Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Derrick Tillman-Kelly, Director of UIA's Fellows Program and Network Engagement, speak with Dr. Chantal Levesque-Bristol, Executive Director of the Center for Instructional Excellence at Purdue University. She enlightened us about her research on student-centered learning, what it really is versus what it's commonly perceived to be, and how it can be used to include marginalized or minoritized student populations in the learning outcomes they deserve. Topics include:

• Self-determination theory and its motivational building blocks
• The role of autonomy in student-centered learning
• Why changing instructional practice begins with a shift of instructor mindset
• The differences between student-centered learning and active learning
• How focusing on human motivation is an investment in people

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Derrick Tillman-Kelly, Director of UIA's Fellows Program and Network Engagement, speak with Dr. Kristen Renn, Professor and Associate Dean at Michigan State University's Department of Educational Administration. As a specialist in college student learning, development, and identities, Professor Renn studies how students with minoritized identities – LGBTQ, students of color, low-income, or first-gen students – experience higher education and how that impacts their success. She shares her thoughts on how these students are weathering remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include:

• Navigating the climate of the virtual campus
• How students' personal data can hinder their expression of identity
• How administrators and faculty can view the student experience through students' eyes
• The power of micro and macro affirmations
• Decoding the "alphabet soup" of minoritized identity groups

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Derrick Tillman-Kelly, Director of UIA's Fellows Program and Network Engagement, speak with Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson, associate professor at University of California, Los Angeles. She discusses community-engaged scholarship, an area of study focusing on the sensitive interface between an institution of higher learning and the real-world, non-academic community that exists just outside the gate – and why proactive leadership is critical in how they engage. Topics include:

• What community-engaged scholarship is
• How academic leaders should (and shouldn't) engage with communities
• Spatial entitlement and representation for BIPOC members of academia
• The beloved community vs. the culture of incarceration
• A starting point for proactive leadership in community engagement