# Inside the Role of College Trustees During Turbulent Times

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Podcast: [Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204)
Published: 2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

College trustees consider more than just the monetary policies of universities. And former Brown University trustee Lauren Zalaznick is out with a new book that aims to humanize these often secretive roles with letters of reflection by Brown board members going back more than 100 years, some of them during other turbulent times in U.S. history. She brings the sensibility from her career as a television executive, when she led the Bravo network as it created The Real Housewives franchise and hits like Project Runway and Top Chef. Jeff and Michael talk to Zalaznick about her new book and her views on how colleges need to reassert their broader social value to meet this moment of crisis for higher ed. This episode is made with support from Ascendium Education Group.

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