Happy New Year, my community!

This episode is the first of a pair that brings our questions of this podcast season to administrative leadership. I wondered – what does failure look like from that vantage point? Instead of looking at student success on an individual level, on a class level or even a program level? What if we looked at it from a holistic, institution-wide context from the administrative purview? 

Our guest today is Diane Carr, former Vice Provost and Chief Academic Officer who retired in 2023. We spoke just as she was about to leave her position for retirement so we’re getting a very deep perspective from a lifetime of work in higher education and years in administration here at the college. By understanding the kind of perspective one gains when one moves up in a hierarchy, and by asking questions of someone with that bird’s eye view, we gain new vistas into how failure is accounted for in the overall work of our mission as a college.   

Join us as the light begins to return as the year turns on into winter, a new calendar year and new academic semester. 

Stream the episode here or listen through Apple Podcasts or Spotify.