the same time was not dependent on our institution . Our students have had access to their official transcript records via that system since July of 2019 . We ’ ve now got the records of every student that has ever attended our college - 1.8 million student records in the chain total - and we update it daily .
The system was inspired by the failure of a major , national , private for-profit college , who had thousands of students in the Dallas area in the middle of degree work . “ The Federal Department of Education asked our
“ My mindset is to grab hold of as much [ data ] as possible ”
— Timothy J . Marshall , Chief Innovation Officer , Dallas County Community College
Chancellor to take these students on - because we had similar programs and we had capacity . But when that college closed down , their computer systems also closed down . So these
FEBRUARY 2021