Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Eric Klein, Assistant Provost, Doctoral Research & Student Success, American College of Education
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 does an online university grow enrollment by doubling every year for 5 years while maintaining 85% graduation rates & 95% student satisfaction without raising tuition since 2016?


What hap...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp


In this episode, President Series #430, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,


YOUR guest is Mike Hobbs, President, Georgia Highlands College
YOUR co-host is Samyr Qureshi, Executive Chairman, Knack
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does a college president grow enrollment by 1,100 students in 3 years while keeping tuition at just $105 per credit hour & offering bachelor's degrees fo...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Christian Benito, 3rd Year Student, & Andre Krzyzanowski De Jesus, 2nd Year Student, Berkley College
In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How is Christian's Second Amendment research comparing US gun violence to Europe by population showing America is on par with Europe despite 120 privately owned guns for every 100 people & examining concealed carry effects i...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Richard W. E. Georges, President, H. Lavity Stoutt Community College
In this episode, President Series #429, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does the only community college in the British Virgin Islands serve 40,000 people across 50 islands with 800 credit students & over 1,000 continuing ed students achieving 90% employment rates?


Why did Hurricane Irma in 201...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Rebecca Corbin, President & CEO, National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship
In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does NACCE’s 23 year old nonprofit serve 350 community colleges with $1,200 annual membership fees while giving members over $100,000 back in grant funds plus access to SkillPoint tech platform valued at $6.5 million that co...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Chuck Ambrose, Senior Education Consultant, Husch Blackwell Consulting, & Host of EdUp Insights
In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR cohost is Elvin Freytes
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How did Husch Blackwell Consulting launch as a wholly owned subsidiary in June after 3 years of building comprehensive legal practice by adding Campus Compass diagnostic tool & strategic consulting to...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Havidán Rodríguez, Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education, & President of SUNY at Albany
In this episode, President Series #428, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR cohost is Lloyd Ricketts, Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Vice President& Treasurer at Wilmington University
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does the accreditation process provide value ...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Honar Issa, Secretary-General, Dilan Rostam, Director for Higher Education, & Boushra Rahal Alameh, President, Kurdistan Accrediting Association for Education (KAAE)


In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR cohost is Dr. Davie Gilmour, Commissioner, Immediate Past Chair of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, & President (Ret.) Emeritus of PennsylvaniaCollege of Technology
YOU...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Kimberly Davenport, Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Partner & Director of Corporate Responsibility at ScottMadden, Inc.


In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does ScottMadden bring unbiased corporate perspectives on governance, budget & operations to help higher ed institutions that are hungry for change but slow to evolve thei...

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Kristy Bishop, Vice President for Institutional Field Relations at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠⁠
In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference


YOUR cohost is Tracey Schneider, Senior, Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education
YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

How does Kristy guide institutions through accreditation by r...

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 fir...

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 room"...

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 ...

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 ...

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 down l...

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 da...

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...

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 w...

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 al...

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 c...

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 busin...

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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 ...

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 ...