In this engaging book, Carrie Kisker wows us with the stories, data, and practices of a rural community college in Iowa and urban ones in Phoenix and Fort Worth that are using design thinking to create opportunity for students and prosperity for communities. — Rebecca A. Corbin, president and chief executive officer, the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship

Kisker highlights the work of community college innovators who involved wide-ranging stakeholders—including faculty, college administrators, and employers—in collaborative ventures that respond to community needs while at the same time generating badly needed revenues. The result is a compelling analysis of how community college leaders might sustain institutional commitment to community betterment even as government appropriations decline. — James C. Palmer, professor emeritus of higher education, Illinois State University

Carrie Kisker’s work with four of our exemplar community colleges could not be better timed as we look toward a post-COVID era for community colleges. It will help largely risk-averse cultures purposefully forge new, more entrepreneurial futures for our Digital Age of constant, rapid change that is transforming our college landscape before our very eyes. — Kevin Drumm, founding board chairman, National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship, and president, SUNY Broome Community College

Kisker's use of real-life stories to demonstrate each stage of the framework brings understanding beyond what design thinking is and why we should use design thinking, to show how it is done. Even if the stories do not precisely depict the complex problem you are trying to solve, reading this book will significantly help you understand how to implement design thinking into your problem-solving. — Teachers College Record