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Lynn F Austin
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Lynn F. Austin, MBA, is a business school professor, AI in education strategist, author, coach, and keynote speaker with a passion for inspiring growth through purposeful innovation. With over 15 years of experience spanning Fortune 100 companies, higher education, and community leadership, Lynn brings a unique voice to every conversation, blending industry insight with transformational coaching.  She teaches business and global human resource management at Strayer University and previously taught marketing, buyer behavior, and innovation at Grand Canyon University. Lynn is currently completing her Doctor of Business Administration with a specialization in Strategy and Innovation at Capella University. Her professional journey includes leadership roles at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Aston Martin, Jaguar, and Land Rover. Today, she mentors educators and learners alike in innovation and the ethical, responsible use of AI to support personal growth and lifelong learning—all while enjoying life as a proud pup mom to her soft-coated Wheaten Terrier, Newman. Lynn is the creator and host of Betting on Me: Inspiration Moments, a podcast that empowers listeners to make bold, intentional choices in life, learning, and leadership. She believes life happens for you—not to you—so you can live your purpose.  🌐 Learn more at www.BettingOnMe.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support.

  1. 1d ago

    Season 6: Episode 19: The ROI Reality - Measuring Enterprise Impact of AI in Higher Education

    The honeymoon phase of AI in higher education is over, and boards are asking for proof. This week, Lynn and Angelina break down "The ROI Reality," including a multi-institution study showing AI pedagogical agents increased first-year STEM retention by 14 percent, the new EDUCAUSE Enterprise AI ROI Framework, and the accreditation and data sovereignty mandates headed for 2027. They also cover the NSF's 50 million dollar investment in campus-hosted language models, a Georgia Tech pilot cutting grading time by 30 percent, and what graduating seniors now expect from their universities on AI training. Share your campus win or snag through the contact form at lynnfaustin.com/contact-us. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/ This episode includes AI-generated content.

  2. Jun 18

    Season 6: Episode 18: Governance Over Gadgets

    This week on the AI & Higher Education Global Brief: higher ed is turning a corner — from frantic tool adoption and surveillance toward governance, accountability, and human-centered teaching. We unpack a 30,000-respondent Latin American survey revealing an "integration paradox" (near-universal student use, lagging faculty confidence and training), a major international ethics review charting the shift from alarmism to consequence-aware policy, and signals from France, Stanford, Ulster, and beyond. Plus a practical Do-It-Now checklist for leaders, and an Inspiration Moments close to carry you into the week. Governance over gadgets — that's the bet. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/

  3. May 21

    Season 6, Episode 16: The Governance Imperative — When Shadow AI, Legislative Pressure, and Student Anxiety Converge

    Welcome to the AI & Higher Education Global Brief! In this week's episode, we tackle "The Governance Imperative."Higher education is entering a new phase where the governance gap is no longer just a policy problem; it is a trust problem. We cover the 52 AI-education bills currently moving across 25 states, the alarming mass-flagging incident at Purdue University, and why the window for voluntary, proactive governance is closing faster than most campuses realize. Join the conversation: Is your institution ahead of the legislation coming for it — or will you be reacting to it? Visit https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/ to share your thoughts. Inspiration Moment: This week, do one governance act: convene one meeting, draft one policy, ask one question your leadership has been avoiding. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember that every great change starts with a single step. So, keep thriving, understanding that 'Life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.' Until next time. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/ This episode includes AI-generated content.

  4. May 14

    Season 6, Episode 15: AI in Higher Education_ From Detection to Integration

    Higher education is making a hard shift, and this episode gets straight to it. The long-standing focus on catching AI use is losing ground, and institutions are starting to rethink how learning is designed, assessed, and led. Lynn and Angelina break down what is actually happening inside universities right now, and what it means for faculty, leadership, and students moving forward. This conversation takes you inside the growing rejection of AI detection tools, the rise of AI-resilient curriculum design, and the real pressures faculty are facing as expectations change. You will hear what leading institutions are doing differently, where policy is tightening, and how academic integrity is being redefined through process, not policing. If you teach, lead, design curriculum, or care about the future of higher education, this episode will challenge how you think about learning in an AI-driven world. It is not about the tools. It is about how we prepare people to think, question, and lead alongside them. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/ This episode includes AI-generated content.

  5. May 7

    Season 6 Episode 14: Strategic Clarity in the AI Era_ Defending Higher Education's Value

    A new $10K AI-era college model is entering the market, student underemployment has climbed to 42.5%, and AI detection tools are creating legal and equity risks for institutions. In this episode, we unpack what these signals mean for the future of higher education. They break down how AI is reshaping entry-level work, why traditional degree models are being challenged, and what faculty and leaders must rethink now, from curriculum design to academic integrity. If your institution cannot clearly explain its value in an AI-present world, this conversation will show you exactly why that matters and what to do about it. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/ This episode includes AI-generated content.

