Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, YOUR guest is Brian Hartnack , CEO, Archer Education , & YOUR sponsor is Claremont Lincoln University ! How does a college use local corporations as a pipeline for students? Listen in as Brian talks with Joe about going local first. Since 2006, Archer Education Inc. (“Archer”), an education technology company dedicated to personalizing student recruitment, has helped bridge more than 8 mil...

We welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, President Series #101, YOUR guest is Dr. John W. Wells , President at Emory & Henry College , & YOUR sponsor is MDT Marketing ! Why does the world need liberal arts colleges? That is the question that John so eloquently answers during a wonderful conversation with Joe. Listen in as they talk about Emory & Henry College, & the current & future state of higher education. Dr. John W. Wells bec...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience! In this episode, President Series #100!!! - we believe we are the first podcast in the world to interview 100 College & University Presidents! - your guest is Dr. Tracy Y. Espy , President at Mitchell College , your guest cohost is Kate Colbert , & your sponsor is MDT Marketing ! It's fitting that President Series #100 is with a first-time university president in Dr. Tracy Espy. Tracy discusses the very unique val...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, MJ Knoll-Finn , Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management & Student Success at New York University is your guest, & your sponsor is Glacier ! NYU has been extremely successful during the pandemic (over 100,000 applications in 2021). MJ and Joe talk about the looming enrollment cliff, tuition discounting, and how the media gets it wrong when talking about "private universities". MJ recognize...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, President Series #99, your guest is Dr. José Luis Cruz Rivera , President at Northern Arizona University , & your sponsor is Unmudl ! From Provost of the CUNY system to President of Northern Arizona University, a public research institution, Jose Luis continues his passion of changing hearts and minds. He wants to bring equity to education and it’s the equity angle that he believes will separate ...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, your guest is Myles Hunter , Co-Founder & CEO, TutorMe , & your sponsor is the EvoLLLution ! TutorMe is the online tutor of the future—as a leading provider of online tutoring, the platform connects students with highly qualified tutors in, on average, less than 30 seconds. TutorMe provides instruction via video chat, screen sharing, & virtual whiteboards archived for future reference. They work wi...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, President Series #98, your guest is Dr. Christine Mangino , President at Queensborough Community College , & your sponsor is Unmudl ! Christine comes on the podcast to talk about some of the challenges of starting a presidency in a 2D world. Student challenges didn’t change, in fact, they only got worse. Navigating the complex higher ed environment, especially in 2D, brings a unique set of challe...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, your guest is Jeff Elliott , COO, UWorld, & your sponsor is MDT Marketing ! Jeff talks about how UWorld makes the really hard stuff easy to understand. They reduce complexity in explanations and delivery to benefit students, specifically to help them succeed on their high-stakes exams. Their content experts are accomplished doctors, nurses, business professionals, and educators, and they believe it...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, President Series Episode #97! your guest is Dr. Jason Morrison , Chancellor at Southern Arkansas University Tech , & your sponsor is Glacier ! Jason comes on EdUp to discuss the role of Southern Arkansas University Tech in its (rural) area. They are in the heart of the defense industry right around companies like Lockheed Martin & Aerotech, & he literally knows when they are testing rockets becaus...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode your guest is Nicholas Svensson , CEO, SMART Technologies , & your sponsor is Claremont Lincoln University ! Nicholas and Joe discuss how SMART Tech can enhance the learning experience for students particularly as hybrid learning emerges in popularity as a covid consequence. What is SMART Tech, how have institutions implemented SMART boards, and why are SMART boards perfect for curricular enhancem...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, your guest is Adam Bragg , Co-Founder & President at The U Experience , & your sponsor is UnMudl ! Adam and Joe talk about The U Experience and why it's a viable, exciting, and necessary alternative to the traditional college experience. Students are mobile which means they can take online classes from anywhere if a university is offering them. Adam discusses how The U Experience offers somethin...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode your guest is Dr. Lynn Priddy , President & CEO, Claremont Lincoln University , & your sponsor is MDT Marketing ! In this episode, Lynn comes back to break the news about Claremont Lincoln University's implementation of a "tuition reset" for the August 2021 term. After looking at CLUs market position, current tuition rate, consumer feedback, & long-term viability scenarios, the CLU Board & Lynn res...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, your guest is Kate Colbert , President at Silver Tree Communications, LLC , & your sponsor is MDT Marketing ! It‘s episode #300, can you believe it? In this episode we make a major announcement that could change the face of higher Ed completely. We’ll introduce you to Kate Colbert, Co-author of the soon to be EdUp BOOK Experience. Want to know what the future looks like for higher education? Want...

