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In this episode of TRANSFORMED, Dr. Tamara Brown, Provost and SVP of Academic Affairs at the University of Texas, Arlington– explains why she firmly believes anything is possible when a provost owns transformation, guiding the entire institution towards alignment in support of leadership’s vision for the academic mission. Experiment, and fail if necessary, but learn through the process. Listen in to pick up additional pointers from an experienced and influential leader!
Dr. Brown: linkedin.com/in/tamara-brown-463708UTA: https://www.linkedin.com/school/university-of-texas-at-arlington
http://www.uta.edu
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In this episode of TRANSFORMED, Dr. Ann Marie Klotz, Vice President for Development, Enrollment and Student Success at Naropa University – shares the transformation journey of Naropa University with our host, JoeGottlieb, as she discusses the institution's shift in its business model through and beyond the pandemic. Key points include embracing change as higher ed evolves, staying flexible to encourage staff retention, and focusing on students during recruiting efforts.
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Dr. Ann Marie Klotz
Naropa University
Naropa University website
Engage with host, Joe Gottlieb, at [email protected] at any time!
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In this episode of TRANSFORMED, Dr. Maléka Ingram, Executive Dean of the Online Campus at Adler University, walks us through the journey Adler University took, working with two different external teams to develop and manage the online education program in the early years, with initial positive results but also growing negative impacts. By learning from those experiences and building a new core competency, Adler now manages all aspects of the online campus in-house, from the infrastructure itself to all the functions that make up an effective academic program, including recruiting students, designing the curriculum, and all the rest.
Dr. Maléka IngramAdler University
Adler University website
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In this episode in the Presidential Series of TRANSFORMED, Darby Dickerson – president and dean of Southwestern Law School – shares the institution’s new, unique offering of an online, ABA-accredited law degree for nontraditional students, with full-time or part-time options. Listen in to hear how Dean Dickerson applied tried and true change management techniques to develop the new programs, including recognizing the need to change, involving enthusiastic staff, adjusting processes, and leveraging technology to lead to a strategic advantage.
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Darby Dickerson
Southwestern Law School
Southwestern Law School websiteEngage with host, Joe Gottlieb, at [email protected] at any time!
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In this episode in the Presidential Series of TRANSFORMED, Dr. John Jackson – president of William Jessup University – lists many barbarians at the higher ed table, and even counts himself as one. He shares his FDA approach – flexible, distributed and accessible – that drives his leadership decisions at Jessup University, while running the institution like a business with a focused mission, understanding of their ideal customer, and an innovation imperative.
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Dr. John Jackson
William Jessup University
Barbarians at the Gate, Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, 1989
Grace Ambassador, Dr. John Jackson, 2023
Engage with host, Joe Gottlieb, at [email protected] at any time!
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In this episode, Casey Green – creator of the Campus Computing Project and award-winning industry analyst in higher ed – dives deep into past myths, present trends, and future practices that for higher ed leaders to consider as they drive their institutions’ strategy, evolution, and operation. Casey covers all the bases from multiple perspectives, exploring these topics and their impacts on CIOs, provosts, CFOs, presidents and governing boards.
https://www.campuscomputing.net/caseygreenCampus Computing Project https://www.campuscomputing.net/ On moving only certain applications to the cloud:
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Casey Green – creator of the Campus Computing Project and award-winning industry analyst in higher ed
Dr. Miloš Topić, Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Digital Officer, Grand Valley State University, TRANSFORMED Episode 66, 9:05Article summarizing latest Wavestone survey on data analytics:
Survey: GenAI Is Making Companies More Data Oriented, Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean, Harvard Business Review, 1/15/24On funding a data scient program centrally to incent collaboration among deans:
Dr. Anthony Wutoh, Provost and Chief Academic Officer, Howard University, TRANSFORMED Episode 47, 17:25Articles summarizing how Georgia State University dramatically improved student retention across all demographic categories:
Still Not Using Data to Inform Decisions and Policy, Kenneth C. Green, Inside Higher Ed/Digital Tweed Blog, 2/25/20
Georgia State, Leading U.S. in Black Graduates, Is Engine of Social Mobility, Richard Fausset, New York Times, 5/15/18On higher ed executives needing to get a technology tutor:
Presidents and Digital Learning: Get a Student Tutor, Kenneth C. Green, Inside Higher Ed/Digital Tweed Blog, 4/12/18On faculty members innovating with subdivided classrooms:
Dr. Bill Coppola, President, Tarrant County College, Southeast Campus, TRANSFORMED Episode 50, 4:22 -
In this episode, Dr. Junius Gonzales – Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Montclair State University – describes his experience as a higher ed leader, including his beliefs that change and innovation are best accomplished with diverse talent, starting with projects that are likely to succeed and establish momentum, while following clearly established and foundational principles and working towards bold strategic goals.
