No Longer Nudging: States are Overhauling Higher Ed

About this episode

The episode discusses the increasing influence of state politics on higher education governance with expert insights.

State politics are playing a larger role in shaping higher education governance. In this episode of Trusted Voices, Teresa Valerio Parrot and Erin Hennessy sit down with governance scholar Michael Harris to examine presidential searches, board authority, transparency, and the shifting balance of power between campuses and capitols.

People in this episode

Hosts: Teresa Valerio Parrot, Erin Hennessy

Guest: Michael Harris

Topics covered

• higher education
• governance
• state politics
• transparency
• presidential searches

Keywords

• board authority
• campus governance
• power dynamics

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