All Episodes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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