{"podcast":{"title":"Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed","slug":"future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204","podcast_index_feed_id":1134204,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZQ_SFkhE","website_url":"https://www.futureupodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/cb4d83e1-3cce-4e6f-81ee-df856ce85f6e/f2f5d573-d04b-469b-ab51-d263da3560ef/3000x3000/futureu.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn","episode_count":232,"summary":"Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn discuss what’s next for higher education and talk with the newsmakers you want to hear from most. Find the latest news and insights into the current trends in higher ed on the Future U. Podcast.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204"},"episode":{"title":"Inside the Role of College Trustees During Turbulent Times","slug":"inside-the-role-of-college-trustees-during-turbulent-times","published_at":"2026-02-04T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204/inside-the-role-of-college-trustees-during-turbulent-times","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204","url":"https://www.futureupodcast.com","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/bba6607e-b1b1-46e8-9275-d3a5dac78736/episodes/70532dbe-ddac-4fe3-9240-1cb975d15b78/audio/4b4102e7-1c16-4533-a77b-d6f00c2af44f/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZQ_SFkhE","summary":"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.","meta_description":"College trustees consider more than just the monetary policies of universities. And former Brown University trustee Lauren Zalaznick is out with a new boo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204/episodes/inside-the-role-of-college-trustees-during-turbulent-times/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/future-u-podcast-the-pulse-of-higher-ed-1134204/inside-the-role-of-college-trustees-during-turbulent-times.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}