Episodes of YOUR Higher Education Podcast

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 because th...

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 enhancement? W...

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 something new -...

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 reset t...

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 to...

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 with w...

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 le...

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 alway...

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 go...

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 suc...

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 confidenc...

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 necessary skil...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Antonio R. Flores, President & CEO, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).


Listen in as Joe goes one on one with Antonio, who talks about how HACU is building a pipeline for the next Latinx leaders in higher education. Antonio also talks about how the future of higher education is dependent upon Latinx students.


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Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by UnMudl, we welcome Ryan Stowers, Executive Director of The Charles Koch Foundation.


Ryan comes on EdUp to discuss the state of higher education and the necessity for change - both due to coronavirus and due to traditionalism. The Koch Foundation seeks to catalyze post-secondary education organizations through change and into the future state - which is to brin...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by Black History & Culture Academy, we welcome Alan Murray, CEO of FORTUNE Media (which includes Fortune Magazine). This episode is absolute FIRE - Alan talks about the battle for talent in the 21st century. Fortune Education was started in 2021 to recognize and rank business schools that are providing quality education for the business community. Alan also talks about the inters...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Joshua Lachs, CEO, Moneythink. Joshua talks to us about how Moneythink harnesses the power of people and technology to bring transparency to college costs so that all students are equipped to invest in their futures. Why don't students understand how to afford a college education, is it due to a lack of financial education early in life or the convolu...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Adam Levinter, Founder, Scriberbase. Adam is the author of a book called "The Subscription Boom" and he talks one-on-one with Liz about the rise of the subscription-based business. His company, Scriberbase, helps companies build, scale, and optimize their subscription-based business. What does this have to do with the future of higher ed...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #89. In this episode, sponsored by Ellucian, we welcome Dr. Larry Johnson Jr., President, Guttman Community College. Larry talks to us about moving an institution from traditional to transformative - and why representation matters. He discusses how disaggregating data and identifying gaps really help administrators understand and better serve underserved populations. Larry says the na...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #88. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT) and recorded at the AFIT Summer Institute 2021, we welcome Dr. Terry Murrell, President, Western Iowa Tech Community College! Like Disney says, everything they create is an experience for their customers. This is an important lesson that Terry learned through Disney, and he applied it to WITCC. Hear...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #87. In this episode, sponsored by the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT) and recorded at the AFIT Summer Institute 2021, we welcome Dr. Robert Vela, President, San Antonio College! San Antonio College was the recipient of the 2021 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence AND they received a 15M gift from Makenzie Scott shortly after receiving the award. Simply put, R...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #86. In this episode, sponsored by MDT Marketing, we welcome Dr. Kristine H. Strickland, Chancellor, Fletcher Technical Community College! Kristine talks to us about community colleges and why they are necessary to serve specific areas - geographically and for particular education levels. She talks about the great advice she received when she was climbing the ranks, and why she thinks...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience Podcast, sponsored by NC-SARA, we welcome Jim Manning, Executive Director, Presidents Forum!

This episode is incredible. You’ll learn from Jim Manning, one of the most experienced, knowledgeable, and versatile leaders in the entirety of higher education. Jim talks about the evolution of higher education to one that is now student-centric and how the President's Forum includes institu...

Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast! In this EdUp Experience Episode, sponsored by the Ellucian, we welcome Dr. Jeremy Moreland, Provost & Chief Academic Officer, St. Thomas University! Jeremy talks about the laser focus of St. Thomas on the individualized student experience. He notes it's critically important to communicate ROI - St. Thomas was ranked #1 by US News and World Report for social mobility. Jeremy also highlights the heroism of staff and faculty responding to ...