Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Margery Kraus , Founder & Executive Chairman of APCO Worldwide In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education ⁠ 2025 Annual Conference YOUR cohost is Michael Fischer , Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education ⁠⁠ , Professor of Accounting, Emeritus; former Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs at St. Bonaventure University YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does APCO Worldwide's 41 year old consulting f...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Christina Weber, Biology Honors Student, & Jesse Jacondin , Senior Research Analyst, Brookdale Community College In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education ⁠ 2025 Annual Conference YOUR cohost is Terence Peavy , Lead Vice President for Institutional Field Relations at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How did 1 second semester freshman increase student participation in accredit...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Jonathan Peri, Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education ⁠ , & President of Manor College In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education ⁠ 2025 Annual Conference YOUR cohost is David Rehm , Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education , Vice President of Academic Affairs at Misericordia University YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does the Follow Up Activities Committee serve as the "emergency roo...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Katherine Conway-Turner , Chair, & Heather Perfetti , President, Middle States Commission on Higher Education In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does Middle States Commission on Higher Education stay ahead of rapid change & information overload by over communicating with 1,500 plus colleagues to ensure institutions get clear information instead of getting l...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with France Hoang , Founder & CEO, BoodleBox In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR cohost is Dr. Susan Ray , Associate Professor of English, Delaware County Community College YOUR host is ⁠ Elvin Freytes ⁠ How does an AI platform resolve the tension between productivity & productive struggle by making human to AI collaboration transparent while keeping student work private? What happens when you bui...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with W. Ila Peterson , Professor of Mathematics & Director of Faculty Development, Arizona Western College In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by ⁠ Integrity4Education YOUR cohost is Thomas Fetsch , CEO, Integrity4Education YOUR host is ⁠ Elvin Freytes ⁠ How is Arizona Western College serving approximately 8,000 students across Yuma & La Paz County with online education while maintaining academic integrity, & why does Ila believe AI breaks do...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Sophie Nguyen ⁠ , Senior Policy Manager, Higher Education, ⁠ New America ⁠ In this episode, sponsored by YELO Funding YOUR cohost is Darius Goldman , Founder & CEO, Career-Bond YOUR host is Elvin Freytes How does a think tank conduct 9 years of nationally representative surveys with 1,600 plus Americans & discover that while trust in higher ed is falling & costs are rising, belief in education's value still runs deep? What happens when you analyze public opinion data...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Maria Toyoda , President & CEO, WASC Senior College & University Commission In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a new CEO take the reins of an accreditation body serving 215 institutions & shift the narrative from compliance enforcers to champions of innovation & continuous quality improvement? What happens when accreditors focus on better data for bette...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Melissa Morriss-Olson , CEO, The American University of Greece Global Campus , Distinguished Professor of Higher Ed Leadership, Bay Path University , host of the IngenioUs podcast, & author of Ingenious Leadership: Creating Solutions to Wicked Problems in Higher Education ! In this episode, brought to you by Career-Bond , YOUR co-host is Darius Goldman , Founder & CEO, Career-Bond YOUR host is Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ How does a 150 year old institution founded by wo...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Darren Cooke ⁠ , Interim Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, ⁠ UC Berkeley ! In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR co-host is Brent Ramdin , CEO, EducationDynamics YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a university with over 100 innovation & entrepreneurship organizations on campus coordinate them all to become #1 in the world for venture backed startups founded by undergraduate alum...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, part of our EdUp Extra series (because who doesn’t love a little extra goodness in their life), & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Gary Stocker , Founder, College Viability YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Elvin Freytes How does a guy helping a friend prepare for a college presidency discover in 2015 that there was zero merger partner data available & end up founding College Viability in 2018 to create...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Joy Jones , CEO, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does an organization that's been delivering the GMAT exam for over 70 years grow from 9 member schools in 1953 to partnering with over 220 business schools today while reimagining itself with AI enabled platforms? What happens when 80% of business schools...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, sponsored by Studiosity YOUR guest is Jack Goodman , Founder, Studiosity YOUR cohost is Dr. Carmin Chan , Vice Provost of NAU Online, Northern Arizona University YOUR host is Elvin Freytes How does a company founded 23 years ago transform from providing study support through public libraries to serving 200 universities & colleges across Australia, the UK, North America & the Middle East while maintaining its core mission to increase life chances for stude...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #427, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Dr. Beth Martin , President, Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU) YOUR cohost is Darius Goldman , Founder & CEO, Career-Bond YOUR host is Elvin Freytes How does a 175 year old institution sell its entire campus, go fully online & achieve zero debt while serving 80% of students online who only use 3 c...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #426, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Dr. Arthur Levine , President, Brandeis University YOUR co-host is Brent Ramdin , CEO, EducationDynamics YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a president come out of retirement for his alma mater & convince 88% of faculty to completely reinvent the liberal arts in a secret ballot vote? What happ...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #425, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Elder Gilbert , Commissioner of Education, Church Educational System YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a religious university system serve over 160,000 students across 5 institutions & offer a $7,500 bachelor's degree without perpetual subsidies? What happens when a teaching focused universit...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by ⁠ Integrity4Education YOUR guest is Dr. Melissa Beck Wells , Associate Professor, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development, Empire State University YOUR cohost is Thomas Fetsch , CEO, Integrity4Education YOUR host is ⁠ Elvin Freytes ⁠ How does Empire State University, a 98% online institution with 20,000 students ranging from age 19 to 89, use Universal Design for Learning to minimize barr...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by ⁠ Integrity4Education YOUR guest is Patricia Salkin , Senior VP for Academic Affairs, Provost of the Graduate & Professional Divisions, & Professor of Law, Touro University YOUR cohost is Thomas Fetsch , CEO, Integrity4Education YOUR host is ⁠ Elvin Freytes ⁠ How has Touro grown from a couple dozen students 53 years ago to 20,000 students across 7 states & 4 countries, & why does Patricia believe the vas...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #424, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Dr. Randall VanWagoner , President, Mohawk Valley Community College YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a 19 year community college president use ChatGPT for a 45 minute leadership reflection road trip & discover he's actually leading his "3rd presidency" at the same institution? What happens w...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Stephen Pruitt , President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) YOUR cohost is Dr. G. Devin Stephenson , President, Florida Polytechnic University YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a new accreditation leader eliminate the phrase "that's the way we've always done it" & slash 52 substantive change categories...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #423, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Dr. Montse Fuentes , President, Professor of Mathematics, St. Edward's University YOUR co-host is Gregory Clayton , President, EducationDynamics YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ How does a university ranked #2 in the West for undergraduate teaching serve students where 50% are Pell recipients & o...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #422, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Dr. Michael Horowitz , Chancellor, The Community Solution Education System YOUR host is ⁠⁠ Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ How does a 6 university system serve 13,500 students through shared infrastructure instead of each institution maintaining separate marketing & finance departments? What happens when a clin...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by ⁠ Integrity4Education YOUR guest is Judson Curry , Dean, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Kishwaukee College YOUR cohost is Thomas Fetsch , CEO, Integrity4Education YOUR host is ⁠ Elvin Freytes ⁠ How does Jud support faculty across diverse departments at Kishwaukee College from biology to English, & why does he believe non traditional students tend to be more intrinsically motivated & less likely to engage in ac...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp In this episode, President Series #421, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠ , & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR guest is Dr. John Comerford , President, Otterbein University YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠ How does a university with 2,400 traditional undergraduates partner with Antioch University instead of trying to chase adult learners themselves & why recognizing what you're NOT good at is strategic genius? What...