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The EdUp Experience — 72 episodes

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Why Every Student Must Intern - with Dr. Beth Ross, President, Emmanuel College

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The 2035 Blueprint for a Community College - with Dr. Keith Curry, President, Compton College

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How Did MTSU Lift Its Graduation Rate by 8 Points? - with Mark Byrnes, Provost, Middle Tennessee State University

4

What Singapore Knows That the West Refuses to Learn - with Montserrat Gomendio, Former Chancellor/Rectora, Universidad Nebrija

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The Answer to Our Hopelessness Is Not Technology - with Matt Scogin, President, Hope College

6

How Do You Build an Organization Whose Goal Is to Become Obsolete? - with Jaime Hansen, CEO, Swipe Out Hunger

7

The Forklift Cannot Do Your Deadlifts - with Greg Domski, Associate Provost, Augustana College

8

Our Graduates Transform Your Businesses - Dr. Towuanna Porter Brannon, President, Virginia Peninsula Community College

9

LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Amy Beth Glass⁠, University Registrar, & Evan Vasilakis, Professional Services Specialist, ⁠Stockton University⁠

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - w/ Michael Nealon⁠, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Chief Academic Officer, & ⁠Denise Piche⁠, Project Manager, ⁠Henry Ford College⁠

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Allison Wrobel⁠, Registrar, & Jailinette Torres, Director of Academic Planning & Scheduling, ⁠Holyoke Community College⁠

12

LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with ⁠⁠Kay Ellett⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Sherli Skinner⁠⁠⁠, & ⁠⁠⁠Debbie Miller⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Eastern Arizona College

13

LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Jessica Scarato, Registrar, Logan University

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Allan Lockett, Assistant Vice President, Academic Administration, York Technical College

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Andrew Rosen⁠, CEO, ⁠Coursedog⁠

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - w/ Chris Sula⁠, Assoc. Provost, Academic Affairs, ⁠Denise Mngo⁠, Dir. Academic Assessment, & ⁠Luke Phillips⁠, Registrar, Pratt Institute

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Dr. Meagan Mielczarek, Director of Assessment & Accreditation, East Stroudsburg University

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Elliot Felix, Student Success Author, Speaker & Consultant

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - w/ Dr. James H. Whitney III⁠, Assoc. Provost, & ⁠Adelina Marini Thorpe⁠, Asst. Dir. Academic Ops, ⁠Mercer County Community College⁠

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LIVE from the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ powered by ⁠Coursedog⁠ - with Linda Jena⁠, Pedagogy Resources Specialist, ⁠Parker University⁠

21

If Faculty Are the Heart, Why Are They Burning Out? - Geoff Watson, CEO, NCFDD

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Phenomenal Is the Answer - with Marva B. Johnson, President, Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU)

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What We Were Asking Students to Do Before AI Was Broken. AI Just Showed Us - w/ Edward J. Maloney, Executive Director , Center for New Designs in Learning & Scholarship (CNDLS) Georgetown University

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Why the AI Conversation on Campus Is Disconnected from the Real World - with Kiersten Barnet, Executive Director, New York Jobs CEO Council

25

Why 74% of Transformation Efforts Fail - with Dr. Monique Reeves, Executive Vice Chancellor for the Future, Austin Community College District

26

Maybe It's Time to “Skillify” the Curriculum - with Dr. Henry Mack, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor's Employment & Training Administration

27

Why the Department of Education Says Higher Ed Needs a Revolution, Not a Tune Up - with Nicholas Kent, Under Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education

28

Presidential Office Hours. No Set Agenda. Just Listen & Hear - with Dr. Sedgwick L. Harris, President, Bristol Community College

29

Student First, Employer Obsessed: Inside the WGU & CVS Pharmacy Partnership - with Dr. Ryan Gates, Executive Dean & Senior Vice President of the Leavitt School of Health, Western Governors University

30

If We Look Exactly the Same 3 Years From Now, Something Has Gone Wrong - with Bill Pink, President, Ferris State University

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It's Not Courage. It's Trust. Trust the People to Do Good Things - with Dr. Bret Danilowicz, President, Radford University

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How Do 90% of Your Graduates Come Back to Live & Work in the Same County? - with Dr. Rosalie Mince, President, Carroll Community College

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Use AI to Make Learning Better, Use AI to Make Everything Else Cheaper - with John Katzman, Founder & CEO, Noodle

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Why Does Nobody Else Dedicate 10% of Their Operating Budget to Financial Aid? - with Frederick W. Clark Jr., President, Bridgewater State University

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How Do You Get Done in 1 Year What They've Been Trying to Do Since 2007? - with Dr. Nerita Hughes, President, Bay de Noc Community College

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Why Does Every Student Need to Find Their Person Who Knows Them When They Walk In? - with Dr. Radha Pyati, Chancellor, Penn State Berks

