Embedded Episodes

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by NC-SARA, we welcome Jim Manning, Executive Director, Presidents Forum!

This episode is incredible. You’ll learn from Jim Manning, one of the most experienced, knowledgeable, and versatile leaders in the entirety of higher education. Jim talks about the evolution of higher education to one that is now student-centric and how the President's Forum includes institu...

Welcome back to America‘s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of EdUp Embedded, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Tom Woolf, Founder & CEO, EdAid! Joe and Tom go one-on-one discussing student debt, the perception of American higher education globally, and the increased competitiveness for eligible students. This is a wide-ranging discussion on the current and future state of higher education and you'll hear about the amazing work Tom and team EdAid are doing to h...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of EdUp Embedded, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Jonathan Palmar, Chief Experience Officer, Shay Rowbottom Marketing! This episode is value-packed with information for you to maximize your LinkedIn profile for personal and professional use. Jonathan went from about 500 followers to over 100,000 followers in about 13 months. He comes on EdUp to talk about how to use LinkedIn to boost your personal br...

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 BONUS EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio talks one-on-one with Timothy Midgley, Co-Founder & CEO at DIEMlife. DIEMlife is a SAAS platform that brings people together through Quests™. We provide a place – an integrated, seamless online platform – that enables people to come together in common purpose, for shared projects, in support of one another. Have you been thinking about a way to keep students engaged online - a way to build community? Well, DIEMlife pro...

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 BONUS The EdUp Experience episode, Elizabeth Leiba talks one-on-one with Dr. A.D. Carson, Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, Department of Music, University of Virginia.

A.D. talks about his super interesting origin story. He and Liz also discuss the need for higher education to provide more diverse course offerings and the story behind A.D.’s dissertation, which is unlike any other!

A.D. Carson is an award-winning performance artist and educator from Decatur, Ill. His work focuses on rac...

In this BONUS The EdUp Experience episode, Dr. Joe Sallustio talks one-on-one with Dr. Bill Pepicello, former President at the University of Phoenix. Yes, THAT UoP that once had over 500 thousand students across the world. Bill talks about alternative financial models, the differences between online education and traditional education, and why it's important to invest in technology and the infrastructure to service a very savvy student consumer in the online space. Looking for some of the best a...

In this BONUS EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Elizabeth Leiba talks with Danielle Geathers, Undergraduate Association President at MIT. Liz and Danielle have a fascinating conversation about how Danielle became MIT's first Black woman student body president in the school's 159-year history, They also talk about all of Danielle‘s amazing initiatives in and out of MIT and she tells Liz a little known fact about MIT that might surprise you!
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BONUS - EdUp Embedded Episode - In this episdoe of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio talks one-on-one with Minesh Parikh, CEO at Lipman Hearne. Minesh gives fantastic advice about the importance of crystallizing institutional brand, especially with the increase in competition. He also discusses the necessity of thinking outside the box to diversify revenue, why "tightening" operations in marketing and enrollment will increase yield and the reasons why the institutional website is of critica...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Adam Haber, Founder & CEO of Higher Level Education. If you work in Higher Education, do you think that you work in sales? We are all salespeople in everything we do, whether it's asking for a raise, interviewing for a job, or even talking with our spouse about who will take out the trash. Adam talks about sales, relationships, and the necessity of having a knowledgeable marketing team with you in this "new normal" of higher education operatio...

In this BONUS EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio goes one on one with Robert Keiser, COO/Executive Director of Southeastern College & Institute. Robert discusses the absolute necessity of institutional choice for students citing that students are different, so there needs to be a myriad of institutional types to serve them - this includes career training colleges focused on job skills. Joe and Robert discuss the stigma of a "for-profit" college and explore how every ...

In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Giovanni Estrada, Founder, FLO-OPS and Dr. Joe Sallustio have a one-on-one about this new learning management system plug-in. They discuss how Giovanni came up with the idea, how it works and how it can be used in higher ed and beyond. They also talk about how FLO-OPS can help with student engagement, retention and completion rates.

Giovanni’s interest in education began during his undergraduate career at the College of the Holy Cross. He st...

In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Wallace Pond, Partner at Top Gun Ventures LLC, and Dr. Joe Sallustio have a one-on-one about a variety of higher education topics. They discuss some of Wallace’s blog posts that highlight how Covid accelerated higher education’s winners and losers. They also talk about what higher education leadership should look like DC & AC (During Covid & After Covid). This is a great conversation with fascinating insights from one of higher ed's most ...

In this episode of EdUp Embedded, Dr. D-L Stewart, Professor and Co-Chair at Colorado State University talks to Elizabeth about Justice as a central element in the fight for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. He provides practical definitions and actionable strategies on the key essential concepts for social justice warriors, allies, individuals and organizations committed to change.

He also describes how the "Language of Appeasement" has been counterproductive to advancing meaningful and measura...

In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. James Toscano and Dr. Joe Sallustio have a one-on-one conversation about the Tuition Payer Bill of Rights Championed by Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust, the Tuition Payer Bill of Rights™ is a series of long-overdue consumer protections that, among other fundamental rights, will ensure that consumers either get what they pay for or a refund. Along with the initiative’s coalition partners, Partners believes students shou...

In this episode of EdUp Embedded, Dr. Eric James Stephens, Founder of HireHigherEd talks to Elizabeth about his goal to create an academic community for job hunters to share resources after being displaced by the COVID-19 health crisis. He started with an initial, free, two-day live-streamed event in August, with over 50 speakers, 9 live-streamed thought leader panels, nearly 20 workshops, and over 250 registered attendees.

He has continued the momentum with free weekly online workshops to help...

In this episode of The EdUp Experience, Mark Salisbury, Co-Founder/CEO of TuitionFit comes on to talk to Elizabeth about how the college search process should be enhanced. Price comparisons, transparency, and the "offer" - is that a GOOD price? How do students take information about tuition and negotiate the amount that they pay? 80% of institutions are negotiating with students to increase enrollment. It's the sharing of information that is the missing component that TuitionFit helps to solve. ...

Our guest on this episode is Laurie Weidner, a national award-winning strategic communications and reputation management consultant and 30-year education veteran. She is the CEO of Parent Education Partners -- an educational consulting firm that crafts research-based, customized, culturally relevant solutions that enable higher education institutions to authentically engage all families to grow enrollment, increase retention, bolster completion rates, expand philanthropic giving and strengthen c...

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