Reinventing U

Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities
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The Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU) is a Boyer-inspired national consortium of research universities dedicated to innovation and excellence in undergraduate education. Listen to Reinventing U for cutting-edge perspectives from experts in undergraduate education.

  1. 12/02/2025

    Episode 18: What Could a University Be?: A Conversation with Robert Gibbs

    In 2025, University of Toronto Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Robert Gibbs, published What Could a University Be?: Revolutionary Ideas for the Future (University of British Columbia Press). Join us for a highly engaging conversation in which Dr. Gibbs recaps the main points of his argument and along the way explores the distinctive value of research university undergraduate educations, generally and in our times, highlights the vital role of the humanities, and offers practical advice as well as visionary insight concerning the institutions and the work to which UERU members devote themselves.

    49 min

  2. 09/22/2025

    Episode 17: Restorative Resistance with Rich Reddick

    On this episode of Reinventing U, hear from Dr. Richard J. Reddick, Senior Vice Provost and Dean of the Undergraduate College and Distinguished Service Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy at The University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Reddick’s book Restorative Resistance in Higher Education: Leading in an Era of Racial Awakening and Reckoning (Harvard Education Press, 2023) shares the wisdom he has gained from over three decades of work on diversity, equity, and inclusion in educational settings. Positioning college campuses as “crucibles for social change,” Dr. Reddick challenges all of us to rethink how we show up as leaders, engaging all members of the university community in the task of creating more equitable learning environments while prioritizing joy, rest, and other restorative acts.

    1h 1m

  3. 07/15/2025

    Episode 16: Brian Rosenberg on his “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It : Resistance to Change in Higher Education”

    Brian Rosenberg discusses his new book “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It :Resistance to Change in Higher Education” Brian Rosenberg is currently visiting professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From 2003 until 2020, he served as the 16th President of Macalester College. He is the author of Whatever It Is, I’m Against It:  Resistance to Change in Higher Education, published in 2023 by Harvard Education Press. His articles on higher education appear regularly in The Chronicle of Higher Education and have also appeared in publications including The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. He serves as senior advisor and director at the African Leadership University and as a member of the board of the Teagle Foundation.  Rosenberg received his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. in English from Columbia University. Prior to arriving at Macalester, he served as dean of the faculty at Lawrence University and as professor and chair of the English Department at Allegheny College. He is the author of two books and many articles on Victorian literature.

    41 min

  4. 05/20/2025

    Episode 15: Kathleen deLaski on Who Needs College Anymore?

    Is a college degree still the quickest path to a good-paying job? That is the question at the heart of Kathleen deLaski’s timely 2025 book, which is the focus of this episode of Reinventing U. As deLaski notes, headlines are dominated by the cost and ROI of a 4-year degree, and more families are asking themselves: Is college worth it? For many Americans, confused and stressed by mixed messages, the answer, deLaski contends, is increasingly: No. But, if college isn’t the guaranteed route to success it once was, what comes next? Who Needs College Anymore? describes the workarounds that could well become the “new normal” for how America prepares for work.

    35 min

  5. 05/05/2025

    Episode 14: Leading Generously with Kathleen Fitzpatrick

    Leading Generously with Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Michigan State University

    56 min

  6. 02/14/2025

    Episode 13: The University Unfettered with Ian McNeely

    The University Unfettered Public Higher Education in an Age of Disruption Ian F. McNeely Columbia University Press The public university as we once knew it is gone and never coming back. After generations of fickle state support, public universities behave more and more like their private counterparts—charging what the market will bear, offering what consumers demand, competing relentlessly with peers, and managing their own priorities. But looking back on how we got here offers surprising reassurance. U.S. public universities emerged largely intact after a decade of disruption bookended by a financial crisis and a pandemic. Resisting widespread calls for corporate reinvention or “disruptive innovation,” they hewed to their core missions. If anything, exposure to the rigors of competition only enhanced their longstanding commitments to the public good.   READ MORE

    36 min

  7. 10/05/2023

    Episode 12: Mary Wright on her new book, Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape of Higher Education (2023)

    We interview Mary Wright, Associate Provost for Teaching and Learning, Executive Director of the Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, and Professor (Research) Sociology, at Brown University. She is also a former president (2017-18) of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, the U.S. professional association for educational development. The conversation focuses on Wright's new book, Centers for Teaching and Learning: The New Landscape in Higher Education (2023), a study of aims, strategies, tactics, organization, and evaluation approaches for over 1,200 Centers for Teaching and Learning.  UERU members can access an extended version of this episode in MyUERU. A transcript for this episode can be found here.

    38 min

  8. 04/25/2023

    Episode 11: Interview with Corbin Campbell

    This episode features an interview with Corbin Campbell, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Associate Professor in the School of Education at American University, hosted by Steve Dandaneau, Executive Director, and Emma Hanson, Senior Student Coordinator. The topics include Campbell's newly published book: Great College Teaching: Where It Happens and How to Foster It Everywhere, published by Harvard Education Press.

    52 min
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The Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities (UERU) is a Boyer-inspired national consortium of research universities dedicated to innovation and excellence in undergraduate education. Listen to Reinventing U for cutting-edge perspectives from experts in undergraduate education.

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    Association for Undergraduate Education at Research Universities
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2025
  • Episodes
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