Leading Improvements in Higher Education with Stephen Hundley

This episode focuses on legal issues confronting faculty members across the higher education sector. Our guest is Kent Kauffman. Kent is Associate Professor of Business Law at Purdue University Fort Wayne. He is also author of the recently published book entitled, “Navigating Choppy Waters: Key Legal Issues College Faculty Need to Know.” 

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In this episode, we have a conversation about continuous improvement in higher education.  Our guest is Will Miller.  Will serves as Associate Vice President for Continuous Improvement and Institutional Performance at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he and his colleagues also host the annual Continuous Improvement Summit, which is open to the broader higher education community.

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This episode features colleagues discussing results from a recent study they conducted entitled “A Portrait of the Assessment Professional in the United States.”  Our guests are Ruth Slotnick and Mark Nicholas.  Ruth is Director of Assessment at Bridgewater State University, and Mark is Vice President for the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).

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In this episode, we discuss issues of faculty job satisfaction and retention in collegiate contexts. Our guest is Todd Benson. Todd is Executive Director and Principal Investigator with the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education, or COACHE as it is known, which is based in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.   

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This episode features a conversation with a higher education assessment leader involved in championing Student Learning Outcomes, or SLOs as they are also known.  Our guest is Jarek Janio, who, in addition to being a faculty member at Santa Ana College, is also one of the founders of the California Outcomes & Assessment Coordinator Hub, otherwise known as COACHes, which provides plentiful resources for those involved in working...

This episode features a conversation with a colleague from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, or NACE as it is also known.  Our guest is Mary Gatta, who serves as Director of Research and Public Policy at NACE. 

Link to resources mentioned in this episode:

National Association of Colleges and Employers:
https://www.naceweb.org/

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In this episode, we have a conversation with colleagues involved in producing Assessment 101 in Higher Education: The Fundamentals and How to Apply Them, the debut title in the Assessment and Improvement in Higher Education book series from Routledge. Our guests are Alex Andrews, Keston Fulcher, and Megan Good.  Alex is an Editor for higher education at Routledge. Keston is a Professor of Graduate Psychology and an Improvement Stra...

This episode features contributors to a special issue of Assessment Update focused on the future of High-Impact Practices, also known as HIPs.  Our guests are Catherine Chan, Jerry Daday, and Jillian Kinzie.  Catherine is assistant vice provost for high impact practices in the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Jerry is professor of sociology and executive associate d...

This episode features a conversation with two colleagues from 1EdTech, a member-led non-profit educational technology partnership organization.  Our guests are Suzanne Carbonaro and Kelly Hoyland, both of whom serve as directors of 1EdTech’s higher education programs.  

1EdTech:
https://www.1edtech.org/

 
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In this episode, we spend time with four influential scholars whose work has informed our thinking in the areas of experiential education and High Impact Practices, the latter often referred to as HIPs. Our guests are Alice Kolb, David Kolb, George Kuh, and Ken O’Donnell. Alice and David are widely recognized as leaders in experiential education, while George and Ken have led the way in developing our understanding of HIPs.  

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This episode features a conversation with the editor of The National Teaching & Learning Forum, a Wiley publication. Our guest is Lee Skallerup Bessette. In addition to serving as editor of this publication, Lee is also Assistant Director of Digital Learning in the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship at Georgetown University. 

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In this episode, we have a conversation with editors of the Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry, Improvement, and Impact (JSAIII), which is an open access publication advancing assessment across all student affairs functional areas. Our guests are Heather Strine-Patterson and Alice Mitchell, both of whom serve as editors of the Journal, and both have extensive backgrounds on various college and university campuses.  

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This episode focuses on Transparency in Learning and Teaching, also known as TiLT. Our guest is Mary-Ann Winkelmes. Mary-Ann is Founder, Director, and Principal Investigator of the Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project.

Link to plentiful resources from the Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TiLT) project:
https://tilthighered.com/. 

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In this episode, we have a conversation with a coauthor of the book, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, released in April 2024 by Johns Hopkins University Press.  Our guest is Eddie Watson.  Eddie is Associate Vice President for Curricular and Pedagogical Innovation and Executive Director for Open Educational Resources and Digital Innovation at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (...

This episode features editors of the 2nd edition of the Routledge book entitled Coordinating Divisional and Departmental Student Affairs Assessment.  Our guests are Erin Bentrim, Gavin Henning, and Kimberly Yousey-Elsener.  Erin is a Data and Learning Analytics Strategist at Anthology, Inc. Gavin is Professor of Higher Education at New England College, where he directs graduate programs in higher education and provides leadership t...

In this episode, we have a conversation with the co-editors of the Routledge book Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education, Volume Two: Strategies for a Changing Higher Education Environment.  Our guests are Jane Marie Souza and Tara Rose.  Jane Marie is Associate Vice President for Accreditation and the Accreditation Liaison Officer at the University of Rochester.  Tara is Interim Associate Vice Provost and Director of Assessme...

This episode focuses on the intersection of work in student affairs and that of assessment and accreditation.  Our guests are Sarah Gordon, Bill Heinrich, and Pam Shefman.  Sarah is Associate Professor and Interim Dean for Research and Graduate Studies at Arkansas Tech University.  Bill is Director of Mindset at Symplicity, an educational technology firm.  Pam is Executive Director of Planning and Assessment at the University of Ho...

In this episode, we have a conversation on the theme of equity-centered collaboration in assessment and improvement.  Our guests are Bethany Miller and Ellen Peters.  Bethany is Director of Institutional Research and Assessment at Macalester College and Ellen is Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Planning, and Student Success at the University of Puget Sound.  

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This episodes features four contributors from the 2nd Edition of Trends in Assessment: Ideas, Opportunities, and Issues for Higher Education, a book published by Routledge featuring more than 50 thought leaders and partners from the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis. Our guests are Divya Bheda, Nick Curtis, Jerry Daday, and Caleb Keith. Divya is an education consultant with a particular focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, bel...