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Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton is a top higher education consultant, renowned leader, and pioneer in strategic management systems and leadership boards. He's one of a select group with executive leadership experience in academe, nonprofits, government, and business.
Podcast Summary
Dr. Drumm McNaughton, in conversation with Dr. Nathan Long, President at Saybrook University, about how Saybrook has managed to more than double enrollment over the course of eight ye…
In the conclusion of this two-part series, Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Dr. Belle Wheelan, president of the Southern Association of Colleges Commission on Colleges, discuss the tsunami of issues facing …
In the first of this two-part interview, Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Dr. Belle Wheelan, president of the Southern Association of Colleges Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), about the tsunami of i…
Host, Dr. Drumm McNaughton is joined by Dr. Jana Mathews in discussion about the changing role of faculty in student mental health – how helicopter parents, social media, and the pandemic lockdowns …
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Dr. Larry Large, long-time higher education administrator, president of LD Large Consulting, and president emeritus of Oglethorpe University about the most important…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Chris Kuberski, president of Highland Community College in Illinois, about her tremendous strides in the last three years to overhaul the organizational culture at he…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews John A. White, a long-time leader in academia who most recently served as Chancellor of the University of Arkansas, about current trends in higher ed governance and …
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Jeff Spear, Principal at CFO Colleague, about the situation in higher education finance and how leaders can rethink finance in the face of current challenges.
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Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Dr. Daniel Aguilar, a higher ed consultant in social justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion issues, on reframing higher ed’s fragmented approach to diversity on c…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Phil Hill, a top expert on educational technology and online project management, to discuss the current—disrupted—state of the industry and the answers college and uni…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Ryan Craig, a Forbes journalist, author, Managing Director at Achieve Partners, and leader in the movement to establish an apprenticeship system for training and hiri…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Dr. Ami Moyal, president of Israel’s Afeka College of Engineering, about how he used the skills and insights from his years as CEO of a high-tech company to transform…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Dr. Richard "Dick" Chait, a distinguished Fulbright Scholar and one of the top higher education management and governance experts, about the evolving roles, responsib…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Amy Privette Perko, CEO of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, about the educational model of collegiate sports and the changing face of the NCAA.
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Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Rick Beyer, Executive Chairman at Core Education Services, PBC, about new and innovative ways that smaller colleges and universities can leverage shared services and a…
In this episode of the podcast, two-time former president of the University of South Carolina, Harris Pastides, shares his experiences and beliefs about what it takes to lead an institution of higher…
In this episode, Brandon Busteed explores the dramatic and positive shift taking place in people's perceptions of education technology and online learning. A recent poll showed that Americans have in…
In this episode, Drumm McNaughton and Mike Goldstein, Managing Partner at Tyton Partners, discuss the emerging trend among colleges and universities to engage in very different kinds of partnerships …
In this podcast, Dr. June Parks, a licensed psychologist specializing in childhood trauma, discusses how the youth mental health crisis, has been exacerbated and accelerated by the pandemic. Parks ex…
Dr. Drumm McNaughton interviews Artem Gulish and Katherine Peltier Campbell, colleagues at Georgetown University, and co-authors of a recent report The Uncertain Pathway from Youth to a Good Job. In …