https://www.linkedin.com/school/montclair-state-university/
Engage with host, Joe Gottlieb, at [email protected] at any time!
Guest links:
linkedin.com/in/junius-gonzales-564530
https://www.montclair.edu/
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In this episode, Bryon Grigsby – President at Moravian University – offers his perspective on the value of a liberal learning and applied arts education coupled with faculty who embrace the societal changes impacting students, especially adult learners, in real-time. Grigsby contends higher education has an even greater societal role now, as technology makes information, and disinformation, more readily available.
References: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryongrigsby/https://www.linkedin.com/school/moravian-university/
https://www.moravian.edu/
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In this episode, Miloš Topić – Vice President for Information Technology & Chief Digital Officer at Grand Valley State University – reveals his actions and approach to higher ed leadership, including acting in the best interest of whole institution vs. holding onto a functional focus, shining a spotlight on institutional relevance, and nurturing flexibility to minimize friction throughout the digital transformation journey.
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In this episode, Dr. Lisa Vollendorf – President at Empire State University – highlights her institution’s focus not only on “first-time, full-time" students, retention, and graduation rates, but more importantly on what best serves the four generations of students enrolled. Combine programs that support that driving value with their partnerships with companies, unions, state agencies, and others, and see how Dr. Vollendorf and her colleagues work to diversify the capabilities of the workforce.
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Higher Digital has just published the next episode of its podcast, TRANSFORMED. Every other week we interview experts on higher education, digital transformation, and the challenges and promises represented by both.
In this episode of our special Presidential Series, Len Jessup – President at Claremont Graduate University – while first to ask if he is a “mutation,” shares how he came to his current role while explaining the evolution of the presidential career path, driven by governance boards’ desires for change agent leaders.
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Higher Digital has just published the next episode of its podcast, TRANSFORMED. Every other week we interview experts on higher education, digital transformation, and the challenges and promises represented by both.
In this episode, Tom Andriola – Vice Chancellor and Chief Digital Officer at the University of California, Irvine – shares how aligning across the critical elements of people, culture, technology and data acts as a catalyst for positive change.
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linkedin.com/in/tomandriola
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In this episode, Dr. Monique Sendze – Vice President for Information Technology and CIO at California State University, Chico – discusses her approach to effectively driving organizational change by creating a project and change management office to take an overarching view across the institution.
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In this episode, Dr. Rafik Mohamed – Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Cal State San Bernadino – offers suggestions on how best to leverage stakeholder buy-in as a change enhancer and accelerator.
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Dr. Rafik Mohamed, Provost and VP of Academic Affairs at Cal State San Bernadino
California State University, San Bernadino
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In this episode, Dr. Saul Jimenez-Sandoval – President of California State University, Fresno – explains how Ai could serve as the critical catalyst for higher education reform.
References:Dr. Saúl Jiménez-Sandoval, President, California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fresno
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In this episode, Dr. Lin Zhou - CIO of The New School - discusses the preparation of fourth generation enterprise technologists in the context of evolving IT organizations, quantum computing and the design, social research, arts, and public engagement programs offered by his institution.
Dr. Lin Zhou, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, The New SchoolThe New School
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In this episode, Dr. Bashar Hanna - President of Commonwealth University - discusses the importance of maintaining the cultural traditions, mascots and branding of the three institutions that are consolidating to form this new school serving Central Pennsylvania.
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Dr. Bashar Hanna, President of Commonwealth University
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
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In this episode, Dr. Pardis Mahdavi - President-select at the University of La Verne - discusses the need for and specific uses of partnership network effects to serve the underserved and reverse the education decline.
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Dr. Pardis Mahdavi, President-select of the University of La Verne
University of La Verne
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