Reinventing U

Episode 9 - Defining the Role of "Research" in Research Universities


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In episode 9, we talk with Colin Potts, the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Georgia Institute for Technology where he oversees offices and programs that effect undergraduate education such as the Georgia Tech Career Center, the Honors Program (HP), Academic Engagement ProgramsTutoring & Academic Support, Undergraduate Academic AdvisingPre-Graduate & Pre-Professional AdvisingSummer Session Initiatives, and Serve-Learn-Sustain (SLS). Dr. Potts also sits on the President’s cabinet and represents Georgia Tech’s undergraduate academic affairs to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents and the Association of American Universities (AAU). Dr. Potts also serves as the President of the Reinvention Collaborative. Topics discussed include the role of “research” in research universities in strengthening undergraduate education, the scholarship of teaching and learning in reference to the Boyer report, university-wide reform efforts, adapting to Covid-19 as a paradigm shift in higher education, and the importance of entrepreneurship at research universities as a growth and creation of knowledge.

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