APL nextED Mini-Pod

This week we hear from Ji Seon Lee, Associate Dean of the Graduate School of Social Service at Fordham University and a 2022 APL nextED Women Leading in Academics Award recipient. She will begin her new position as Associate Provost of Faculty Affairs at Fordham University July 1, 2022.Ji Seon spoke with Kathleen Gibson, APL nextED CEO and Founder, and shared valuable lessons learned this past year, her approach to the transitions occurring in higher education, and ways to gain a deeper understanding of the needs of both faculty and learners.Visit aplnexted.com/2022-Award to learn more about the Outstanding Women Leading in Academics Award.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod we hear from Janet Randerson, Director of Faculty Development at Colorado Christian University and a 2022 APL nextED Women Leading in Academics Award recipient. Janet spoke with Kathleen Gibson, APL nextED CEO and Founder and shared valuable lessons learned this past year, her approach to the transitions occurring in higher education, and ways to gain a deeper understanding of the needs of both faculty and learners. Visit aplnexted.com/2022-Award to learn more about the Outstanding Women Leading in Academics Award. APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams. Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Dr. Ted Mitchell and Dr. Sherri Hughes of the American Council on Education dive into next gen leadership development strategies and share accessible resources for leaders. Higher education leadership styles and tactics continue to evolve with new research, reflection, and ever-changing institutional needs. Today's leaders must have a clear understanding of present challenges and look forward at the opportunities ahead. The American Council on Education (ACE) has a history of being an integral part of public policy and fostering a connection between current and future leadership with access to workshops and a vast library of digital resources on everything from research to policy. Dr. Mitchell and Dr. Hughes provide several great insights on how to use ACE's resources and networking opportunities to propel higher ed forward with next gen leadership. APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams. Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

In this week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Holly Dowling, global keynote speaker and inspirational thought leader, shares her insight on how to overcome daily challenges to be the best and most joyful version of yourself.Engaging with thought leaders outside of your academic field can be difficult, especially when balancing personal and professional demands. Through her years of work, Holly has developed several ways to help leaders incorporate joy into their lives and work while encouraging others to do the same. Through simple and quick methods, Holly shares how to find your joy, conquer fear, and encounter growth within yourself and the world around you. Learn how you can begin to incorporate more of what you love into your work life and begin to experience more daily joy. APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Morgan Johnson, Vice President of Faculty Affairs at the University of Arizona Global Campus, dives into the growth that Centers for Teaching and Learning are experiencing and how this expansion will impact campuses in the future.How does an institution tie its mission, vision, and other initiatives into the classroom while still providing its students with the best possible education? Restructuring the approach to course development is one of the many possible solutions moving toward the future. Johnson and her staff are continually looking for ways to expand the effectiveness and impact of their Center's resources for faculty and increase student experience. Listen to learn the ways that the University of Arizona Global Campus is leading the way in online pedagogy, andragogy and faculty resources. APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Dr. Patti Pelletier, the Senior Director of the Learning & Leadership Community at Purdue University Global, provides insights into the resources that the Center for Teaching and Learning provides to the Purdue community. COVID-19 sent most campuses into a tailspin, suddenly needing to teach students, faculty and staff how to function in an online learning environment. For campuses like Purdue University Global, much of the past 18 months has continued to be mostly business as usual. Many would agree that taking courses online during the pandemic brought some overdue attention to the fragmented technology and digital delivery models at thousands of universities. There's much to learn from online models that have excelled in teaching and learning in a remote environment. Dr. Pelletier and her team at Purdue University Global acknowledge that faculty play a significant role in a successful online experience. Dr. Pelletier's team continuously creates resources to support online teaching, learning, and hybrid work environments as technology, demographics and needs change. Listen to learn more about the ways that Purdue University Global is helping their community succeed inside and outside of the classroom. APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod Dr. Jennifer Maney, Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at Marquette University, shares how she connects faculty with the institution's mission and how she helps encourage whole-person support within her work.Building cross-disciplinary relationships between faculty is a continual focus of college and university administrators, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. To help create these relationships at Marquette University, Dr. Maney leaned into their institutional mission. Through the CTL's creation of several clubs and resources, faculty were able to connect across disciplines to share knowledge, hobbies, ways to support each other and their students, and much more. Hear the methods that Dr. Maney and her team used to bring together a campus community that continues to thrive.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Herzing University President Renée Herzing talks about the ways leadership can support and shepherd both traditional and nontraditional learners along the path towards degree completion. How do institutions adapt to ever-changing learner demographics? Herzing University believes part of the key is meeting students where they are. Herzing began serving students in 1965 and launched their online campus in 2003 to provide support and more accessible learning opportunities to nontraditional students. As a former online learner, President Herzing uses her experience to continually advocate for the growth of the institution to support all students.  Hear how President Herzing is continuing the University's focus on innovation and empathetic leadership for holistic support of their students.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod Dr. Nancy Coleman, Dean of the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension at Harvard University, explains how her team is advocating for impactful and accessible online learning and global classrooms in higher education.Harvard's history of providing continuing education dates back more than 100 years, when the Harvard Extension School was founded and began serving women and men in the surrounding community with part-time learning opportunities. The School's programs have expanded and evolved to support the growing population of non-traditional learners. Today the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension at Harvard University serves 15,000 learners annually, providing accessible education to learners of every culture and career background, every age from 18 to 89. Find out how Dr. Coleman and the Harvard Extension School are making global learning accessible to their surrounding community, lifelong learners and diverse cohort of students, staff and faculty.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod we continue our conversation with Georgia State University Associate Provost Nicolle Parsons-Pollard as she shares ways the University is utilizing data to shape diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.Data drives many of the policy decisions made throughout institutions. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies are no exception. Georgia State University, a well-known research institution, recently received Insight Into Diversity's 2021 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. The University is implementing an ambitious plan to make further progress in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), following recommendations by its Task Force for Racial Equality last summer, and the implementation steering committee of the Next Generation of Faculty Initiative. Georgia State has developed a robust action plan to support DEI which includes developing inclusive hiring, promotion and retention practices, including the creation of a comprehensive mentorship program for faculty.Dr. Parsons-Pollard joins host Kathleen Gibson this week in part two of their discussion on DEI initiatives and the ways Georgia State is putting data into action.Additional Resources Referenced In This EpisodeDisproportionate Minority Contact by Nicolle Parsons-PollardIHED Burnout Report Equity-Minded Faculty Workload, What We Can and Should Do Now by the American Council on Education (ACE)Braving the Wilderness by Brene Brown Georgia State University's Action Plan for Racial Equity & Equality APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, we are joined by Georgia State Associate Provost Nicolle Parsons-Pollard to talk about the current atmosphere of diversity, equity and inclusion within higher education and how COVID-19 impacted DEI initiatives.COVID-19 flipped a switch within higher education causing many campuses to become vacant and requiring students, staff and faculty to become proficient in Zoom and other forms of virtual communication. It is easy to highlight the frustrations that came out of COVID-19 and the ensuing pandemic. When looking at diversity, equity and inclusion though, Dr. Parsons-Pollard believes that this flip actually opened a door for increased awareness around DEI initiatives. This week, Dr. Parsons-Pollard joins host Kathleen Gibson to highlight the changes and challenges she has witnessed pertaining to DEI initiatives since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in part one of this two-part episode.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, we are joined by Professor Mangala Subramaniam for part 2 of her special two-part episode as she continues to speak about her experiences creating support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.Committee work provides institutions with a way to bring fresh perspectives into ongoing conversations, but what happens when the same faculty are volunteering for every committee? Dr. Mangala Subramaniam and her staff have strived to create diverse and highly motivated committees at Purdue University to allow their DEI work to flourish.This week, Dr. Subramaniam joins host Kathleen Gibson to discuss the ways that she recruits and motivates faculty and staff to embrace diversity, equity and inclusion at Purdue University.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Dr. Mangala Subramaniam, Butler Chair and Director at Purdue University, shares her experiences as a professor and administrator advocating and supporting diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for faculty, staff, and students in part one of this two-part episode.Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become hot topics around campuses worldwide. Each institution continually approaches its commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion in vastly different ways as more studies and data become available. At Purdue University, Dr. Mangala Subramaniam and her colleagues have created DEI initiatives for the campus community to listen, learn and grow.This week, Dr. Subramaniam joins host Kathleen Gibson to discuss the ways that she approaches diversity, equity and inclusion at Purdue University and how she keeps the people that these policies impact and support the most, involved and heard.APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

