When Your Campus Closes: An Honest Talk with VPSAs Who Have Closed the Doors

Closing a College is something a handful of VPSAs have experienced. And according to Moody’s the numbers are going to continue to rise in the years ahead. Dr. Laura De Veau has been there, and she has invited two Chief Student Affairs Officers to have a frank talk about their lived experiences closing campuses in 2023. Dr. Laura Lyndon was VPSA at Holy Names University (CA) and Eric Booth was VP for Student Development at Iowa Wesleyan University (IA). Join us for this frank conversation. This is a replay conversation from the final episode of Season 2 of “Office Hours with Dr. De Veau”

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Transcript:

Welcome to Season 3 of Office Hours with Dr. De Veau. We have had so many amazing shows over the last two years and we will continue in the season ahead. The Academic Year is here and US Higher Education is going through some things … between closures and mergers, wrapping our heads, hearts and strategies around what to do about holistic admissions in light of the SCOTUS ruling outlawing affirmative action … and of course our students and how are they doing and what are WE doing to build public trust in the promise that is Higher Education?

For our new listeners, welcome. For our returning listeners, you will see something new, after two great seasons on the Fireside Platform, some analysis of our audience and our reach and, frankly, a need for some professional support, Office Hours has joined the Pod617 Family of shows. Welcome our producer, David Yas, a wonderful friend, lover of podcasts and an accomplished producer. He will be making sure that Office Hours sounds fantastic in your ear buds. More features will be added this year, but for you - just follow, download, share and RATE the shows. Rating really helps.

Before premiering new content, I wanted to be sure that you caught our final episode of Season 2. My guests were Eric Booth, the former VPSA at Iowa Wesleyan University and Dr. Laura Lyndon the former VPSA at Holy Names University (CA). With the current state of closures and mergers in Higher Education, this show has some important insights into the impact of such an event.

The next new show will be hitting your podcast feed on September 27, 2023 when we will be bringing in one of our favorite campus legal experts to weigh in on the SCOTUS decision, now that some dust has cleared and campuses are starting to develop their ‘holistic admissions’ practices.

Thank you again for being a listener, and if you want more Dr. Laura De Veau content. Don’t forget to subscribe to my Newsletter, “What’s Up in the Academy?” on Substack, and follow me on social media. All links for subscribing and following are in the linktree in the show notes.