Office Hours with John Gardner

About Office Hours with John Gardner

We are searching for big ideas that inspire hope and action in higher education around institutional transformation and innovation to advance student success outcomes. Joining John Gardner are higher education leaders and other relevant persons of interest who will discuss innovation and strategies that improve higher education. All opinions and views expressed as part of “Office Hours with John Gardner” belong solely to the individual participants and do not necessarily represent those of the people, institutions, or organizations with which the individuals may be associated in a professional, educational, or other personal capacity unless explicitly stated. Likewise, all opinions and views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the Gardner Institute.

Publisher

John N. Gardner

Category

education · education · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Jan 2022

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

44 of 226 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Episode 201- Universities as Reservoirs of Hope with David Hornsby and Manuel João Costa

   Host John Gardner interviews Professor David J. Hornsby and Manuel João Costa about universities serving as vital reservoirs of hope.

2. 

   5 Oct 2026

   Episode 200- Expanding our Mission: The Graduate and Professional Student Experience with John Gardner and Drew Koch

   Host John Gardner and Drew Koch, Executive Director of the Graduate & Professional Student Experience Hub, discuss improving the graduate and professional student experience and its importance.

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   Episode 199- Cultural Anchoring in Student Success with Nthabiseng Audrey Ogude and Jillian Kinzie

   Host John Gardner interviews Nthabiseng Audrey Ogude and Jillian Kinzie about cultural anchoring's impact on student success.

Inside a recent episode

Episode 198- Fostering Collaborative Growth with Phil Cavalier

Published 14 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I want you to talk about yourself as an intentional innovator, unless you relabel yourself. No, no, that's fine. When I started my first provost position, you know, of course, I was aware that I needed to understand, you know, the culture and the context, but I was looking for opportunities to serve students in a different way or to help students who might not have been served otherwise. The two things that became clear to me when I got there, one, we needed to redo our first year experience and that's when you and i started working together and as a result of the foundations of excellence in the first year self-study process we developed a really strong first year experience that that was not there and the culture wasn't there to to say well this is important and there was not a sense of collaboration between faculty and staff We were able over the course of my five years to move that particular needle significantly. […]

Who has been a guest on Office Hours with John Gardner

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• David Hornsby
• Manuel João Costa
• Drew Koch
• Nthabiseng Audrey Ogude
• Jillian Kinzie

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 59 / 100

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Quality

87

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

76

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