Inside the Provost’s Office: Leading Small Colleges Through Change

Welcome to Small College America, a podcast dedicated to exploring the role and value of small colleges in the higher education landscape. I’m Dean Hoke, Co-Founder of Edu Alliance Group, and I’m joined by my co-host, Kent Barnds. Joining us today is Leamor Kahanov, who serves as Provost and Senior Vice President at Alvernia University, a private Franciscan institution in Reading, Pennsylvania. A scholar, administrator, and academic strategist with more than 25 years of experience as a provost, dean, and professor, Dr. Kahanov has also served as Provost at Stockton University and SUNY Oneonta, before joining Alvernia in August 2023. Her scholarly credentials are remarkable, with more than 90 peer-reviewed publications, 120 peer-reviewed presentations, a textbook on athletic training and therapy, and she is co-host of EdUp Accreditation Insights, a nationally recognized podcast that has won EdTech Chronicle’s Best in Education award two years running, where she brings a working provost’s lens to the complex world of accreditation. Before her career in academic administration, she served as a certified athletic trainer, including at the Olympic Games. She earned her doctorate from the University of San Francisco and completed the Institute for Management and Leadership in Education at Harvard University. Welcome to the show, Leamor. Reminder: For those listening or viewing, if you’d like to learn more about Small College America, go to our web page at www.smallcollegeamerica.net, where you can find details on upcoming episodes, contact us, and suggest topics you’d like us to cover. Also, I encourage you to subscribe to our series on your favorite podcast network. This episode of Small College America is made possible with underwriting support from Edu Alliance Group — a higher education consulting firm that champions small colleges and the communities they serve. And if your college or university is involved in podcasting, be sure to check out HigherEd PodCon, coming to Cleveland, Ohio, on July 16th and 17th. It’s a wonderful opportunity for professional development and networking with others doing this work in higher education. Visit www.higheredpodcon.com for details.