Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience , sponsored by Element451 , we talk with Kathleen deLaski , Founder & CEO, Education Design Lab . Listen in as Joe and Liz talk with Kathleen about the amazing work that is being, and will be, done at Education Design Lab. Kathleen shares her thoughts and what she likes to call the learner revolution. Tune in to learn more! Kathleen founded the Education Design Lab after eight years on th...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #72 . In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Michael A. Baston President at Rockland Community College . Michael talks to us about the equitable realities of some communities, including financial fragility and lack of access to high wage and high opportunity jobs. This is why community colleges can be the colleges of first choice - to build bridges for students t...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by Claremont Lincoln University , we welcome Todd Eicher , Co-Founder, ClearDegree . Todd co-founded ClearDegree to help students work through the admissions process with all of the necessary information to make an informed decision. With ClearDegree, students can finally find a program that checks off all the boxes, even the boxes they didn’t know existed! With choice comes confusion, and with confusion com...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #71 . In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Julie Wollman , President of Widener University . Julie talks with Joe about how the mission at Widener is to empower their learning community to create better futures. This includes the recognition that "soft" skills are anything but soft. They are critical or POWER skills. Students need to be ready for their many...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Mordecai Ian Brownlee , VP for Student Success at St. Phillip's College & the next President of Community College of Aurora ! Liz and special guest host Maagic Collins , host of Fight the Funk podcast , have a fascinating conversation with Mordecai on a range of higher education topics. Listen in as Mordecai talks about his personal journey to mental and physical health and wh...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! In this incredible episode of The EdUp Experience , sponsored by Incubeta , we welcome Patrick Methvin , Director of Postsecondary Success at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . Patrick came on EdUp before the report released by the Postsecondary Value Commission, but he was able to give us a sneak peek by discussing the importance of the Equitable Value Movement, including the importance of setting an action agenda. The Gates Found...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience , sponsored by The Evolllution , we talk with Dennett Edwards , Founder & CEO, Corona Haze Professional Development Group . Liz is joined by special cohost, Holly Owens , as they talk with Dennett about the amazing story involving the creation of her professional development group during the height of Covid-19. Listen in as they discuss Dennet’s story that involves Facebook, LinkedIn, an...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #70. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Melody Rose , Chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education ! Joe and Liz have a fascinating conversation with Melody on a range of higher education topics, from K-12 prep to the impact of Covid. Listen in as Melody tells a wonderful story about using intentionality in the hiring process to diversify faculty! Duri...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #69. In this episode, sponsored by Element451 , we welcome Dr. Michael Torrence , President , Motlow State Community College ! Michael covers a range of topics in this episode as he and Joe discussed what's happening in higher ed. At Motlow State Community College, Michael talks about how they turned fact-to-fact content into quality online content - and are not iterating to the next...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience , sponsored by Incubeta , we welcome Jamie Merisotis , President and & CEO of the Lumina Foundation . In this tremendous episode, we speak to Jamie about a range of topics related to the Lumina Foundation's work at local, state, and national levels to design an affordable learning landscape with the goal of educating 60% of American workers by 2025. College has never been less affordabl...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience , sponsored by Element451 , we talk with Ross Morrison McGill , Founder & CEO, TeacherToolkit . Liz goes one on one with Ross to talk about all the tools that teachers need to provide maximum learning opportunities in and out of the classroom. They also talk about how Covid has created a trauma trifecta that includes, teachers, students, and parents. Listen in as two of LinkedIn's 2020 To...

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 co...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #68. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Marcheta P. Evans , President at Bloomfield College ! Marcheta is an absolute force for good. She discusses the Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and the Predominately Black Institution (PBI) status at Bloomfield College - where a majority of students are students of color. Marcheta gives a history lesson regarding H...

Welcome back to America‘s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode of The EdUp Experience , sponsored by Element451 , we talk with Lisa Cohen Gevelber , Founder and VP of Grow With Google . With a commitment of one billion dollars, and one million Google employee staff hours, Grow With Google was created to (a) help small businesses leverage technology and (b) to create employment equitability by tearing down barriers for two-thirds of American workers looking for meaningful w...

Welcome back to America‘s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode, sponsored by The Evolllution , we talk with Eric Williamson , Author, How to Work with Jerks ! Eric comes on the show to discuss how unprepared students are for the workforce - they simply don't know what to expect particularly when it comes to dealing with bad bosses. Emotional intelligence is a necessary skill that is lacking in the leadership styles of bad bosses. How to Work with jerks teaches employees ...

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...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #67. In this episode, sponsored by Element451 , we welcome Dr. Wayne Frederick , President at Howard University ! Thank you for taking this amazing journey with us to episode #200! In this episode, Wayne talks to us about why HBCU excellence is the message over HBCU relevance. Wayne shares his passion for helping marginalized communities, particularly in the healthcare realm where ...

The EdUp Experience is America's Leading Higher Education Podcast. In this amazing episode, we welcome the President and CEO of NC-SARA , Dr. Lori Williams . The focus of NC-SARA is communication and education programming - Lori speaks to the evolution of online learning where nearly every state has committed to making access to online education easier. Lori helps us answer a burning question: Why is California not a member state of SARA? Later in the episode, Lori talks about a key mission ...

Welcome back to America‘s leading higher education podcast! In this fantastic episode, sponsored by The Evolllution , we talk with Dr. Lenore Rodicio , Senior Fellow, The Aspen Institute ! Elizabeth Leiba, joined by special guest host Holly Owens , host of EdUp EdTech , talk with Lenore about a range of topics including how to get more women in leadership, the need for community colleges to be the hub of their surrounding community, and why community college leaders need training to provide thei...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this very special BONUS release of The EdUp Experience Podcast , we are honored to speak with Selwyn Jones , the uncle of George Floyd and social justice activist. In this conversation, Selwyn discusses the murder of his nephew including how his family witnessed the murder and why it was/is/needs to be a significant moment for social justice in America. Selwyn working to eliminate qualified immunity - but he discusses what is reall...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #66. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Mary Schmidt-Campbell , President at Spelman College ! Only on the EdUp Experience can you hear the President of Spelman College talk about higher education financial models, the impact of Spelman College on Black Women across the World, and the magic formula for student success. Mary came out of retirement to lead Sp...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #65. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Miguel Martinez-Saenz , President at St. Francis College Brooklyn ! Miguel says it like it is - the media has done a disservice to the value of higher education. However, the students also can't move aimlessly to the next step of higher education without a path. Miguel cautions labeling the student as a consumer - hig...

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 doin...

Welcome back to America's leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #64. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing , we welcome Dr. Angélica Garcia , President, Berkeley City College ! Angélica is amazing - through CA Assembly Bill 928, she has advocated for streamlining the student transfer process. She says it plainly - "students don't need to be college-ready, colleges need to be student-ready". Berkeley City College is a student-ready college ...