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About David Finegold
David Finegold is the president of Chatham University.
NBN Episodes hosted by David:
February 11, 2024
The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs
We speak with Richard Detweiler about his new book The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry and Accomplishment (MIT Press, 2021)…
May 10, 2023
Relationship-Rich Education
During Leo Lambert’s 19-year tenure as president at Elon University, the institution moved from a regional college to becoming one of the U.S.’s top 1…
April 26, 2023
Transforming the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)
We have an engaging discussion with Dr. Dan Greenstein, who in 2018 left the Gates Foundation, where he led the Post-Secondary program, to become the …
December 8, 2022
Mergers in Higher Education
Beth Hillman discusses the recent merger between Mills College and Northeastern University. Hillman, who served as President of Mills from 2016-22, d…
November 14, 2022
Transforming the Urban University: Northeastern University, 1996-2006
It is rare to see colleges and universities achieve major and rapid changes in their national rankings. Richard Freeland, the president emeritus of N…
September 12, 2022
Growth Strategies for Small Private Universities
Nathan Long shares insights from his career leading successful growth strategies for two small private universities. Saybrook University was formed i…
July 11, 2022
Mergers in Higher Education
This episode is the latest in the series of cases we’ve profiled focusing on mergers within higher education. We speak with Bryon Grigsby, President …
June 13, 2022
A Discussion with Lynn Pasquerella
This episode features a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, the President of the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U…
May 16, 2022
A Conversation with Mark Nordenberg
We continue our discussion with Mark Nordenberg, who shares lessons from his successful 19 year tenure as Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh a…
May 2, 2022
A Conversation with Mark Nordenberg
Mark Nordenberg is part of a vanishing breed within higher education – a leader who has spent almost his entire career at a single university. In the…
April 11, 2022
The Future of Tenure
At a time when a growing number of universities are moving away from tenure and hiring a higher percentage of faculty on non tenure-track appointments…
February 7, 2022
John Katzman
John Katzman is one of the U.S.’s most innovative thinkers and successful educational entrepreneurs. He founded Princeton Review right after graduati…
January 17, 2022
A Conversation with Bijal Shah
Bijal Shah shares story of the meteoric rise of Guild Education, the Denver-based ed tech firm that has quickly emerged as the leading marketplace for…
December 20, 2021
Wasif Rizvi
Wasif Rizvi is the founding president of Habib University, the first liberal arts institution in Pakistan. Planning for the University began in 2010, …
November 29, 2021
A Conversation with Elizabeth Kiss
We speak with Elizabeth Kiss about the design and launch of the very successful SUMMIT initiative that led Agnes Scott College to be recognized as “th…
November 22, 2021
A Discussion with Bill Carroll
Under Bill Carroll’s leadership, Benedictine University, in Lisle Illinois became the fastest growing university in the U.S. from 2000-12. Carroll des…
November 15, 2021
Come to Believe
Father Steve Katsouros, founder and CEO of the Come To Believe Network, shares the inspirational story of the founding of Arrupe College at Loyola Uni…
November 8, 2021
A Conversation with Leon Botstein
President Botstein shares insights from his remarkable career which started as the youngest college president in the U.S. at just 23, when he joined t…
November 1, 2021
A Conversation with Michael Horowitz (Part 2)
In Part II of this interview, TCS Education Founder Michael Horowitz discusses the evolution of the TCS system from its origins in Chicago to a nation…
October 25, 2021
Michael Alexander
This episode feature an interview with Michael Alexander, one of the most innovative small university presidents in the U.S. He discusses a number of…
October 11, 2021
A Conversation with Michael Horowitz (Part 1)
Michael Horowitz discusses the origins and evolution of The Cooperative Solution (TCS) Education System, which was created in 2009 as a spinout from T…
October 4, 2021
A Conversation with Judy McLaughlin
Judy McLaughlin has helped prepare over 1000 college and university presidents to take on the varied responsibilities of their role since founding the…
September 20, 2021
A Discussion with Ben Nelson (Part 2)
In Part II of our discussion with Ben Nelson, he shares information on the outcomes for the first Minerva graduates and how Minerva has diversified it…
September 13, 2021
A Discussion with Ben Nelson (Part 1)
In the first of two parts, we meet Ben Nelson, the charismatic founder of the Minerva Project and Minerva University. Ben shares the fascinating stor…