Podcast Center
Welcome to the University Business Podcast Center, featuring ongoing discussions and professional insights on the latest trends impacting the industry.
April 13, 2025
Here is one promising way to unlock stopped-out learnersTo get adult learners to return, they often need to be reminded how beneficial a college degree can be for their entire family, one expert says.
December 10, 2024
Work-based learning: One way Trump may disrupt the system—for the better"There are a lot of things that have people freaked out about the election of the Trump administration, but sometimes disrupting a system is a good thing," Jane Swift, president of Education at Work, says on the latest University Business Podcast.
December 09, 2024
[PODCAST] Welcome to the Next-Gen Campus: Evolution in MotionDate & Time: Wednesday, January 8 at 12pm ET
The technologies that empower learning and living on college and university campuses have changed dramatically over the years. In this podcast, Ron Shaffer, a trendspotter and expert in education technology, will begin by leading us through a look back on this journey. With the benefit of an historical perspective, listeners will glean some insights that we can apply to today's campus technologies. We will then shift our gaze to the near future and explore some of the new and emerging tech that will be evolving life and learning on campus in the decade to come.
November 06, 2024
The University Business Podcast: How to work together to adapt to new realitiesPublic university systems are fighting to stay relevant in the public eye. Can James Johnsen's new book help its leaders prove their value?
October 07, 2024
The University Business Podcast: Why HSIs play a vital role for the U.S. economyDr. Antonio Flores, president of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, details how Hispanic Serving Institutions will best serve a U.S. labor workforce projected to be one-fifth Hispanic by 2030.
October 03, 2024
[PODCAST] The Future Role of Higher Ed Libraries: Study Results on Student, Alumni & Family NeedsDate & Time: Wednesday, October 16 at 12pm ET
In this podcast, furniture manufacturer KI commissioned StudioFynn to undertake an extensive national research study. The research details the evolving purpose and mission of educational institutions and their library spaces driven primarily by the changing needs and experiences of students, educators, and alumni.
August 11, 2024
The University Business Podcast: Why are student-athletes becoming 'gladiators'?Presidents of large universities have long-faced pressure to bend the knee to their Division I athletic programs, says this Indiana University president emeritus. Unchecked, it will continue to have a corrosive effect on higher ed's academic and research mission.
July 08, 2024
The University Business Podcast: Why we must generate "good stress" in the classroomClassroom engagement is still recalibrating since the pandemic, and it will take a group effort to build us back stronger, two leaders at Bryant University's Center for Teaching Excellence propose.
June 10, 2024
The University Business Podcast: Dissecting mistrust in higher education with Lynn Pasquerella"We must defend the principles that caused us to enter leadership in the first place," the AAC&U president says. "It's not easy, and it might be that you need to resign, but we must defend this."
May 13, 2024
The University Business Podcast: Why STEM needs the humanities—and vice versaDeliberately integrating the humanities into the Georgia Institute of Technology's armada of world-class STEM-based academic programs is the future of pedagogy at the R1 Atlanta university—and perhaps for all of higher education, says Richard Utz, interim dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, in this installment of the University Business Podcast.