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This is the third of a special 3-part series of our podcast, and in this episode—which is Part 3—we will focus on disseminating scholarly results in various outlets. Part 1 focused on being a consume…
This is the second of a special 3-part series of our podcast, and in this episode—which is Part 2—we will focus on engaging in the scholarly process. Part 1, which was featured in Season 5, Episode 9…
This is the first of a special 3-part series of our podcast, and in this episode—which is Part 1—we will focus on being a consumer of scholarship. In Part 2, we will learn about engaging in the scho…
This episode focuses on legal issues confronting faculty members across the higher education sector. Our guest is Kent Kauffman. Kent is Associate Professor of Business Law at Purdue University Fort …
In this episode, we have a conversation about continuous improvement in higher education. Our guest is Will Miller. Will serves as Associate Vice President for Continuous Improvement and Institutio…
This episode features colleagues discussing results from a recent study they conducted entitled “A Portrait of the Assessment Professional in the United States.” Our guests are Ruth Slotnick and Mar…
In this episode, we discuss issues of faculty job satisfaction and retention in collegiate contexts. Our guest is Todd Benson. Todd is Executive Director and Principal Investigator with the Collabora…
This episode features a conversation with a higher education assessment leader involved in championing Student Learning Outcomes, or SLOs as they are also known. Our guest is Jarek Janio, who, in ad…
This episode features a conversation with a colleague from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, or NACE as it is also known. Our guest is Mary Gatta, who serves as Director of Researc…
In this episode, we have a conversation with colleagues involved in producing Assessment 101 in Higher Education: The Fundamentals and How to Apply Them, the debut title in the Assessment and Improve…
This episode features contributors to a special issue of Assessment Update focused on the future of High-Impact Practices, also known as HIPs. Our guests are Catherine Chan, Jerry Daday, and Jillian…
This episode features a conversation with two colleagues from 1EdTech, a member-led non-profit educational technology partnership organization. Our guests are Suzanne Carbonaro and Kelly Hoyland, bo…
In this episode, we spend time with four influential scholars whose work has informed our thinking in the areas of experiential education and High Impact Practices, the latter often referred to as HI…
This episode features a conversation with the editor of The National Teaching & Learning Forum, a Wiley publication. Our guest is Lee Skallerup Bessette. In addition to serving as editor of this publ…
In this episode, we have a conversation with editors of the Journal of Student Affairs Inquiry, Improvement, and Impact (JSAIII), which is an open access publication advancing assessment across all s…
This episode focuses on Transparency in Learning and Teaching, also known as TiLT. Our guest is Mary-Ann Winkelmes. Mary-Ann is Founder, Director, and Principal Investigator of the Transparency in Le…
In this episode, we have a conversation with a coauthor of the book, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, released in April 2024 by Johns Hopkins University Press. Our…
This episode features editors of the 2nd edition of the Routledge book entitled Coordinating Divisional and Departmental Student Affairs Assessment. Our guests are Erin Bentrim, Gavin Henning, and K…
In this episode, we have a conversation with the co-editors of the Routledge book Exemplars of Assessment in Higher Education, Volume Two: Strategies for a Changing Higher Education Environment. Our…
This episode focuses on the intersection of work in student affairs and that of assessment and accreditation. Our guests are Sarah Gordon, Bill Heinrich, and Pam Shefman. Sarah is Associate Profess…