This week on the APL nextED Mini-Pod, Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph shares the importance of creating and implementing an impactful mission and vision in part two of a special two-part series. Gaining institutional consensus is a critical component to establishing a concrete strategic plan. Faculty, staff, students and administrators must come together to determine the best path forward and document and disseminate the plan. What comes next? Georgia Gwinnett College rolled out a Strategic Plan in 2017, which will conclude in 2022. In this episode, Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph outlines an essential step in the strategic planning process, strategic implementation. Georgia Gwinnett College is the fasted growing baccalaureate college in the country. The College's enrollment increased 335 percent between 2009-2019, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education 2021-2022 Almanac of Higher Education Data. Collaboration between faculty, staff, and administrators becomes critical when an institution experiences rapid growth. President Jann Joseph joins host Kathleen Gibson to detail Georgia Gwinnett College's methods to increase faculty support and create a united community with a shared mission and vision. APL nextED is pleased to bring you the APL nextED Mini-Pod, where for a few minutes each week, academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

In this week's episode, Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph shares practical ways academic leaders can increase trust and unity on campus.Changes within higher education institutions often pass through many channels before reaching a final decision. Georgia Gwinnett College President Jann Joseph has emphasized making their decision processes more transparent to create a more cohesive campus community. Dr. Joseph actively works with her cabinet and other campus leaders to continually keep faculty and students informed about ongoing campus affairs through various channels and initiatives.President Jann Joseph joins host Kathleen Gibson to detail Georgia Gwinnett College's methods to increase transparency and strengthen the relationships between its faculty, staff, and students.Visit aplnexted.com/podcast to learn more about this week's guest, view video interviews and access the full list of APL nextED Mini-Pod episodes.

​​Whether a faculty member is on-campus, remote, full-time or adjunct, Baker College Provost Jill Langen has made it her mission to keep them in community with one another, learning, and supporting the College's mission and vision. She and her colleagues have successfully created a culture where faculty and student needs come first. In this week's episode, Dr. Jill Langen joins host Kathleen Gibson to detail practical methods Baker College has utilized to unite their faculty. Dr. Langen also shares ways Baker College prioritizes holistic support for faculty members beyond traditional professional development course options. 

Welcome to the first episode of APL nextED Mini-Pod! Each week academic leaders will share insights and perspectives on the most important issues and opportunities facing academic teams. In today's episode, Chancellor Susan Sciame-Giesecke shares ways she maintains a strong relationship with the faculty at Indiana University Kokomo. Visit www.aplnexted.com/podcast for additional show notes and information about today's guest.