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December 21, 2023

Courageous Leadership for Impactful Transformation

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 […]

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December 7, 2023

Surviving a Presidential Ouster Through Focus on Transformation Results

In this episode, Dr. Brenda Allen – President at Lincoln University – shares her story about becoming a stronger leader after facing an ouster early in her time as president. In the years since she was an undergrad at Lincoln, through her time as faculty at multiple Ivy Leagues, then her transition back to the […]

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November 9, 2023

Organizational Mutations Leading to Higher Ed Evolution

In this episode, Len Jessup – President at Claremont Graduate University – not only is first to ask if he is a “mutation,” but 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, and other mutations leading to […]

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October 26, 2023

Alignment as a Catalyst for Positive Change

In this episode, Tom Andriola – Vice Chancellor for Data and Information Technology, 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.   References:  Tom Andriola, Vice Chancellor for Data and Information Technology, Chief Digital Officer at […]

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February 18, 2022

Student Government as a Partner for Change

In this episode, our host Joe Gottlieb invites Alessio Papa to draw on his experiences in student government and speak to the important partnership between student government leadership and institutional leadership as a vehicle for change and improving the student experience.

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June 1, 2021

DEI and Its Pivotal Role in Higher Ed

This week, Joe Gottlieb sat down with Kim Wells to discuss diversity, equity and inclusion and its many facets in higher ed – from code switching to sharing how leadership can cultivate these principles at the institutional level.

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May 14, 2021

Postsecondary Value, Social Justice, and Motivation

President Joe Gottlieb sat down with CEO and Co-Founder Wayne Bovier to discuss postsecondary value and social justice in higher education and the motivation to get there.

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October 27, 2020

New Culture Assessment Measures Cultural Readiness for Dx

Higher Digital, a leader in helping higher education institutions drive actionable change, launches a data-driven Culture Assessment that can measure an institution’s cultural readiness for digital transformation. The Culture Assessment is complimentary and available to any employee at any institution.

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