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Education Podcasts
Produced by the New American Colleges & Universities, this podcast focuses on higher education's challenges and opportunities as well as its impact on local and global communities in an effort to provide practical insight for higher education professionals. Each episode will feature a unique perspective from higher ed insiders, private industry experts, and other voices to capture new ways of thinking about higher education and its influence on society.
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United States
Genres:
Education Podcasts
Description:
Produced by the New American Colleges & Universities, this podcast focuses on higher education's challenges and opportunities as well as its impact on local and global communities in an effort to provide practical insight for higher education professionals. Each episode will feature a unique perspective from higher ed insiders, private industry experts, and other voices to capture new ways of thinking about higher education and its influence on society.
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@NACandU
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English
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937-430-0349
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Episodes
Community Champions: Law Students Work with Those Facing Housing Instability
4/17/2024
Law students at St. Mary's University of San Antonio are gaining real-world experience by assisting renters who are facing evictions and homeowners struggling with title issues. In this episode, Genevieve Fajardo and Greg Zlotnick, both professors at St. Mary’s University, talk about how students move from the classroom to the community in a way that creates a winning combination for their education and the clients they serve.
Duration:00:35:50
Grant Funding Strategies for Colleges and Universities
4/3/2024
Grant funding can provide resources that allow colleges and universities to achieve goals they otherwise couldn’t without external dollars. In this episode, we delve into ways that institutions might leverage outside support to navigate the funding process. We’re joined by Jessica Gerrity, a senior vice president at McAllister & Quinn, a federal grant consulting and government relations firm in Washington, DC.
Duration:00:27:17
College Honors Programs: What are the Benefits for Students?
2/21/2024
College honors programs are different than the honors classes that high school students encounter. Forrest Clingerman, director of the Honors Program at Ohio Northern University, and Haley Brown, an honors student also at Ohio Northern University, discuss the ins and outs of college honors programs, including the benefits and experiences they offer, and who should and who shouldn’t consider enrolling in them.
Duration:00:21:59
How Does Sports Fandom Affect our Physical Health?
2/7/2024
Before you grab another plate of the nachos, listen to Aaron Mansfield, an assistant professor of sport management at Merrimack College, discuss his research into the connection between sports fandom and its effect on our physical health, especially in regard to the ways it shapes our eating habits.
Duration:00:26:44
Building Diversity in Academia: Faculty Recruitment and Retention
1/10/2024
This episode dives into the critical conversation of cultivating faculty diversity, an action that benefits not just underrepresented populations but rather the entire campus community. Two distinguished Provosts, Tarshia Stanley of Wagner College and Leanne Neilson of California Lutheran University, will share their challenges, successes, and innovative approaches to recruiting and retaining faculty that better mirror their student demographics.
Duration:00:33:39
From President to Professor: Navigating the Return to Faculty
12/13/2023
In this episode, we talk with Lisa Jasinski whose book “Stepping Away: Returning to the Faculty After Senior Academic Leadership” looks at the benefits and challenges of transitioning from senior leadership to faculty, a scenario that is both unique to yet common in higher education.
Duration:00:26:20
Uncorking the Student-Led Wine Experience
11/29/2023
Wine-making is synonymous with the Willamette Valley in Oregon where Linfield University is located. Linfield recently the Acorn to Oak Wine Experience, a wine tasting room that affords real-world experience to students across different majors. In this episode, Acorn to Oak’s manager, Paul Johnson, talks about working with students in this college-owned business.
Duration:00:27:14
Going Green One Step at a Time
11/15/2023
Colleges and universities are well-positioned to tackle challenges facing the world, but when the issue is as large as climate change, it can feel insurmountable. Matt Packey, associate vice president for sustainability and institutional planning at Queens University of Charlotte, joins us to discuss their efforts to move the needle on campus sustainability. While it’s a major undertaking, the institution is steadily implementing initiatives to shift the campus culture toward a greener future.
