The Student Perspective Episodes

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this incredible episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we are honored to bring Melissa Loble, Chief Customer Experience Officer at Instructure!

Melissa brings in the critical perspective of the changing student buying habits during the pandemic, which should continue post-pandemic. She defines that the "customer" for Instructure is the institution, the faculty, the staff, and the students. She discusses how to b...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University, we welcome Tara Eames Durante, President, Caerus Communications. Listen in as Tara talks about why she believes 2021 might be the most competitive yield season in the history of higher education.


Tara is an award-winning marketing communications professional with twenty years of experience. She worked on projects for higher education institutions, independent schools, distri...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we talk with Kai Drekmeier, Co-Founder, InsideTrack. Liz and special guest host Dr. Stacey Gonzales, host of EdUp Edge K-12, talk with Kai about InsideTrack's origin story and mission. They have a very interesting conversation about what it means to coach students, why it is imperative (especially for first gen lower income students), and how to do it correctl...

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...

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 The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Don A. Wettrick CEO, President at the STARTedUP Foundation. Don talks us about how (and why) we can incorporate entrepreneurship in middle and high school. He also discuses his take on the difference between being clever and innovative. Listen in to hear a very innovative practical example of a win, win, win scenario that a few of his students c...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with, Cooper Jones, Co-Founder and CEO at Rah Rah! Cooper talks to us about Rah Rah, which brings connectivity engagement, and value to students - focusing on the student is what Rah Rah is all about. Where do I go? What do I do now? These are common questions that cause uncertainty and frustration for students. Rah Rah takes them to one place, and r...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The Evolllution, we talk with Christopher Rinkus, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education! Chris talks to us about a variety of topics mostly in the K-12 space. He talks about funding, parent involvement, academic preparation and much more. Listen to learn what’s going on with K-12 education!


Chris helped transform the District of Colu...

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. Alyssa Nota, President/CEO, University Studies Abroad Consortium USAC! Apologies for the spotty audio in this episode. According to Alyssa, there is still tremendous demand for studying abroad. Despite covid, study abroad is still possible - USAC prepares students to go abroad and Alyssa and team understand their responsibility to ensure student...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #57. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. W. Kent Fuchs, President at the University of Florida! We are joined by special guest host John Farrar, Director of Education at Google. We talk to Dr. Fuchs about the impact of the University of Florida, both on students and the local economy. Kent discusses the importance of student belonging, which includes the more t...

It's time to EdUp! On this EdUp Elites episode, sponsored by Glacier, we hear from Paris Amery, 2021 Student, Western Canada High School!


Paris talks about her enrollment experience, life as a student during Covid, her passion project and her thoughts on the future of education.


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It's time to EdUp! On this EdUp Elites episode, sponsored by Glacier, we hear from Tamia Shanks, a 2021 student at Frederick Douglass High School!


Tamia talks about her enrollment experience, life as a student during Covid, her passion project and her thoughts on the future of education.


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It's time to EdUp! On this EdUp Elites episode, Saeed Ahmad, a 2020 graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles! Saeed talks about his enrollment experience, life as a student during Covid, his passion project and his thoughts on the future of education.


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On this EdUp Elites episode, Kelly Huynh, a 2020 Senior at San Diego State University, talks about her enrollment experience, passion project, life as a student during Covid and her thoughts on the future of education.

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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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It's time to EdUp! On this EdUp Elites episode, Stephanie Scott, a 2020 graduate of Georgia State University, talks about her enrollment experience, passion project and her thoughts on the future of education.

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On this EdUp Elites episode, Marcus Towns, a 2020 graduate of Depaul University, talks about his enrollment experience, passion project and his thoughts on the future of education.


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On this EdUp Elites episode, Madison Furnas, a 2020 student at Arizona State University, talks about her enrollment experience, passion project and her thoughts on the future of education.


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On this EdUp Elites episode, Anthony Gazzola, a 2020 incoming Freshmen at Seton Hall University, talks about his enrollment experience, passion project and his thoughts on the future of education.


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On this EdUp Elites episode, Mariela Lozano Porras, a 2020 student at Arizona State University, talks about her experience, passion project and her thoughts on the future of education.


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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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