A Conversation with Dr. Kate Lehman, NRC Executive Director
From Transfer Nation Talks by Transfer Nation
May 8, 2026 · 40 min · Season 5
About this episode
Heather Adams interviews Dr. Kate Lehman about the integration of NISTS into the NRC and its implications for the transfer community.
When the news broke that NISTS would be integrated into the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition (NRC), the transfer community had questions — and understandably so. In this episode, host Heather Adams talks with Dr. Kate Lehman, NRC Executive Director, about how the integration came together, how she and her team are thinking about transfer's place within the NRC's broader mission, and what she's hearing and learning as she gets deeper into the wo...
People in this episode
Host: Heather Adams
Guest: Dr. Kate Lehman
Topics covered
- transfer integration
- higher education
- student transition
- NRC mission
- community questions
Keywords
- transfer community
- NISTS
- NRC
- first-year experience
- student transition
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, NISTS, NRC
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