Leading Improvements in Higher Education with Stephen Hundley

In this episode, we have a conversation on the theme of equity-centered collaboration in assessment and improvement. Our guests are Bethany Miller and Ellen Peters. Bethany is Director of Institutional Research and Assessment at Macalester College and Ellen is Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Planning, and Student Success at the University of Puget Sound.

This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: November 2023. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner and Angela Bergman. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more at assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu.

In this episode, we have a conversation with Ken O’Donnell, the inaugural recipient of a new Assessment Institute in Indianapolis award for excellence related to High-Impact Practices, often referred to as HIPs. Ken is Vice Provost at California State University-Dominguez Hills, and he is one of the founders of HIPs in the States, a network of colleagues advancing the work of High-Impact Practices on college and university campuses throughout the United States.

Links to resources mentioned in this episode:

American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U):
aacu.org/

HIPs in the States:
assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/program/HIPs_in_the_States.html

National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE):
nsse.indiana.edu/

This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: October 2023. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner and Angela Bergman. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more at assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu.

This episode features a leadership perspectives conversation with Debra Humphreys, Vice President of Strategic Engagement with the Lumina Foundation.
Lumina Foundation:
luminafoundation.org
This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: September 2023. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner, Caleb Keith, and Shirley Yorger. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more at assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu.

In this episode, we have a leadership perspectives conversation with Carleen Vande Zande from the National Association of System Heads, or NASH as it is also known. At NASH, Carleen serves as the Chief of Staff for the Institute for System Improvement and Innovation and is involved in several national-level initiatives.
Links to resources referenced in this episode:
National Association of System Heads:
nash.edu/

Delivering on the Promise of High-Impact Practices (book):
routledge.com/Delivering-on-the-Promise-of-High-Impact-Practices-Research-and-Models/Zilvinskis-Kinzie-Daday-ODonnell-Zande/p/book/9781642673616#
This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: June 2023. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner, Caleb Keith, and Shirley Yorger. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more at assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu.

This episode features leaders from the Competency-Based Education Network, or C-BEN as it is also known. Our guests are Amber Garrison Duncan and Tiffany Freeze. Amber is Executive Vice President and Tiffany is Vice President for Consulting Services at C-BEN.
Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN):
c-ben.org/
Other references mentioned in this episode include:
Anderson, L., & Krathwohl, D. A. (2001). Taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: A revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. Longman.

Bloom, B. S. (1956). Taxonomy of educational objectives handbook I: Cognitive domain. David McKay Co.

Krathwohl, D. R., Bloom, B. S., & Masia, B. B. (1964). Taxonomy of education objectives: Affective domain. David McKay Co.

This season of Leading Improvements in Higher Education is sponsored by the Center for Assessment and Research Studies at James Madison University; learn more at jmu.edu/assessment.
Episode recorded: May 2023. Host: Stephen Hundley. Producers: Chad Beckner, Caleb Keith, and Shirley Yorger. Original music: Caleb Keith. This award-winning podcast is a service of the Assessment Institute in Indianapolis; learn more at assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu.