Professor Brad Allenby maps the changes in higher education to grand revolutions of European history, that of the Glorious British Revolution of 1688 or the French Revolution leading to the Reign of Terror. As a faculty member at Arizona State University, Dr. Allenby has seen first hand the pressure building in the classroom and beyond it.
159: Headlining Your Success to Inspire Others through Emotion, Curiosity, and Clarity
157: Meet the dean of University of Colorado's first new college in 53 years
Dr. Lori Bergen is founding dean of the College of Media, Communication and Information at University of Colorado. A veteran journalist turned academic, she’s president of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, and serves on the national advisory board of the Poynter Institute. Prior to CU, she served as dean of the J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University.
154: Access, Affordability, and Appreciation for Alternative Education Pathways with the Chronicle’s Scott Carlson
152: New America’s Amy Laitinen on Higher Ed Advocacy, Policy, and the Most Important Constituent
Our guest today is passionate about education. That, of course, could be said of any of us working in institutions across the country. Amy Laitinen doesn’t exercise her passion for education in the classroom, however. She fights for quality and transparency in Washington as director for Higher Education at New America.
151: Goucher President José Bowen shares the power of improvisation in institutional leadership
How do we transform our institutions and learning models to meet the needs of tomorrow’s students? What does “student success” mean to the academic mission of tomorrow’s institutions? How do we better adapt the college experience to address complexity and transparency? José Bowen currently serves as the 11th president of Goucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and he joins us on the show today to help map the winding road toward student success.
147: WACUBO Live — Incoming WACUBO Presidents Share the Pressure and Opportunity of Leadership Legacy
This week we have the second of our live podcasts coming to you from the Western Association of College and University Business Officers Annual Conference in San Francisco. Howard Teibel is joined by the incoming WACUBO presidents in which they share their hopes and insights around the power of a diverse and inclusive association, along with living up to the pressure of the legacy of leaders that has come before.
140: Small Initiatives Set the Course for Big Change
This week on the show, Gail Gregory joins Pete Wright to share the experience of UMass Lowell and their effort to transform the institution, one tiny initiative at a time. Gregory and UMass Lowell’s Lauren Turner published the story of that journey in the Winter 2015-16 edition of CUPA-HR’s Higher Education Workplace magazine.
138: The Toughest Job — NACUBO 2016 Student Financial Services Conference
When we talk about good customer service in higher education, what does that mean? Do your teams recoil at the word ‘customer’? Is there a shared interest in delivering quality service across the institution? If any of these questions are challenging for you to answer, don’t worry, you’re not alone.
136: CMCI — Launching the First New College at CU Boulder in 53 Years
University of Colorado at Boulder is launching the first new college on campus in over 53 years. This is the beginning of an exciting period for the institution, one of building, creating, and supporting growth through bold academic and administrative leadership. What does it take to bring teams together, especially after a period of uncertainty?
135: Building a Stronger Student and the Hidden Value in Online Learning with StraighterLine CEO Burck Smith
This week, we welcome Burck Smith to the show to introduce us to the StraighterLine approach to alternative credit pathways, and to outline why it’s a good fit in the broader higher education ecosystem. In our on-going conversation around the value of transfers, StraighterLine demonstrates an interesting and innovative approach to building capable students online.
132: Pushing the Boundaries of Innovation with Xavier U. Provost Scott Chadwick
Today on Navigating Change, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Scott Chadwick joins us to share the story of the Center for Innovation at Xavier, some of its recent successes, and his journey to understand Xavier by assessing the people, mission, and capabilities of the university as they continue to grow leaders through innovation, creativity, and inclusivity.