Chronicle of Higher Education Audio: Interviews

Faculty athletics representatives often act as translators between athletic departments and the broader university, serving as liaisons between two worlds that don't always understand each other. Josephine R. Potuto, a law professor and faculty athletics representative at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, talks about the challenges of being a faculty rep at a big-time college-sports program -- and how, during her 13 years in the position, sports have taken on a greater role in her academic research.

Kevin Guskowitz: In the Study of Concussion, a New Frontier of Research

Christopher Doran: Christian Colleges Could Have Powerful Take on Sustainability, Theologian Says

William Putnam: New President Introduces Himself With Blog Post About Oil Spill

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Steven Knapp, president of George Washington University, describes how university leaders should speak out on immigration as well as his university's approach to globalization.

Holden Thorp, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, describes how public research universities can recruit and retain faculty during an economic downswing -- and how they can prosper even as state support for public institutions drops.

Public relations expert Bill Tyson, who has helped colleges work with journalists for 30 years, takes his turn in front of the microphone to talk about the changing media landscape.

Randy L. Swing, executive director of the Association for Institutional Research, discusses how institutional researchers are using numbers to improve teaching and two-year colleges.

John S. Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, also talks about how historically black colleges can help themselves.

"If we survive by making sure that we can continue to attract kids from the wealthiest three percent of the American population, we're really becoming precious -- and worse than that, we are forsaking our duty to nurture democratic values," says President John Strassburger.

"We need to focus much more on the blocking and tackling of education," says the well-known futurist at Chapman University.

Kerry Sieh, director of the Earth Observatory of Singapore, talks about the substantial investment Singapore is making in scientific research and why he thinks the nation is the best place for an American scientist to be working now.

M.R.C. Greenwood, president of the University of Hawaii, discusses the difficulties and advantages of operating a major research institution outside the continental United States.