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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 31: Building an Inspiring Learning Environment: Lehigh’s Mountaintop Experience

Ep. 31 - Building an Inspiring Learning Environment: Lehigh's Mountaintop Experience While there is still far to go in the transformation of higher ed, there are plenty of universities that are paving the way with innovative programs and initiatives. Lehigh University's Mountaintop is one of those programs. Mountaintop was developed to be a unique learning environment in which students are…

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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 29: Purdue’s Polytechnic as a Case Study in Transforming Big Public Universities

Ep. 29 - Purdue's Polytechnic as a Case Study in Transforming Big Public Universities Many of the examples of successful higher education transformation take place at small campuses started from scratch or in relatively small extant departments, units, or campuses. One important exception to the rule is Purdue University's Polytechnic in which the former College of Technology has been working…

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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 28: Most Likely to Succeed: A Conversation with Tony Wagner

Ep. 28 - Most Likely to Succeed: A Conversation with Tony Wagner The same forces at work bringing change to engineering education and higher education, more generally, are at work at the primary and secondary levels the world over. In this episode, join host Dave Goldberg and guest commentator Mark Somerville (Olin College) for a wide-ranging and expansive conversation with Harvard's…

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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 27: Student Power and Light: Hidden Keys to Transforming Higher Ed

Ep. 27 -Student Power and Light: Hidden Keys to Transforming Higher Ed When conversations turn to reforming or transforming higher education, weighty tomes are written, groups of faculty & administrators assemble, and new plans are made and executed, often without consulting or involving a single student. In recent times, business has gotten better at listening to the "voice of the…

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Higher Ed Outsider: Show vs. tell

In the most recent episode of Big Beacon Radio: Transforming Higher Education, guest Jeff Shelton discussed his educational background and how it led him to become the host of the Engineering Commons Podcast. Jeff went back to school to receive his PhD later in life, decades after completing his initial degrees. By the time he returned to school, Jeff had years of professional…

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Big Beacon Radio Ep. 22: Toward A Whole New Kind of Value Creation: An Interview with Kyle V. Davy

Ep. 22 - Toward A Whole New Kind of Value Creation: An Interview with Kyle V. Davy Increased specialization and expertise have been hallmarks of both higher education and commerce for many centuries. And this game plan worked sufficiently well until information technology facilitated low-cost integration across disciplines in new ways. The resulting misalignments and disruptions are felt in corporations as…

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Guiding Change: Relationships Foster Movements

Post contributed by Dr. Bryan Boulanger When I was little my father used to tell me, “If you want to know what you look like, look in the mirror. If you want to know who you are, look at your friends.” As I’ve grown older and my wife and I have had our own children, I’ve added “If you want…

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