Solutions for Higher Education with Southern Utah University President Scott L Wyatt
211 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsThis podcast is no longer produced, all episodes are archived on YouTube at:
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Solutions for Higher Education dives into hot topics in the world of colleges and universities. Sometimes it tackles controversies in education, sometimes it looks at current events, sometimes it's innovations and fun. Brought to you by Southern Utah University, but geared toward anyone with an interest in the subjects, episodes are hosted by SUU's President Scott L Wyatt and Professor Steve Meredith.
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110: Final Episode
June 14, 2021 19:32 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBAs he begins the transition to his new position as Senior Executive Director of State Online Education, President Scott L Wyatt reflects on his service at SUU and future opportunities. Featured Quotes: It has become so much a part of my identity and my whole life, along with my wife Kathy. It seems that being a president of a university is not a job, it's a lifestyle. It's every day, weekends, evenings... my whole life is consumed in Southern Utah University and it's been a spectacular ti...
109: Purdue University Global - Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education
April 26, 2021 06:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBPresident Scott L Wyatt and Solutions for Higher Education host Steve Meredith share a conversation with Dr. Frank Dooley, chancellor at Purdue University Global, focused on the non traditional students that are largely overlooked by higher education. Featured Quotes: I think that the biggest thing that has changed in the past year, I think the acceptance of online education has moved forward—and I mean by both faculty and by prospective students—has probably been moved forward a decade. ...
108: Resilience Amidst Adversity: Supporting Teaching and Learning During the Covid Pandemic
April 12, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and host Steve Meredith sit down with members of Southern Utah University’s faculty and staff to discuss how the University has adapted teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sylvia Bradshaw, Matt McKenzie, Johnny MacLean, Lynn Vartan, and Matt Weeg all share their perspective on the last year. Featured Quotes: I think all of these offices and probably all of the offices across campus have really learned a lesson in being nimble with the ch...
107: Resilience Amidst Adversity: The SUU Dance Program
April 05, 2021 06:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and host Steve Meredith speak with two members of the Southern Utah University Dance program. Danielle Sheather, assistant professor of dance, and Bailey Walker, a first year senior dance student, share they had a memorable year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Featured Quotes: . . . I think as artists, all of us are really enthralled by the unknown, at least I am. I think it’s exciting to discover new things, I do take the approach that I am forever a ...
106: Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education: The Workflow Academy
March 29, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.6 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Solutions for Higher Education host Steve Meredith are joined by Peter Fuller, president of Workflow Academy. The trio discusses Workflow Academy and how it upscales students, preparing them for placement in cloud technology related careers. Featured Quotes: . . . a massive opportunity that I see, one that makes me try and partner with SUU and with other universities, I want to tap the immense talent pools that you’ve done such a good job of prepar...
105: Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education: Microsoft Mixed Reality Team
March 22, 2021 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBShow Notes: This week on Solutions for Higher Education, President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by Seana Murray, business program manager and John O’Brien, chief technology officer, at Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Services. The group looks at how HoloLens is changing the landscape of virtual higher education and many other industries. Featured Quotes: And so, the new [Case Westen University] medical school is going completely holographic, and they have taught already a num...
104: Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education: Amazon Web Services
March 15, 2021 06:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith welcome Aaron Osmond, Workforce Transformation Leader with Amazon Web Services and the Vice Chair of the Utah Board of Higher Education, the governing board that oversees Utah’s colleges and universities. The three discuss the technology industry, how they partner with higher education, and how students can obtain jobs in technology. Featured Quotes: Last year alone in the United States, there were 5.3 million open cloud jobs that ...
103: Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education - An Introduction
March 08, 2021 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.1 MBShow Notes: In the first episode of the spring 2021 season, Southern Utah University President Scott L Wyatt and Solutions for Higher Education host Steve Meredith introduce this semester’s topic, Alternatives to Traditional Higher Education. The two discuss the upcoming season and begin to dive into the variety of options available for people outside of higher education. Links Associated with this Episode: Transcript Follow Us: Solutions for Higher Education Podcast SUU Blog SUU Fa...
102: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - Strategic Planning and Innovation
December 14, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith welcome Dr. Jon Anderson, Southern Utah University’s Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. In this episode, the group discusses the role of shared governance in university strategic planning and how to engage faculty, staff, and students in the process. Featured Quotes: And so, [according to the American Association of University Professors] it is the president’s responsibility to innovate for the institution and to push t...
101: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned with Utah's Commissioner of Higher Education
December 07, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 48.8 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Dr. Dave Woolstenhulme, Commissioner of Higher Education for the state of Utah, to discuss the structure of higher education in Utah and recent shifts that have been made. Featured Quotes: I think we're going to have some real efficiencies around how we operate and how we do things for backdoor operations of an institution. It won't change the front, what the student is going to see, but when you look at HR, you look at...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The 100th Episode
November 30, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by the entire Solutions for Higher Education team. From recording to distribution, this week’s guests cover all the steps in the podcast’s production. Bailey Bowthorpe, Libby Meredith, Natasha Johnson, Lexi Carter, and Jill Whitaker join in to share their part of the process and their favorite episodes from the years. Featured Quotes: For those of our listeners at home that tune in regularly, they know that the 20...
100: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The 100th Episode
November 30, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by the entire Solutions for Higher Education team. From recording to distribution, this week’s guests cover all the steps in the podcast’s production. Bailey Bowthorpe, Libby Meredith, Natasha Johnson, Lexi Carter, and Jill Whitaker join in to share their part of the process and their favorite episodes from the years. Featured Quotes: For those of our listeners at home that tune in regularly, they know that the 2020-21 aca...
099: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned: The SUU Rural Health Scholars Program
November 23, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Rita Osborn, executive director of the Center for Rural Health to discuss Southern Utah University’s Rural Health Scholars Program. The program prepares students for graduate-level healthcare programs through academic and non-academic experiences. Featured Quotes: . . . the interesting message is you can have any major you want. You could be a music major and get to medical school. Many healthcare graduate programs appr...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned: The SUU Rural Health Scholars Program
November 23, 2020 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Rita Osborn, executive director of the Center for Rural Health to discuss Southern Utah University’s Rural Health Scholars Program. The program prepares students for graduate-level healthcare programs through academic and non-academic experiences. Featured Quotes: . . . the interesting message is you can have any major you want. You could be a music major and get to medical school. Many healthcare graduate prog...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - SUU's Assistant Coaches for Excellence and Success (ACES) Program
November 16, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with SUU’s Dr. Eric Kirby, assistant vice president for student affairs and Ryan Bailey, coordinator of completion and student success. They discuss SUU’s main retention strategy, the Assistant Coaches for Excellence and Success (ACES), a peer mentoring program for first year students. Featured Quotes: . . . the ACES are basically the "one stop shop" for all incoming students, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. The ACE...
098: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - SUU's Assistant Coaches for Excellence and Success (ACES) Program
November 16, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with SUU’s Dr. Eric Kirby, assistant vice president for student affairs and Ryan Bailey, coordinator of completion and student success. They discuss SUU’s main retention strategy, the Assistant Coaches for Excellence and Success (ACES), a peer mentoring program for first year students. Featured Quotes: . . . the ACES are basically the "one stop shop" for all incoming students, no ifs, ands, or buts about it. The ACE contacts...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The SUU Speedway Campus
November 09, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBShow Notes: President Scott Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with SUU’s Provost Jon Anderson to discuss SUU’s newest innovation: a $10,000 bachelor of general studies degree program. They discuss the promise of online student growth and how this new program offers yet another path for SUU students to succeed. Featured Quotes: . . . as we did our financial modeling, we settled on a price point of about $79 a credit, which would allow someone to enter SUU Speedway Campus and fini...
097: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The SUU Speedway Campus
November 09, 2020 07:00 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBShow Notes: President Scott Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with SUU’s Provost Jon Anderson to discuss SUU’s newest innovation: a $10,000 bachelor of general studies degree program. They discuss the promise of online student growth and how this new program offers yet another path for SUU students to succeed. Featured Quotes: . . . as we did our financial modeling, we settled on a price point of about $79 a credit, which would allow someone to enter SUU Speedway Campus and finish a full...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned: The Southwest Tech Dual Enrollment Partnership
November 02, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBShow Notes: President Scott Wyatt and Steve Meredith meet with two leaders from Southwest Technical College, Tessa Douglas, director of Dual Enrollment and Placement Services, and Will Pierce, Vice President of Instruction. They discuss the innovative partnership between SUU and Southwest Tech and how the two entities have developed multiple pathways for students to take courses at both institutions. Featured Quotes: The SUU students who come [to STECH] all seem to have really po...
