Fight for Your Students: A Provost’s Perspective of the Future (featuring Kara Monroe)
College and university provosts are tasked with a unique mission in higher education. Now called Chief Academic Officers at many institutions, provosts ensure that business-minded school administrations never lose sight of their core purpose: preparing...
College and university provosts are tasked with a unique mission in higher education. Now called Chief Academic Officers at many institutions, provosts ensure that business-minded school administrations never lose sight of their core purpose: preparing their students for life through quality education.
As a former provost herself, Kara Monroe, Founder and President of Monarch Strategies, never lost her passion for helping others navigate the complexities of higher academia.
Kara talks about the value of collaboration and continuous learning, as well as the ongoing fight for education reform.
Join us as we discuss:
- The role of the modern provost in a corporatized administration (7:06)
- Strategic coaching and learning new administrative skills (19:23)
- The need for higher ed reform and competency-based education (25:28)
Check out these resources we mentioned during the podcast:
- kara@monarchstrategiesllc.com
- The Higher Learning Commission
- WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies
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