Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by The Alliance for Innovation and Transformation (AFIT), we welcome Erika Liodice, the incoming Executive Director at AFIT!


The Alliance for Innovation and Transformation, better known as AFIT, is a 50-member organization at the front-end of reimagining what higher education looks like in the future. Erika Liodice, the incoming Executive Director, talks with us about AFIT and how their membership learns fr...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Simone Figueroa, President at U-Thrive Educational Services!

At U-Thrive Educational Services, they build mental and emotional wellness programs for college students to develop resilience. Many college students are unprepared for their new reality, and Simone talks about her own personal journey of challenge and redemption to underpin this conversation. But wait. Are today's stude...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #78. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Lynn Priddy, President & CEO, Claremont Lincoln University!
Lynn joins us to talk about the change within higher education both from her new Presidential tenure and from her past experience of 14 years working with the nation's largest regional accreditor. She discusses some really unique and provocative ideas for altern...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by the Black History and Culture Academy, we welcome Robert B. Ahdieh, Dean & Endowed Dean's Chair at Texas A&M University School of Law with special guest cohost Arbazz Nizami!
Do you think you know the law? Think again! Bobby and Texas A&M invest in the human capital elements of education which shifts from "training lawyers" to "teaching law" to a broader audience. Bobby brings law tea...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The EvoLLLution, we welcome Warren Valdmanis, Partner, Two Sigma Impact!

Interested in hearing from one of the partners from the organization behind investment in the expansion of Penn Foster? Warren talks to guests hosts Dr. Stacey Gonzales, and Holly Owens, about the meaning of social impact investing and how he assists organizations balancing the desires of shareholders with the n...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University, we welcome Brett M. Cooper, President & Co-Founder, Integris Performance Advisors / Best-Selling Author

Do you want to hear from the author of the #1 rated book by Entrepreneur Magazine's "9 Must-Read Books for 2021"? If so, you've come to the right place at The EdUp Experience Podcast! Brett talks all about his best-selling book "Solving the People Prob...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Marni Baker-Stein, Provost/CAO, Western Governors University!

Marni talks about WGU's expansion while they've personalized the learning experience at scale. She discusses the interesting concept of factored graduate return while detailing WGU's laser focus on access and degree attainment for low-income students and students of color. Marni speaks the truth when she says that s...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #77. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome the American Public University System President, Dr. Wade Dyke. Wade talks about what it's been like to take over the presidency of APUS in August of 2020, literally right in the middle of the pandemic. He also discusses why APUS was at a competitive advantage pandemic-wise since it was built with the purpose to serve studen...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Ellucian, we welcome Michael London, CEO, Uwill.
This episode, with special guest cohost Danielle Shelton, host of Tips and Trick, which is part of our EdUp Experience Podcast Network, highlights the amazing efforts of Uwill to positively impact student mental health. Uwill is changing the game in the area of teletherapy. Not only does Michael and the team understand the student and t...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The EvoLLLution, we welcome Dr. Michael Cheng, Dean of the Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management at Florida International University.

Listen in as Liz and special guest cohost, Danielle Shelton, host of Tips & Tricks, which is part of our EdUp Experience Podcast Network, talk with Michael about how he uses intentionally to connect and work with industry so his students c...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University, we welcome the Inaugural Visiting Fellow at HarvardX, Johnathan Haber.

Johnathan gives us the quick and dirty about critical thinking, including foundational concepts and HOW we learn critical thinking skills. Guest hosts Dr. Stacey Gonzales and Jerry Sanchez ask great questions to which Johnathan provides incredible answers. Society needs critical think...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Ramon Goings, Founder, Done Dissertation Coaching Program!


Have you ever thought about pursuing your PhD? Are you in ABD land? Then you have to listen in as special guest cohosts, Dr. Stacey Gonzales, host of the EdUp Edge K-12 podcast, and Mike Yates, host of the Schoolish podcast, both part of our EdUp Experience Podcast Network, talk to Ramon about all things dissertation...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Lynn Mulherin, Commissioner, Florida Commission for Independent Education!


Lynn talks to us about why online education is here to stay. Like so many other leaders in the space, she makes a distinction between online and remote learning - and how the pandemic pushed (not pulled) institutions to the online competitive market. Understanding the adult market is critical, their motiv...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this special BONUS episode of The EdUp Experience, we welcome the Chief Marketing Officer at Anthology, Susan Scholes. Anthology Together is HAPPENING, in person, in Dallas, at the Gaylord Texan Hotel and Convention Center, on July 12-15th. Listen to Susan talk about why Anthology is so excited to bring customers, vendors, and supporters TOGETHER for a conference celebrating people, our interaction, and our students.

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Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience, sponsored by The EvoLLLution, we welcome the Managing Director of Incubeta, Ed Camargo. Ed brings his twenty years of digital marketing experience with the advice to "focus IN on where you want to WIN". He highlights the massive auction environment of higher education today - an auction at scale - where David has to compete with Goliath. So, how can David compete with Goliath in the online space -...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University, we welcome David Meerman Scott, Author, Fanocracy. Listen in as David talks with Liz and special guest cohost Loki Mulholland, host of The Uncomfortable Truth, part of the EdUp Experience Podcast Network, about how colleges can create fans. David also talks about how college students can separate themselves during the job application process.

David Meerman Scott is an internat...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #76. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Kurt Steinberg, President, Montserrat College of Art!


Kurt is our first President from an arts college - he talks about Montserrat's internship program that is required for graduation. It's the belief in practical experience that really supports a creative life. Kurt is leading the charge to deconstruct the stigma tha...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by EvoLLLution, we welcome Zvi Goffer and Manu Goffer, founders of CampusVR. Coronavirus has exposed the need for a virtual tour. If you don't have one, you need one - considering that you may have students that never want to visit. If you have one, you may need a better one if you want to continue to engage students on a visual level. Everything is moving visually, and the campus tour with arrow clicks isn't ...

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! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #75. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Kenya Ayers-Palmore, President, Tarrant County College! Keyna talks about literally changing the life trajectory for students and their families in one of the largest community college systems in the country. She discusses paying attention to and scaling the opportunity for women of color to ascend to greater roles in hi...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #74. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Akiba Covitz, CEO of Foundry College. We round out our coverage of the amazing work at Foundry College by talking with Akiba about Foundry's charge toward national accreditation via DEAC and potential approval of an accredited associate degree in business administration. With a commitment to online synchronous learning, stud...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this BONUS episode, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University, we welcome Danielle Shelton, Founder, LitWorks4u! Danielle talks about:

1. Connecting with the Struggling Student

2. Reaching At Risk Students

3. How to Get Your Online Classroom Rocking

Follow her on Instagram at LitWorks4u and listen to her Tips and Tricks for Online Instructors podcast, part of The EdUp Experience Network!
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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! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #73. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Jermaine Whirl, President of Augusta Technical College. Guest hosts Holly Owens and Dr. Stacey Gonzales lead the discussion where Jermaine discusses the value of technical and community colleges to their region, but specifically, about creating seamless pathways for students to move to a job or to their next degree witho...