096: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned: The Southwest Tech Dual Enrollment Partnership
November 02, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 62.4 MBShow Notes: President Scott Wyatt and Steve Meredith meet with two leaders from Southwest Technical College, Tessa Douglas, director of Dual Enrollment and Placement Services, and Will Pierce, Vice President of Instruction. They discuss the innovative partnership between SUU and Southwest Tech and how the two entities have developed multiple pathways for students to take courses at both institutions. Featured Quotes: The SUU students who come [to STECH] all seem to have really positive fe...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The Best Friends Partnership
October 26, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Tawny Hammond, National Director of Learning Advancement for Best Friends Animal Society and SUU's Melynda Thorpe, Executive Director of Community and Professional Development. They discuss the SUU & Best Friends Executive Leadership Certification, the nation’s first university-endorsed animal services leadership program for working professionals as well as the importance of obtaining higher education in animal we...
095: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The Best Friends Partnership
October 26, 2020 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.7 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Tawny Hammond, National Director of Learning Advancement for Best Friends Animal Society and SUU's Melynda Thorpe, Executive Director of Community and Professional Development. They discuss the SUU & Best Friends Executive Leadership Certification, the nation’s first university-endorsed animal services leadership program for working professionals as well as the importance of obtaining higher education in animal welfare. F...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The SUU MBA Program
October 19, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith talk with Ken Hall, SUU School of Business Associate Dean, about the overhaul and growth of the MBA program over the last few years. They discuss the importance of maintaining quality between face-to-face and online courses and how holding the same admissions standards for all students - regardless of how they take classes - has really strengthened the program. Featured Quotes: It’s nice to see the numbers grow, absolutely, t...
094: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The SUU MBA Program
October 19, 2020 06:00 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith talk with Ken Hall, SUU School of Business Associate Dean, about the overhaul and growth of the MBA program over the last few years. They discuss the importance of maintaining quality between face-to-face and online courses and how holding the same admissions standards for all students - regardless of how they take classes - has really strengthened the program. Featured Quotes: It’s nice to see the numbers grow, absolutely, there’s a ...
093: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The SUU Three Year Degree Program
October 12, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith talk with SUU's Faculty Senate President Bill Heyborne about the Three Year Degree program. They discuss the initial concept, the ripple effect it had on campus - specifically among faculty members - and how authentic communication and using the brilliant minds available made the program setup a success. Featured Quotes: After you approached me about participating in this podcast, I started thinking about the things that have gone wel...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - The SUU Three Year Degree Program
October 12, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith talk with SUU's Faculty Senate President Bill Heyborne about the Three Year Degree program. They discuss the initial concept, the ripple effect it had on campus - specifically among faculty members - and how authentic communication and using the brilliant minds available made the program setup a success. Featured Quotes: After you approached me about participating in this podcast, I started thinking about the things that have...
092: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - Introductory Episode
October 05, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith kick off the 2020-21 season by introducing this year’s podcast theme: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned. They preview some of the topics to be discussed, like the partnership between SUU and Southwest Technical College and SUU’s Three Year Degree program. Featured Quotes: We don’t give salary increases for people that are creative, we don’t give a bonus to anybody like that. But as you move up the ladder and get to the t...
Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned - Introductory Episode
October 05, 2020 06:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith kick off the 2020-21 season by introducing this year’s podcast theme: Innovation in Higher Education: Lessons Learned. They preview some of the topics to be discussed, like the partnership between SUU and Southwest Technical College and SUU’s Three Year Degree program. Featured Quotes: We don’t give salary increases for people that are creative, we don’t give a bonus to anybody like that. But as you move up the ladder and get...
091: 2020 Summer Book Club #4: The Poker Bride with author Christopher Corbett
September 21, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBShow Notes: Author Christopher Corbett joins the podcast today as we discuss his book The Poker Bride. Featured Quotes: Mark Twain talks about not writing about mankind, but writing about a man and I was very interested in putting a human face on an experience that we don’t know that much about, and that is the experience of the Chinese in the West and more particularly, of Chinese concubines in the West. And that’s how I found Polly Bemis, who was and is now and probably always will be k...
2020 Summer Book Club #4: The Poker Bride with author Christopher Corbett
September 21, 2020 06:00 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBShow Notes: Author Christopher Corbett joins the podcast today as we discuss his book The Poker Bride. Featured Quotes: Mark Twain talks about not writing about mankind, but writing about a man and I was very interested in putting a human face on an experience that we don’t know that much about, and that is the experience of the Chinese in the West and more particularly, of Chinese concubines in the West. And that’s how I found Polly Bemis, who was and is now and probably always ...
