Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, speaks with Dr. Daniel Greenstein, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education (PASSHE), on the Innovating Together Podcast. Chancellor Greenstein talks about sharing his team’s lessons with the higher ed community, some basics of redesigning a university system, tips for those initiating a redesign, navigating team buy-in, and the relationship between efficiency and innovation. Topics include:

• Blogging his insights now instead of writing a book about them later
• Factoring in the difficulty and slowness of major institutional change
• How he would have coached himself five years ago
• Committing to system transformation as a team
• How innovation and efficiency needn’t be mutually exclusive
   

Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, and Doug Lederman, Editor and Co-Founder of Inside Higher Ed, speak with Dr. Kevin Kruger, retiring President and CEO of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), on The Innovating Together Podcast. Dr. Kruger reflects on the pleasures and pressures of leadership, how he’s approached his position, his recommendations for practicing and upcoming leaders, and how to prepare for a sea change in higher education. Topics include:

• What he’ll miss and won’t miss about leading NASPA
• Leadership as a craft
• Four pieces of administrative advice for those working in higher ed
• The oncoming “higher ed recession”
• Recommended reading

Innovating Together shares Dash Media’s 12/20/23 podcast Ed on the Edge, featuring the UIA’s founder and CEO Bridget Burns. In conversation with Global Silicon Valley’s Michael Moe, Dr. Burns talks about her personal experiences with student success, the UIA’s first ten years, how to scale change, and the value of embracing failure. Topics include:

• The origin of the University Innovation Alliance
• Ten years of leading the way in student success innovation
• Repositioning higher ed to better serve the American Dream
• Breaking individual institutions out of their silos
• How to get involved with the UIA’s mission