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Will a College Degree Be Relevant 5 Years From Now? We Have to Solve for That - with Adam Hasner, President, Florida Atlantic University

38

4 Presidents, 1 Stage: An Unprecedented Conversation on Higher Ed's Future - with Shane Reese, Elder Alvin F. Meredith III, Brian K. Ashton, & Dr. Bruce Kusch

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34 Years in Higher Ed. She Still Loves It Every Day - with Dr. Leah A. Barrett, President, Northeast Community College

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The Liberal Arts Are Not a Relic. They're Future Proofing - with Dr. Brooke Barnett, President, Rollins College

41

How Do You Move Persistence From 50% to Nearly 100%? - with Dr. Erika Kitzmiller, Research Associate Professor, University of Chicago

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How Do You Train a Workforce for 100,000 New Jobs That Didn't Exist 14 Months Ago? - with Richard Nelson, President, Louisiana Community & Technical College System

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Why Does the Counselor Know Why the Numbers Dropped But Can't Say It in the Meeting? - with Jerell Hill, Dean of Student Services, Los Angeles City College

44

If Students Need a Resume & a Diploma, Why Not Require Both? - with Dr. Sarah Coakley, Provost & Chief Academic Officer, Georgia Highlands College

45

How Do You Build the Ultimate Graduate That Every Employer Wants to Hire? - with Roger Hughes, President, Doane University

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Dr. Quentin Young, President, University of the Cumberlands

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Dr. Chris Domes, President, Neumann University

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How Do You Have 3 Presidencies at the Same Institution Without Switching Schools? - with Rich Dunsworth, President, University of the Ozarks

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - w/ Stacy Chiaramonte, SVP, Strategy & Ops, UPCEA, & Jeni McRay, Asst. Provost, Internationalization & Strategic Initiatives, Fort Hays State University

50

How Does a Community College Become the School of Choice Instead of the Starting Point? - with Dr. Jeremy L. Thomas, President, Black Hawk College

51

Every School Does It Differently. There's Plenty of Room for Adaptation - with Patty Alper, President, Teach to Work Foundation

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Why Do People With Degrees Experience the Lowest Unemployment in Every Recession? - with Dr. Kathy Bakhit, Community College Faculty Fellow, University of La Verne

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Why Is a $20 Million Scholarship Budget an Investment, Not a Discount Rate? - with Dr. Joe Parisi, President, Missouri Valley College

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Charlie Nguyen, Founder & CEO, Employer-Funded Financial Aid (EFFA) Inc.

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Tech CEOs Are Saying Study Liberal Arts. Here's Why - with Marsha Familaro Enright, President, Reliance College Fund

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$18 Million Deficit. 4 Years to Close It. Here's How - with Dr. Jesse M. Bernal, President at Western Connecticut State University

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How Do You Bring 12 Universities to 500,000 Residents Who Can't Drive the Beltway? - with Dr. Dale Nesbary, Interim Executive Director, University System of Maryland

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And the HigherEd PodCon Awards finalists are...

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Enriching Lives Through Learning - Dr. Shawn Powell, President, Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Kevin Halle, VP for Enrollment Management, Wayne State College

61

He Appointed Himself Chancellor at 25. That Was 50 Years Ago - with Charles R. Modica, Chancellor, St. George's University

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He Became President at 35. Here's What He Knows That Others Don't. - with Zev Eleff, President, Gratz College

63

How Does 1 University Stack Credentials From Certificates to Doctoral All Under 1 Roof? - with Dr. Alisa White, President, Sam Houston State University

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The Metrics Match the Energy. Every Single Time - with Dr. Chris Vitelli, President of Merced College

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Maura Flaschner, Assistant Vice President Undergraduate Admissions & Student Success, Florida Atlantic University

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We See You. We Hear You. We Know You. (You Can't Hide Here) - with Dr. Rob Pepper, President, Huntington University

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2/3 of Students Paid Less. Completion Went Up. Why Isn't Everyone Doing This?- with Ethan Pollack, Senior Director of Financing the Future Initiative, Jobs For the Future (JFF)

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Maybe the Best ROI in Higher Ed Is the One We Keep Overlooking - with Dr. Susan Looney, President, Reading Area Community College

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Stop Talking About AI. Start Building Collective Intelligence - with Hunter Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Sophia Learning

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LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Jamie Ceman, Senior Executive VP of Reputation Services, & Myla Edmond, VP of Integrated Marketing, EducationDynamics⁠

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Will Re-Enrollment Coaching Finally Bring Back the 43 Million Who Stopped Out? - with Ruth Bauer, President, InsideTrack

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Stop Saying Liberal Arts Isn't Workforce Development. It Is. - with Nora Miller, President, Mississippi University for Women