Higher Ed Leaders: Transforming and Innovating Higher Education in the US sponsored by Viv Higher Education
Hosted by Suzan · Suzan Brinker, PhD
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- 57
- Episodes
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- Transcribed
- 4
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Higher Ed Leaders: Transforming and Innovating Higher Education in the US sponsored by Viv Higher Education
Welcome to Higher Ed Leaders, hosted by Suzan Brinker, PhD, of Viv Higher Education, is the podcast for higher education professionals who believe colleges and universities are strongest when they are bold, adaptive, and built to last. We are excited to bring you Season 3 of Higher Ed Leaders. This season continues our focus on entrepreneurial leadership, this time through founding and long-term impact stories. Across each episode, we explore how institutions, schools, programs, and major initiatives were first imagined, launched, and sustained. Through conversations with presidents, vice presidents, and senior leaders, the podcast digs into decision-making with imperfect information, prioritization, and knowing when to move forward or say no, all with an eye toward lasting impact in higher education. Previous seasons include Season 2, which focused on The Entrepreneurial Campus, and Season 1, centered on Transforming and Innovating Higher Education.
- Publisher
- Suzan Brinker, PhD
- Category
- business · education · education
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Jan 2024
- Latest episode
- 4 May 2026
Latest episodes
54 of 57 episodes have a transcript.
4 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
SEASON 3: Ep. 12 From Student to President: Leading the Institution That Made You with Michael Avaltron, Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
21 Apr 2026
SEASON 3: Ep. 11 Inside a First Year as College President with Brooke Barnett, Rollins College
1 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
SEASON 3: Ep. 10 Purpose, Edge, and Community: Rethinking the Business School with Brooke Elliott, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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SEASON 3: Ep. 12 From Student to President: Leading the Institution That Made You with Michael Avaltron, Fairleigh Dickinson University (FDU)
Published 4 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] The programs is really identifying in many respects, how do we build a stronger identity aligned with the needs of our communities, the needs of our students and the needs of the workforce of the future. And so I think higher education has had this challenge often of trying to be everything to everyone, having hundreds of programs, having hundreds of offerings. and never being able to scale in anywhere where it's both sustainable and manageable with excellence. We've started to create the identity of programs around what I describe as health, health adjacent and professionally focused in nature. […]
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