Regent's Roundtable

Stephen Ludwig

Conversations with higher education experts to help college and university trustees. We explore the issues facing higher education, leadership, and board members.

  1. 05/17/2023

    Everything You Wanted to Know About Academic Freedom But Were Afraid to Ask

    We discuss the difference between the Frist Amendment, academic freedom, and institutional autonomy. Patrick O'Rourke, former chief legal counsel for the University of Colorado system, is our guest.

  2. 04/11/2023

    Higher Ed Meeting Workforce Needs

    How will higher education adapt to help meet the needs of the workforce? What are the policies that colleges and universities need to adapt to help students earn credentials while not compromising quality? We discuss this and more with Chauncy Lennon, Vice President for Learning and Work at the Lumina Foundation, our guest. https://www.luminafoundation.org/

  3. 03/28/2023

    Challenges of College and University Branding

    Our guest is Kyndra Wilson. She is a brand and marketing strategist who has been working with higher education institutions on brand strategy, research, and marketing planning for the past 20 years. Like most businesses, at some point, a college or university wants to go through a branding exercise. While most people think it's just updating the logo, a good branding exercise takes a good look under an institution's hood. We discuss the opportunities and pitfalls this represents college and university leaders and boards.

  4. 03/14/2023

    Great Advice for University Trustees with Sue Henderson

    We cover a lot of ground with former New Jersey City University president Sue Henderson—the importance of dual admit programs, helping social mobility, fundraising, how to support a president, finding good board members, the role of the NCAA, accrediting bodies for American colleges and universities, and more.

  5. 02/21/2023

    The Glory and Agony of KPIs in Higher Education

    What gets measured gets done. Higher education leaders face challenges in understanding what key performance metrics (KPIs) should be used, determining qualitative and/or quantitative instruments, what the results mean, how to use the results to help drive continuous improvement, how to deal with unintended consequences, and ensuring people are not gaming the system. Our guest is Jennifer Mersmen, PhD, the Assessment & Research Officer at California State University, San Bernardino. She is an expert in program evaluation.

  6. 01/31/2023

    Learning Management Systems, Esports, and Universities

    How do colleges and universities respond to new opportunities? What is a learning management system? What are Esports, and is that a real thing? Our guest is Danielle Rourke, Senior Higher Education Strategist for Dell Technologies. She works with Dell to help educators and educational institutions bring new and innovative technology and opportunities to their students. The research mentioned in the episode: https://www.ijesports.org/article/59/html Danielle's contact information  https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniellerourke/ https://twitter.com/HiEdDanielle

  7. 01/17/2023

    Teaching Scholars, Department Chairs, and Importance of Cross Discipline Work

    Our guest is Mary Ann Cutter, a Professor of Philosophy, who has a focus on Biomedical Ethics, among other topics. Trustees often don't know what happens at the most critical unit of a college or university—the department. Mary Ann talks about the role of the department and the department chair, teaching scholars and tenure, how engaging with the community can support the faculty and enrich students, and more.

  8. 01/03/2023

    You Can't Get There from Here: Prestige and Faculty Hiring

    Eighty percent of all tenure and tenure-track faculty at Ph.D. granting institutions come from a subset of just 20 percent of universities; 5 to 23 percent of faculty members were employed at universities more "prestigious" than their own doctoral-granting institution. Prof. Aaron Clauset discusses what this means for institutions trying to reach faculty diversity goals, how this trend is often fueled by a "prestige economy," and what trustees and regents should think about when asked to approve new Ph.D. programs.

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Conversations with higher education experts to help college and university trustees. We explore the issues facing higher education, leadership, and board members.

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  • Creator
    Stephen Ludwig
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2022
  • Show Website
    Regent's Roundtable