Office Hours With EAB

BONUS CONTENT: Dr. Christine Riordan, president of Adelphi University, shares what she’s learned from a unique collaboration of more than 100 independent colleges and universities across New York State to help each prepare for the fall term.

EAB’s Sally Amoruso is joined by the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Chancellor Dr. Jeffrey Gold, who is a leading expert on containing the spread of viruses and other dangerous pathogens. The two discuss how university leaders can access and interpret data on the community spread of the coronavirus to help shape their plans to welcome students, faculty, and staff back to campus.

EAB’s Sally Amoruso and Hersh Steinberg share takeaways from their recent discussions with more than 100 senior university leaders. Hear, for example, how progressive presidents are making deep cuts but also investing in a few key areas that will position their institutions to emerge from the current crisis stronger than ever.

EAB’s Kaitlyn Maloney and Ann Forman Lippens talk about campus plans to “de-densify” classrooms, dorms, and dining halls so students can social distance this fall, as well as how COVID-19 will impact recent progress on sustainability.

EAB’s Melanie Ho and Carla Hickman identify the five biggest mistakes higher ed leaders must avoid with their COVID-19 strategies.

EAB’s Meacie Fairfax and Ed Venit discuss equity gaps in higher education and ways the pandemic and recent social unrest threaten to widen those gaps unless universities take swift action.

Dr. Fayneese Miller, president of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, joins EAB’s Sally Amoruso to discuss how her experience growing up as an African American woman in a segregated city informed her response to recent protests in her community.

AASCU President Dr. Mildred García talks to EAB’s Dr. David Attis about how to address the equity gaps made worse by the pandemic and about her own experiences as a first-generation college student.

Paul Fain, news editor at Inside Higher Ed, joins EAB’s Carla Hickman to share the COVID-19 stories that have gotten the most attention, what that says about college and university leaders’ greatest concerns, and the stories we should expect to see soon.

Dr. Ann McElaney-Johnson, president of Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, talks about how a recent crisis prepared her team to handle the current coronavirus pandemic and shares tips to change your mindset and meet students' needs.