Duration:00:19:52
Educating for Executive Function with Untapped Learning
10/25/2023
Brandon Slade, founder and CEO of Untapped Learning, shares how his personal history led him to create a company that helps students with ADHD and dyslexia improve their executive functioning capabilities to achieve better success in school and college through research-backed strategies.
Duration:00:21:28
Advice on Navigating the Upcoming FAFSA Changes
10/11/2023
The college admissions process can be a stressful journey, and with big changes coming to the FAFSA federal aid application, families might be feeling even more anxious this year. In this episode, Amy Staffier, assistant vice president of enrollment student services and director of financial aid at Simmons University in Boston, will help demystify the financial aid process.
Duration:00:23:42
Principles of Effective Collaboration
9/27/2023
To achieve an organization's goals, we often need to work with others who have different backgrounds and opinions from ours. What can we do to better learn how to collaborate with others? Our guest, Grayson James, author of Full Contact Performance: The Internal Art of Organizational Collaboration, has coached business leaders to improve their collaborative business performance and facilitate organizational change.
Duration:00:31:58
Stopping the Next Mass Shooting
9/13/2023
Our guest is Dr. Jillian Peterson, a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, whose research engaged undergraduate students in creating the most comprehensive database of every mass shooter in America since 1966. With that research, Dr. Peterson has co-authored a book called The Violence Project: How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic which offers more than 30 solutions on how we might approach the epidemic of violence in this country.
Duration:00:18:23
Majoring in a Mission
6/13/2023
A desire to lift up others so they may go on to fulfill their personal life missions has driven a decades long career for Devorah Lieberman, president of the University of La Verne. Join us as she takes a moment to reflect on her work in higher education, contemplate what’s next in retirement, and share insight into what college presidents need to consider for the future.
Duration:00:37:28
Preparing Civic-Minded Professionals
4/25/2023
Robert Alexander, political science professor and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) at Ohio Northern University, talks about ICAPP’s work and the importance of civics education, both for students and throughout the community.
Duration:00:33:32
Serving the Public through a Student Internship
3/30/2023
Work experience is integral to a student’s college experience. Student Jessica Taddeo talks about her time working as an intern with the National Organization for Women in Washington, DC, and how that has shaped her view for the future.
Duration:00:22:52
Supporting Marginalized People: Lessons from a Community College Professor
2/28/2023
Inspired by his TEDx Talk on how higher education is failing Black educators, Faheem Curtis-Khidr, a history professor at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, discusses how higher education can support both Black faculty and students from underrepresented backgrounds. He also talks about connecting his research in Dayton to the classroom and his philosophy on teaching skillsets rather than just content.
Duration:00:37:29
Increasing Resources Through Better Relationship Building
1/31/2023
Andrea Chapdelaine, president of Hood College, discusses how mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and collaborations can positively affect student support and campus-wide goals.
Duration:00:31:08
Fostering Innovation to Solve Complex Problems
12/6/2022
Greg Jones, president of Belmont University and co-author of Navigating the Future: Traditioned Innovation for Wilder Seas (with Andrew P. Hogue), talks about his enjoyment of behind-the-scenes work that allows others to flourish, how he’s working to foster innovation in an established institution, and why cross-disciplinary collaboration in higher education is necessary to find creative solutions to complex problems.
Duration:00:28:26
Advancing DEI in the IT Profession
11/1/2022
University of Richmond Chief Information Officer, Keith “Mac” McIntosh, has more than 30 years of experience in information technology. In this episode, he talks passionately about advancing DEI in the IT profession and shares his perspective on remote work, cybersecurity, and data analytics in higher education’s operations and academics.
Duration:00:33:07
A Long-Serving President's Keys to Success
9/26/2022
Virginia Wesleyan University President Scott Miller has served as a college president for 32 years at four different institutions. The veteran president, who started his career as a sports writer, talks about differentiating one's campus in a congested marketplace, expanding into new markets, and how today's presidents can be successful master generalists.
Duration:00:33:01