EdUp Exclusive with YOUR sponsor MDT Marketing ! Before you read about UMass acquiring Brandman University, The EdUp Experience was talking about it with Don Kilburn , CEO of UMass Online ! Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this episode, President Series Episode #96! EdUp got the scoop on how and why UMass and Brandman went from exploring a partnership to birthing UMass Global . UMass Global will serve online working adult students by offering them online programs ...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, your guest is Traci Snowden , CEO & Founder, Apto Global , and your sponsor is the EvoLLLUtion ! Traci founded Apto Global to facilitate a better cultural experience for international students. Apto Global is a social learning platform for guiding those who need to cross-culturally interact, travel, or relocate, so they can feel at home no matter where they are or who they’re with. Through social...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, President Series Episode #95! your guest is Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz, President, University of California, Merced, and your sponsor is MDT Marketing ! Juan talks about turning the idea of “Hispanic Serving“ to “Hispanic Thriving”. He discuss the the necessity of expanding pell grant eligibility in order to serve diverse students and why providing robust and just in time resources for students is alw...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this special EdUp Embedded episode, your guest is John Fees , Co-founder, & Managing Director, GradGuard , and your sponsor is UnMudl ! John talks to Joe about the Benefits of tuition insurance. What are qualifying events? Do universities and colleges need to have tuition insurance? The benefits go week beyond just protection of tuition dollars including retention, brand strength, lifelong learning, and social...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Miriam Feldblum , Executive Director of The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration . In this important episode of EdUp, we talk with Miriam about the state of international student relations today as we've recently transitioned from one administration to another. Find out why every single college president and administrator needs to un...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation , we welcome Dr. Jamal Scott , Vice President, Strategy & Community Development, Waubonsee Community College . Listen in to hear Jamal talk with Joe & Liz about his very unique title and why he believes everybody is a prospective student. Another episode sponsored by our great friends at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation ! Thanks...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this episode, sponsored by UnMudl , we bring back Bernie Weiss , President of iHeart Media New York , who previously appeared on episode #6! Bernie's new book Ace It - How Sales Champions Win New Business delves into what makes a good sales person and provides resources for the beginner to the advances sales professional. Among critical skills for salespeople are storytelling and committing to a process. The...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience ! In this EdUp Embedded episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation , we welcome Dr. Kevin David , Portfolio Director at CampusWorks . Liz and Kevin talk one-on-one about the process of strategic planning and how divergent ideas can converge into a defined plan with the right support. Support often takes on the form of a consultancy to look at the process from an outside perspective. Kevin ...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast , sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Andrew Magliozzi , Co-Founder & CEO, Mainstay . Listen in as Joe & Liz talk with Andrew about how the company got started (why the name change) and how the power of text messaging can help increase enrollment, retention, persistence, and graduation rates. Andrew Magliozzi has dedicated his career to developing technology to help students learn and s...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast , sponsored by UnMudl , we welcome Dr. Walter G. Bumphus , President & CEO of the American Association of Community Colleges ! Dr. Bumphus, joins us to discuss community colleges and their critical role in the higher ed ecosystem. Given his unique and important role at AACC, he’s able to drop serious knowledge about the impact and challenges for community colleges today. We discuss confid...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #93 & #94. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT) , we welcome Dr. Leah Bornstein, President at Aims Community College , and Dr. Christine Sobek , President at Waubonsee Community College . These amazing leaders discuss the changes in talent development on by covid, where talent development sits in their priority list, and what the necessar...