  6. Apr 30

    Season 6; Episode 13: The Great Assessment Reckoning — When AI Forced the Academy to Look in the Mirror

    Are colleges educating students, or just managing a certification pipeline? In this episode, we take a direct look at what is really changing in higher education as AI becomes embedded in everyday work. The issue is not access to tools. It is whether institutions are preparing students to think, lead, and apply knowledge in real-world settings. You will hear a clear breakdown of what is at risk if higher education remains focused on credentials rather than capability, and what faculty and academic leaders can do right now to shift that direction. This includes practical ways to design learning that develops judgment, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making, not just task completion. This is not a conversation about replacing education with technology. It is about restoring its purpose in a time when that purpose is being tested. If higher education gets this right, it leads. If it does not, it falls behind. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/ This episode includes AI-generated content.

  7. Apr 16

    Season 6: Episode 12 - AI Detection — Broken Tech, Hollow Education

    The arms race is over, and the "AI detectors" lost. This week, we dive into a profound shift in higher education: the transition from a failed era of surveillance to a bold new frontier of AI-resilient curriculum design. Host Lynn "Coach" Austin breaks down the landmark research exposing the flaws of AI detection software—particularly its bias against ESL students—and explores why major R1 institutions are officially walking away from "policing" AI outputs. We discuss the newly released EDUCAUSE framework for "flipped assessments," where the value lies not in the final text, but in a student's ability to critique, edit, and interrogate AI-generated content.If you’ve been wondering how to maintain academic integrity when assignments can be completed in seconds, this episode provides the roadmap. We move beyond the "policing" fantasy and get back to the hard, rewarding work of human-centered education.In this episode, we cover:The Statistical Failure of Detection: Why a 22% false-positive rate is ending the era of AI surveillance.Flipped Assessment Models: How to grade critical thinking instead of standardized output.Academic Sovereignty: Michigan’s move toward localized, secure LLMs.The "AI-Resilient" Roadmap: Implementing the new EDUCAUSE/AAC&U framework. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/

  8. Apr 15

    Season 6: Episode 11 - Architecting AI Accountability in Higher Education

    Innovation without accountability is just rapid degradation. We can no longer build the future of learning on black-box systems we do not fully understand or control. In this week’s Betting On Me: Inspiration Moments global brief, we break down the massive pivot from simply adopting AI to actively interrogating it. Higher education is officially entering the "Auditing Era," demanding transparency, ethical guardrails, and secure foundations. This week's top stories include: • The National AI Audit Framework: Why EDUCAUSE and the APLU are standardizing the algorithmic interrogation of EdTech vendors. • The Pivot to "Glass-Box" Models: How Stanford and MIT’s "Athena-Core" is reclaiming academic sovereignty from commercial tech giants. • EU AI Act Enforcement: Admissions algorithms are now officially classified as "High-Risk" systems. • Banning Autonomous Edits: Why the SUNY system is prohibiting agentic AI from writing directly into the LMS. Join the Conversation: Has your institution begun formally auditing its AI systems? Are you exploring transparent "glass-box" models, or still relying on commercial black boxes? Visit www.lynnfaustin.com to share your thoughts. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support. Stay mindful, stay focused, and remember—every great change starts with a single step. Keep thriving, understanding that life happens for you, not to you, to live your purpose.Follow Lynn “Coach” Austin for more episodes, articles, and updates: 🌐 https://www.lynnfaustin.com 📩 Connect or share feedback: https://www.lynnfaustin.com/contact-us/

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Lynn F. Austin, MBA, is a business school professor, AI in education strategist, author, coach, and keynote speaker with a passion for inspiring growth through purposeful innovation. With over 15 years of experience spanning Fortune 100 companies, higher education, and community leadership, Lynn brings a unique voice to every conversation, blending industry insight with transformational coaching.  She teaches business and global human resource management at Strayer University and previously taught marketing, buyer behavior, and innovation at Grand Canyon University. Lynn is currently completing her Doctor of Business Administration with a specialization in Strategy and Innovation at Capella University. Her professional journey includes leadership roles at Harley-Davidson Motor Company, Aston Martin, Jaguar, and Land Rover. Today, she mentors educators and learners alike in innovation and the ethical, responsible use of AI to support personal growth and lifelong learning—all while enjoying life as a proud pup mom to her soft-coated Wheaten Terrier, Newman. Lynn is the creator and host of Betting on Me: Inspiration Moments, a podcast that empowers listeners to make bold, intentional choices in life, learning, and leadership. She believes life happens for you—not to you—so you can live your purpose.  🌐 Learn more at www.BettingOnMe.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/betting-on-me-inspiration-moments--4129457/support.

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