The EdUp Experience
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Will Universal Design for Learning Save Higher Education? - with Dr. Melissa Beck Wells, Associate Professor, Director of Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development, Empire State University
32 mins; November 20, 2025
What Faculty Innovation Grants Reveal About the Future of AI in Education - w/ Patricia Salkin, Sr. VP-Academic Affairs, Provost-Graduate & Professional Divisions, & Professor of Law, Touro University
39 mins; November 19, 2025
What a 45 Minute AI Conversation Revealed About 19 Years of Leadership - with Dr. Randall VanWagoner, President, Mohawk Valley Community College
46 mins; November 18, 2025
How 1 Leader Plans to Transform 782 Institutions by Cutting Bureaucracy & Embracing Innovation - w/ Stephen Pruitt, President, Southern Association of Colleges & Schools Commission on Colleges-SACSCOC
39 mins; November 17, 2025
What Universities Can Learn from St. Edward's About Recognizing Prior Learning & Valuing Experience - with Dr. Montse Fuentes, President, Professor of Mathematics, St. Edward's University
42 mins; November 16, 2025
Why Higher Ed Needs More "Radical Cooperation" - with Dr. Michael Horowitz, Chancellor, The Community Solution Education System
37 mins; November 13, 2025
Why Asking "How Would You Feel If I Used AI?" Changes Everything About Academic Integrity - with Judson Curry, Dean, Liberal Arts & Sciences, Kishwaukee College
41 mins; November 12, 2025
There Are PLENTY of Students - Debunking Higher Ed's Biggest Myth - with Dr. John Comerford, President, Otterbein University
37 mins; November 11, 2025
What Global Health Leaders Know About Scaling Education - with Peter Bell, President, American University of Antigua
49 mins; November 10, 2025
The Signal vs. Noise Problem Every College President Faces (& How to Win) - with Brad Baca, President, Western Colorado University
51 mins; November 09, 2025
If You Use AI, You're Responsible for It: The New Academic Integrity Standard - w/ Kaela Lindquist & Amy S. Kelso, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
40 mins; November 06, 2025
Why This President Says 'Lead as if You'll Be There Forever' (Even if You Won't) - with Dr. Roger Parrot, President, Belhaven University
49 mins; November 05, 2025
From Firearms to Drones: Teaching Trades Without Classrooms - with Jarred McNeely, Chief Academic Officer, Sonoran Desert Institute
36 mins; November 04, 2025
What College Presidents Need to Know About Rankings, ROI & the Demographic Cliff - with Dr. LaMont Jones, Managing Editor for Education, U.S. News & World Report
45 mins; November 03, 2025
The University That Refused to Accept the Demographic Cliff - with Dr. Aondover Tarhule, President, Illinois State University
47 mins; November 02, 2025
How Colleges Can Double Enrollment with Varsity-Lite - with Brent Richard, CEO, IMG Academy
38 mins; October 30, 2025
How an English Professor Turned AI from "Cheating Tool" to Career Essential - with Dr. Susan Ray, Associate Professor of English, Delaware County Community College
31 mins; October 29, 2025
Anticipatory Tiptoes - with Dr. Kimberly Beatty⁠, Chancellor, ⁠Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City⁠
49 mins; October 28, 2025
EdUp Extra: How 1M Test Takers Achieve 90% College Persistence Without Seat Time - with CT Turner, CEO, GED Testing Service
39 mins; October 27, 2025
What "Explore the Uncommon" Really Means at Linfield University - with Dr. Mark Blegen, President, Linfield University
39 mins; October 26, 2025
What 2U's Turnaround Reveals About Higher Ed's Future - Kees Bol, CEO, 2U
35 mins; October 23, 2025
What Every University President Should Know About AI Literacy Requirements - with Dr. Christina A. Clark, President, La Roche University
49 mins; October 22, 2025
EdUp Extra: If You're a University President, This 20-Minute Listen Could Change Everything - Justin Papadakis, Deputy CEO & Chief Real Estate Officer of the USL
27 mins; October 21, 2025
Why College-Ready Students Still Drop Out & How Paid Internships Fix It - with Dr. Donnell J. Butler, Founder & President, Prelude
47 mins; October 20, 2025