2020 Summer Book Club #3: The Great Influenza with author John M. Barry
July 27, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBShow Notes: Author John M. Barry joins the podcast today as we discuss his book The Great Influenza and how relevant it is to the time we are living through right now. Featured Quotes: [The 1918] virus did go everywhere. The death toll is estimated at between 15 and 100 million people in a much smaller population. If you adjust for population, that would be equal to 220 to 440 million people today. John M. Barry [In 1918] they created a propaganda arm called the Committee for Pu...
090: 2020 Summer Book Club #3: The Great Influenza with author John M. Barry
July 27, 2020 06:00 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBShow Notes: Author John M. Barry joins the podcast today as we discuss his book The Great Influenza and how relevant it is to the time we are living through right now. Featured Quotes: [The 1918] virus did go everywhere. The death toll is estimated at between 15 and 100 million people in a much smaller population. If you adjust for population, that would be equal to 220 to 440 million people today. John M. Barry [In 1918] they created a propaganda arm called the Committee for Public Info...
2020 Summer Book Club #2: The Pacific Alone with author Dave Shively
June 22, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by Dave Shively to discuss his book The Pacific Alone, the second installment in the Summer Book Club series. They discuss Ed Gillet’s journey across the Pacific Ocean and Shively’s process for gathering all the details and writing this book. Featured Quotes: You just keep moving forward and if things get bad, take a break. Stop and eat, make camp, and then you get up the next day and you keep moving because you kn...
089: 2020 Summer Book Club #2: The Pacific Alone with author Dave Shively
June 22, 2020 06:00 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by Dave Shively to discuss his book The Pacific Alone, the second installment in the Summer Book Club series. They discuss Ed Gillet’s journey across the Pacific Ocean and Shively’s process for gathering all the details and writing this book. Featured Quotes: You just keep moving forward and if things get bad, take a break. Stop and eat, make camp, and then you get up the next day and you keep moving because you know that y...
2020 Summer Book Club #1: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
May 26, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by SUU professors Dr. Daniel Hatch and Dr. Tyler Stillman to discuss the first book in the Summer Book Club: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. They discuss their interpretations of the meaning of life, the importance of relationships with others and being honest with yourself, and speculate about Viktor Frankl’s motivation in writing this book. Featured Quotes: It did not really matter what we expected fro...
088: 2020 Summer Book Club #1: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
May 26, 2020 06:00 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by SUU professors Dr. Daniel Hatch and Dr. Tyler Stillman to discuss the first book in the Summer Book Club: Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. They discuss their interpretations of the meaning of life, the importance of relationships with others and being honest with yourself, and speculate about Viktor Frankl’s motivation in writing this book. Featured Quotes: It did not really matter what we expected from life, b...
087: 2020 Summer Book Club Kickoff
May 11, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBShow Notes: As part of the podcast series Solutions for Higher Education, SUU President Scott L Wyatt will lead a “Summer Reading Club” focusing on a new book each month. Readers who join the podcast will be given an introduction to the book by Scott Wyatt and podcast host Steve Meredith, who will be joined by an expert guest to give additional insight and context to the completed reading. Featured Quotes: . . . We've put together an interesting collection of books that we hope are all re...
2020 Summer Book Club Kickoff
May 11, 2020 06:00 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBShow Notes: As part of the podcast series Solutions for Higher Education, SUU President Scott L Wyatt will lead a “Summer Reading Club” focusing on a new book each month. Readers who join the podcast will be given an introduction to the book by Scott Wyatt and podcast host Steve Meredith, who will be joined by an expert guest to give additional insight and context to the completed reading. Featured Quotes: . . . We've put together an interesting collection of books that we hope a...
Strange days and new opportunities: SUU and the coronavirus
April 27, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit 6 feet apart and discuss SUU and COVID-19, how the coronavirus has impacted Southern Utah University and higher education. Featured Quotes: This generation that has been sometimes accused of being overly socially engaged on technology and not socially enough engaged face-to-face . . . is the most well-equipped generation of all time to be able to handle a pandemic like this. Scott L Wyatt, SUU President It reminds me tha...
086: Strange days and new opportunities: SUU and the coronavirus
April 27, 2020 06:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit 6 feet apart and discuss SUU and COVID-19, how the coronavirus has impacted Southern Utah University and higher education. Featured Quotes: This generation that has been sometimes accused of being overly socially engaged on technology and not socially enough engaged face-to-face . . . is the most well-equipped generation of all time to be able to handle a pandemic like this. Scott L Wyatt, SUU President It reminds me that of all ...
