429: Student Success & Equity through Quality Instruction - with Dr. Eduardo Padron, President Emeritus of Miami Dade College & Dr. Jonathan Gyurko, President & Co-Founder of ACUE

<p>We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, <a href="https://www.edupexperience.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The EdUp Experience</strong></a>!</p> <p>It’s YOUR time to #EdUp</p> <p>In this episode, YOUR guests are <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardojpadron/"><strong>Dr. Eduardo Padron</strong></a><strong>, </strong>President Emeritus of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eduardojpadron/"><strong>Miami Dade College</strong></a> &amp;<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-gyurko-phd-41a86a29/"><strong>Dr. Jonathan Gyurko</strong></a><strong>, </strong>President &amp; Co-Founder of the <a href="https://acue.org/"><strong>Association of College &amp; University Education (ACUE)</strong></a>, YOUR host is <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/joesallustio" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Dr. Joe Sallustio</strong></a>, &amp; YOUR sponsor is <a href="https://commencementthebook.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"><strong>Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education</strong></a>, coming fall 2022.</p> <p>Faculty are, by &amp; large, <strong>NOT prepared in teaching, </strong>not nearly to the extent they are prepared as subject matter experts or researchers. This is largely related to the <strong>professional &amp; employment incentives</strong> in higher ed, which reward research, &amp; <strong>not teaching</strong>. Eduardo &amp; Jonathan talk about ACUE's collaborative effort to define essential teaching competencies called the "Effective Practice Framework". Online courses for faculty strengthen their teaching &amp; the courses lead to a nationally recognized<strong> certification</strong> that is endorsed by the American Council on Education—a credential that’s changing how faculty are hired, promoted, &amp; recognized!</p> <p>An American by choice, Eduardo Padrón arrived in the United States as a teenage refugee in 1961. He is the President Emeritus of Miami Dade College (MDC), having serve