Educational Associations & Membership Groups Episodes

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Element451, we talk with Kathleen deLaski, Founder & CEO, Education Design Lab. Listen in as Joe and Liz talk with Kathleen about the amazing work that is being, and will be, done at Education Design Lab. Kathleen shares her thoughts and what she likes to call the learner revolution. Tune in to learn more!


Kathleen founded the Education Design Lab after eight years on the...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this incredible episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Incubeta, we welcome Patrick Methvin, Director of Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Patrick came on EdUp before the report released by the Postsecondary Value Commission, but he was able to give us a sneak peek by discussing the importance of the Equitable Value Movement, including the importance of setting an action agenda. The Gates Foundation ...

Welcome back to America‘s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode, sponsored by Element451, we talk with Dr. Jenny Rickard, President & CEO, Common App! Jenny speaks with Joe and Liz about the Common App’s focus on access and equity by increasing their support to community colleges and scholarship opportunities. Jenny mentions some alarming stats on the impact that Covid has had on first generation college students, and talks about where she would like to take the Comm App in...

The EdUp Experience is America's Leading Higher Education Podcast. In this amazing episode, we welcome the President and CEO of NC-SARA, Dr. Lori Williams. The focus of NC-SARA is communication and education programming - Lori speaks to the evolution of online learning where nearly every state has committed to making access to online education easier. Lori helps us answer a burning question: Why is California not a member state of SARA? Later in the episode, Lori talks about a key mission of acc...

Welcome back to America‘s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Dr. Lenore Rodicio, Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute! Elizabeth Leiba, joined by special guest host Holly Owens, host of EdUp EdTech, talk with Lenore about a range of topics including how to get more women in leadership, the need for community colleges to be the hub of their surrounding community, and why community college leaders need training to provide their tea...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Element 451, we talk with Dr. Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance. Helping low-income, first-generation, and students of color is not something universities have typically been good at. The University Alliance is focused on completion - who is completing and who is not. Higher education was never designed around students; the entire tradit...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this EdUp Embedded episode, sponsored by FRANK., Joe talks one-on-one with the President and CEO of the Association of Governing Boards (AGB), Henry Stoever. Henry gives an absolute masterclass regarding higher education governing boards. He discusses the three main components of effective board operations - composition, mindset, and action. The macro roles of an effective board are to hire, motivate, and incentivize the President of...

In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Element 451, we talk with Dr. Angel Perez, CEO of the National Association for College Admissions Counseling (NACAC). NACAC has over 16,000 members across the world focused on admissions counseling for college and university campuses. Angel discusses the tectonic shifts in college admissions advising - from varsity blues to recent changes in recruiting guidelines handed down by the feds. Policy changes and test-optional (and test bli...

In this amazing episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we have the honor of speaking with Dr. Lynn M. Gangone, President & CEO, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)! Teachers are leaving their profession at an alarming rate - which isn't good for your kids. According to Lynn, no one wants to be a teacher but she is hopeful the pandemic will help us think differently. There may be opportunities in remote learning, how we "think" about the school day,...

In this amazing episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we have the honor of speaking with Emma Kerr, Paying for College Reporter, U.S. News! Emma talks to us about the importance of including the Liberal Arts whenever the discussion of college ROI is highlighted. She also mentions a report by Georgetown that covers which colleges are providing the best ROI and the findings will surprise you!


Emma Kerr is the paying for college reporter at U.S. News & World Report. Prior t...

In this BONUS EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio talks one-on-one with Rick Beyer, Senior Fellow and Practice Area Leader for Mergers & Affiliations with the Association of Governing Boards (AGB). Rick details how the financial model within higher education is in crisis - we are in the consolidation era which includes closures, mergers, affiliations, and the establishment of private systems. If a Board is interested in exploring alternatives to closure, waiting too l...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk to Dr. Kevin Kruger, the President of the National Association for Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the body representing Student Affairs professionals at every level. In this timely and important conversation, Kevin talks to us about the state of student affairs across college campuses given the pandemic and the exhaustion student affairs professionals have been feeling. We discuss different operating models, why student affairs may see c...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Dr. Larry Schall, President of the New England Commission on Higher Education. After a successful 15 year career as a university President, Dr. Schall took over the 220+ institutional accreditation body in July of 2020. He discusses model changes, how higher education is seeing record movement, and why expense control is hard (but could be the saving grace for schools). NECHE will be ensuring the effective delivery of online learning by reduci...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, Joe and Liz talk with Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of the Association of American College and Universities. Lynn advocates for the relevancy of liberal arts education, the value of higher education and the impact higher education institutions have on society, and why diversity, equity, and inclusion is the major focus for AACU and it's over 1000 members. Lynn is also the host of The Academic Minute on NPR. She highlights programs the AACU is currently w...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we welcome Dr. Andrew Flagel, President of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metro Area. Andrew began his appointment on July 13, 2020 in the midst of the CV-19 crisis. Hear him talk about how the 17 universities of the consortia work together for the common good. The value in this episode is how Andrew breaks down the value in a consortium agreement and gives other institutions a breakdown of collaborative pathways that could underpin new m...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we welcome the President & CEO of the Association for Career Education Colleges and Universities (CECU), Steve Gunderson. In recent years, for-profit colleges have seen declines and closures. However, the sector remains strong and Steve discusses why the fighting among higher education sectors and the political targeting hurts America's ability to recover during unprecedented unemployment. As Steve says, we need diversity and that applies to educational of...

The Higher Education Model of the Future?

Higher Education and the Uncertainty of Returning to Normal

Higher Education - Mergers, Affiliations, and Consolidations

The Non-System of Higher Education

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