Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Michael Mathews, VP for Innovation & Technology, & Terry Kollmorgen, General Counsel & Executive Adviser to the President, Oral Roberts University
In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallust...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Amanda Ellis, Senior Vice President of Student Access & Success, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE)
In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dave Kieffer, Principal Analyst & Matt Winn, Principal Analyst, The Tambellini Group
In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR cohost is Nandini Khedkar, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy & Research, Ellucian
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Chett Daniel, President, Crowder College
In this episode, President Series #467, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog


YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does a rural Missouri community college use design thinking to build a strategic plan around the real problems students & employers are actually...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Justin Menard, Founder & CEO, ListEdTech
In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR cohost is Nandini Khedkar, Senior Director of Corporate Strategy & Research, Ellucian
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, President, Effat University
In this episode, President Series #466, & recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with the team at the Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) - Heather Currey, Sr. Director, Student Central, Jessica Benedict, CRM Manager, & Dr. Craig Klimczak, CIO


In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR cohost is Nicolas Tallent, Senior Enterprise Solutions Analyst, Ellucian
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Candace Williams, Business Systems Analyst, Houston Christian University
In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR cohost is Carrie Rachal, Senior Principal Strategic Specialist, Ellucian
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sal...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Nelson Soto, President, Albizu University
In this episode, recorded LIVE from the Ellucian Live 2026 conference in Denver, Colorado,


YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco
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Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Lisa Vollendorf, President of Empire State University (SUNY), & Dr. Catherine M. Wehlburg⁠, President, ⁠Athens State University
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How do 2 institutions built to serve adult learners prove that flipping the switch to go online doesn't work without an ethos of serving all learners not just some?


Why have 646 associate degrees been awa...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Pardis Mahdavi, Board Member, Lumina Foundation⁠, & CEO, MyUni
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does an AI native university reverse engineer education from employer demand when what used to take 6 to 9 months to build now takes days?


Why are employers hiring sophomores & telling them to drop out because 2 more years won't make them any more ready to work?


Wha...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Destin Mizelle, Enoch Ellis, & Tobias M. Brown, Roadtrippers, Roadtrip Nation,
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does a PBS documentary called Thriving: Black Men in Higher Education show young black men that a black astrophysicist, a black economist & a media psychologist exist?


Why does seeing someone who looks like you in a career you never knew existed give ho...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Aaron Thompson, President, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does Kentucky rank #1 in retention gains & #2 in completions while 61% of public institution graduates leave with no debt?


Why does a first generation high school student from Appalachian poverty whose illiterate father could make any tool on a sharecropper's f...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Jamie Merisotis, President & CEO, Lumina Foundation, & Allison Scott, CEO, Kapor Foundation
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does Humanity AI bring together foundations with different priorities who all agree this is such a critical moment that they can't cede AI development to the for profit sector?


Why does making humans a byproduct of tool development instead ...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Chris Mullin, Strategy Director for Data & Measurement, Lumina Foundation, & Kristin Hultquist, CEO & Founding Partner, HCM Strategists
In this episode, sponsored by the Lumina Foundation, & recorded Live from the 2026 ASU+GSV Summit
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does a hub & spoke model bring 4 siloed federal data systems together so students, employers & economic developers finally get a clear picture of education & training?


Why are 43 million stude...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Robert Graham, CEO, Poll Everywhere
In this episode, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog


YOUR cohost is Lee Lambert , Chancellor & CEO, Foothill-De Anza Community College Distric
YOUR host is ⁠Dr. Jodi Blinco

How does a student response system turn presentations into bi-directional conversations where devices become engagemen...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Kate Kruger, Partner/Principal, Elizabeth Palmer, Senior Director, EY-Parthenon
In this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,


YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does EY Parthenon's 25 year practice verify career is top priority when college grad unemployment reaches 5 to 6% nearing non degree holders?


Why do students choose majors based on AI exposure when business & marketing are highly expo...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Enrique Morales-Diaz, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Oneonta
In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ July 29-31 by Coursedog, & the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17,


YOUR cohost is Bridget Moran, Director of Content Marketing, Coursedog
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco⁠,



How does a SUNY comprehensive serving 50% downstate first gen Pell students meet differently prepared post COVID learners where they are witho...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Greg Jones, President, Belmont University
In this episode, President Series #465, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog


YOUR cohost is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Brent Ramdin, CEO, EducationDynamics
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does a Nashville university with 12 colleges & 9k students achieve highest enrollment ever ...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Brad D. Smith, President, Marshall University
In this episode, President Series #464, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog


YOUR cohost is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Page Keller, VP of Academic Relations, Knack
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does Marshall reverse 13 year enrollment decline by growing 22% in 3 years whil...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Lori Collins-Hall, Project Director, Endeavor Lab Colleges
In this episode, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog


YOUR host is ⁠Dr. Jodi Blinco

How does a national collaborative of 10 small liberal arts colleges integrate mental health, well-being & purposeful life through $8.5 million over 5 years?


Why does a holistic a...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Ariana Keil, Senior Growth Marketing Manager, Canto
In this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,


YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does a Digital Asset Management (DAM) company founded in 1990 serve 30% higher ed customers with the same pain points around finding content & version control?


Why does streamlining workflows make 3 to 4 person marketing teams feel like 10 when they can't spend ...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Toby Brooks, Director of the Academy for Teaching & Learning, Baylor University
In this episode, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog

YOUR cohost is Robert Graham, CEO, Poll Everywhere
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco⁠,

How does a Texas R1 founded in 1845 balance research, division 1 athletics & Christian worldview while launching a...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Donald E. Hall, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Binghamton University
In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ July 29-31 by Coursedog, & the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17,


YOUR cohost is Bridget Moran, Senior Content Marketing Manager, Coursedog
YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco⁠,



How does a SUNY center receive $55 million to create the NY Center for AI Responsibility & Research serving the entire state?


W...