The Classes Everyone Loves to Hate: Fixing General Education
April 20, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle for Higher Education. They discuss McMurtrie's article "Fixing the Courses that Everybody Loves to Hate" and how the student success movement has adjusted in light of Generation Z students flooding college campuses. Featured Quotes: This generation, Gen Z they call it, is an interesting one. They're quite practical, they're kind of skeptical, they’re very comfortab...
085: The Classes Everyone Loves to Hate: Fixing General Education
April 20, 2020 06:00 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith are joined by Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle for Higher Education. They discuss McMurtrie's article "Fixing the Courses that Everybody Loves to Hate" and how the student success movement has adjusted in light of Generation Z students flooding college campuses. Featured Quotes: This generation, Gen Z they call it, is an interesting one. They're quite practical, they're kind of skeptical, they’re very comfortable with b...
Enrollment, Tuition, and State Support
April 13, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBShow Notes: Sophia Laderman from the State Higher Education Executive Offices Association joins the podcast this week to discuss the funding of higher education and how it has impacted tuition over the years. Featured Quotes: . . . if we go all the way back to 1980, funding was a lot higher, several thousand dollars per student higher. So, that means your average student at a public institution was getting a lot more state money for their education. And so, as state funding has ...
084: Enrollment, Tuition, and State Support
April 13, 2020 06:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBShow Notes: Sophia Laderman from the State Higher Education Executive Offices Association joins the podcast this week to discuss the funding of higher education and how it has impacted tuition over the years. Featured Quotes: . . . if we go all the way back to 1980, funding was a lot higher, several thousand dollars per student higher. So, that means your average student at a public institution was getting a lot more state money for their education. And so, as state funding has gone down...
083: Your College is Not an Exception
April 06, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBShow Notes: This week on the podcast we talk with Madeleine Rhyneer from Richmond, Virginia where she is the Vice President for Consulting and Dean of Enrollment Services at EAB. She recently had an article published entitled "No, Your College is Not An Exception" in the Chronicle of Higher Education and we just had to discuss that with her. Featured Quotes: One of the things that I've been challenging people with . . . in the last few months is to ask . . . , "What's your elevator pitch?...
Your College is Not an Exception
April 06, 2020 06:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBShow Notes: This week on the podcast we talk with Madeleine Rhyneer from Richmond, Virginia where she is the Vice President for Consulting and Dean of Enrollment Services at EAB. She recently had an article published entitled "No, Your College is Not An Exception" in the Chronicle of Higher Education and we just had to discuss that with her. Featured Quotes: One of the things that I've been challenging people with . . . in the last few months is to ask . . . , "What's your elevat...
Enrollment and the 2019 “Varying Degrees” Report
March 30, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Rachel Fishman, Deputy Director for Research at the Higher Education Initiative with New America, to discuss the perceptions of higher education, including affordability, quality, and return on investment. Featured Quotes: . . . overwhelmingly people think [higher education is] not fine the way it is. We do ask a follow-up question to this that’s open ended that’s like, “Well, why do you feel that way?” And the...
082: Enrollment and the 2019 “Varying Degrees” Report
March 30, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBShow Notes: President Scott L Wyatt and Steve Meredith sit down with Rachel Fishman, Deputy Director for Research at the Higher Education Initiative with New America, to discuss the perceptions of higher education, including affordability, quality, and return on investment. Featured Quotes: . . . overwhelmingly people think [higher education is] not fine the way it is. We do ask a follow-up question to this that’s open ended that’s like, “Well, why do you feel that way?” And the overwhel...
081: Enrollment Issues and Accreditation
March 23, 2020 06:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBShow Notes: We've invited Barbara Brittingham, the President of the New England Commission on Higher Education, to discuss what the downturn in higher ed enrollment is doing from an accreditation standpoint. Featured Quotes: . . . one of the things that the commission has seen (and Vermont is an excellent example of this unfortunately), is that when a small college closes, it is obviously very hard on the students and the faculty and the staff who work there, it's difficult for the alums,...
Enrollment Issues and Accreditation
March 23, 2020 06:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBShow Notes: We've invited Barbara Brittingham, the President of the New England Commission on Higher Education, to discuss what the downturn in higher ed enrollment is doing from an accreditation standpoint. Featured Quotes: . . . one of the things that the commission has seen (and Vermont is an excellent example of this unfortunately), is that when a small college closes, it is obviously very hard on the students and the faculty and the staff who work there, it's difficult for t...