Leadership Interview Series: Jennifer Green from Longwood University

Welcome back to The Magellan Podcast: Navigating Education in the 21st Century.

In today’s episode, the team interviews Dr. Jennifer Green, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, as a part of our “Managing Boundaries, Managing Change” Leadership Interview series. Jennifer oversees admissions, the registrar’s office, financial aid, first-year experience, student employment, and a variety of student support offices.

If there’s one constant in our educational environment, it’s change. Managing change provides a unique set of challenges for leaders, who have to understand what needs to be changed and plot out a course for how that change should occur. Change is particularly difficult because it touches something most of us hold near and dear—our comfortable lives. Join the Magellan team, and guest Jennifer Green, as they discuss ways in which leaders have navigated changes at their institutions in the past.

• Read the White Paper on this topic by Dr. Emily W. Heady: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Managing Boundaries, Managing Change

• Listen to Part 1 of our last podcast series: ⁠⁠How to Talk About Higher Education⁠⁠

• Listen to our podcast on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Online Learning Ecosystems⁠⁠⁠⁠

Podcast Topics, Questions, and Show Notes:

1. Can you describe a change you either led or were part of that went well? What characterized it?
2. How about a change that proved challenging? What were the hard parts, and what can we learn from them?
3. As you look at the higher ed landscape now, what coming changes do you see that we’re going to need to be ready to tackle?

If you or your school is looking for help with RSI, curriculum or course development, operational services, training, or professional development, think Magellan; our team would love to help. Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠thinkmagellan.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Thank you for joining us on the Magellan Podcast: Navigating Education in the 21st Century.

Show Credits

Magellan Team includes Dr. Wayne Patton, Aaron Traphagen, and Dr. Emily W. Heady. The podcast theme was written and recorded by Dr. Wayne Patton. Podcast produced and edited by Adam Ranck.