Connect, Collaborate, Champion!
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.
Episodes
51 episodes
Building Community and Confidence in First-Gen College Students
Imposter syndrome and a lack of confidence in navigating college can happen to anybody, but it can especially be a problem for students who are the first in their families to attend college. These feelings can lead to poor academic performance ...
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Season 5
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Episode 51
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42:02
Navigating Tenure in Times of Change: Lessons from the Mitchell Hamline Merger
We discuss the story of how the Mitchell Hamline School of Law, born from the merger of two established institutions, undertook the complex process of rewriting its tenure code. As mergers in higher education become more common, the chal...
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Season 5
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Episode 50
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43:27
Campus Kitchen: Feeding Today's College Students
The campus dining experience has evolved significantly over the last several years as institutions and their students are more focused on global and regional flavors, healthy options, and sustainability. This episode features a conversation wit...
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Season 4
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Episode 49
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22:22
The Story of Transformation at Merrimack College
Hidden among the headlines about struggling institutions, there are stories of colleges that are thriving. In this episode we talk with Chris Hopey, president of
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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34:32
Revisiting Traditions: Meaningful Activities for the Class of 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically altered spring activities and college orientation for the class of 2020. Those young adults are this year's graduating college class. In this two-part episode, Liz Yates, dean of campus life at
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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27:57
Community Champions: Law Students Work with Those Facing Housing Instability
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,
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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35:50
Grant Funding Strategies for Colleges and Universities
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 t...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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27:17
College Honors Programs: What are the Benefits for Students?
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 stu...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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21:59
How Does Sports Fandom Affect our Physical Health?
Before you grab another plate of the nachos, listen to Aaron Mansfield, an assistant professor of sport management at Merrimack College, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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26:44
Building Diversity in Academia: Faculty Recruitment and Retention
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 Coll...
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Season 4
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Episode 42
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33:39
From President to Professor: Navigating the Return to Faculty
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 lead...
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Season 4
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Episode 41
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26:20
Uncorking the Student-Led Wine Experience
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....
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Season 4
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Episode 40
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27:14
Going Green One Step at a Time
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 planni...
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Season 4
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Episode 39
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19:52
Educating for Executive Function with Untapped Learning
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 capabili...
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Season 4
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Episode 38
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21:28
Advice on Navigating the Upcoming FAFSA Changes
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 enrol...
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Season 4
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Episode 37
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23:42
Principles of Effective Collaboration
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, ...
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Season 4
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Episode 36
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31:58
Stopping the Next Mass Shooting
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 ...
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Season 4
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Episode 35
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18:23
Majoring in a Mission
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 hig...
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Season 3
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Episode 34
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37:28
Preparing Civic-Minded Professionals
Robert Alexander, political science professor and founding director of the Institute for Civics and Public Policy (ICAPP) at
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Season 3
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Episode 33
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33:32
Serving the Public through a Student Internship
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.
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Season 3
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Episode 32
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22:52
Supporting Marginalized People: Lessons from a Community College Professor
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 fro...
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Season 3
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Episode 31
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37:29
Increasing Resources Through Better Relationship Building
Andrea Chapdelaine, president of Hood College, discusses how mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and collaborations can positively affect student support and campus-wide goals.
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Season 3
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Episode 30
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31:08
Fostering Innovation to Solve Complex Problems
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 work...
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Season 3
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Episode 29
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28:26
Advancing DEI in the IT Profession
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 abo...
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Season 3
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Episode 28
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33:07
A Long-Serving President's Keys to Success
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 c...
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Season 3
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Episode 27
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33:01