# Jon Hardister: Theory and Practice of Excellent University Governance Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096/jon-hardister-theory-and-practice-of-excellent-university-governance Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096/jon-hardister-theory-and-practice-of-excellent-university-governance.md Podcast: [Higher Ed Now](https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096) Published: 2025-02-12T17:42:00+00:00 Episode link: https://higher-ed-now.libsyn.com/jon-hardister-theory-and-practice-of-excellent-university-governance Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/higher-ed-now/Hardister-Podcast-final_mix.mp3?dest-id=373880 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/higher-ed-now-175096/episodes/jon-hardister-theory-and-practice-of-excellent-university-governance Duration seconds: 1470 ## Resource ACTA's chief of staff and SVP, Armand Alacbay , sits down with Jon Hardister , who once chaired North Carolina's House Education Committee, and now serves as a trustee at Western Carolina University. Hear his insider insights on the key role trustees play in university governance, student success, and protecting free speech on campus. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/higher-ed-now-175096/episodes/jon-hardister-theory-and-practice-of-excellent-university-governance/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/higher-ed-now-175096/jon-hardister-theory-and-practice-of-excellent-university-governance.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.