When Tutoring Becomes Cool - with Samyr Qureshi, Co-founder & CEO, Knack
51 mins; October 19, 2025
If Students Don't Exist, Are They Still Cheating? - Dr. Matthew J. Borcherding, Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs, Minnesota State Community & Technical College
30 mins; October 16, 2025
What Happens When 7,000 Students Get Unlimited AI Access Overnight? with Dr. Rob McDole, Director for the Center of Teaching & Learning, Cedarville University
43 mins; October 15, 2025
What Happens When You Remove All the "Gunk" From Higher Education? - with Dr. Sasha Thackaberry, Founder & President, Newstate University
46 mins; October 14, 2025
Inside the Search for President #14 - with Romaine Seguin, Acting President, William Woods University
49 mins; October 13, 2025
What Happens When Universities Take Degrees to Students Instead of Waiting - with Dr. Kelly Damphousse, President, Texas State University
50 mins; October 12, 2025
Why We're Asking the Wrong Questions About Student Cheating - with Dr. Gregor Thuswaldner, Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty, La Roche University, & Host of EdUp Provost
42 mins; October 09, 2025
What America's Original Community College Teaches About the Future - with Dr. Clyne Namuo, President, Joliet Junior College
53 mins; October 08, 2025
Should College Presidents Live on Campus? This One Does & Here's Why - with Dr. Kristen Miller, President, Southern Maine Community College
50 mins; October 07, 2025
What Happens When Workforce Pell Finally Arrives (& Why Colleges Aren't Ready) - with Dr. Lisa Avery, President, Linn-Benton Community College
44 mins; October 06, 2025
The Strategic Plan That 500,000 People Are Watching - with Dr. Brian Knetl, President, Waubonsee Community College
47 mins; October 05, 2025
What "Authentic Engagement" Actually Means in the Age of ChatGPT - Dr. Joseph Brown, Dir., Academic Integrity, & Dr. Sarah Gutierrez, Ast. Dir. for Student Conduct Services, Colorado State University
47 mins; October 01, 2025
Maybe We Should Stop Asking 'Are Students College Ready? - with Dr. Alberto J. RomĂĄn, Chancellor, Los Angeles Community College District
50 mins; September 30, 2025
What Universities Can Learn from a 99.7% Debt-Free Graduation Rate - with Clay Christensen, President, Mountainland Technical College
48 mins; September 29, 2025
EdUp Extra: Private College Value, Financing, & Admissions - with Jonathan Sparling, VP Strategic Partnerships, College Well, & Karen Kristof, Dean of Admission, Colorado College
39 mins; September 28, 2025
How Small Town Dynamics Change Academic Integrity Forever - Dr. Andrew Dunlap, Assistant Professor of Anatomy & Physiology, Arkansas State University - Beebe
35 mins; September 24, 2025
If Your University Isn't Broken, What Kind of President Do You Hire? - with Paula Cunningham, Chair, Board of Trustees, Davenport University
34 mins; September 23, 2025
Maybe Higher Ed's Future Isn't What You Think - with Eric Turner, President, Lasell University
51 mins; September 22, 2025
If You're Not Tracking This Data, You're Already Behind - with Dr. Nick Swayne, President, North Idaho College
44 mins; September 21, 2025
Why Accreditation Isn't the 'Innovation Killer' You Think It Is - with Dr. Heather Perfetti, President & CEO, Middle States Commission on Higher Education
42 mins; September 17, 2025
What Happens When You Call Employees 'Collaborators' Instead? 13% vs 35% Turnover - with Mikhail Shneyder, Chief Executive Officer, Nightingale Education Group
52 mins; September 16, 2025
How America's 6th Oldest College Became Its 5th Fastest Growing - with Dr. Bryon L. Grigsby, President & Professor of English, Moravian University
45 mins; September 15, 2025
How to Grow Enrollment 31 Years Running: The Tag Team Strategy - Dr. Peggy Heinrich, President, & Dr. Annamarie Schopen, VP of Teaching, Learning, & Student Development, Elgin Community College
48 mins; September 14, 2025
Maybe We're Asking the Wrong Question About AI in Education - with Dr. Tara Giblin, Vice President of Instruction, Orange Coast College
38 mins; September 10, 2025
What Happens When AI Meets 116 Community Colleges? - with Dr. Rowena M. Tomaneng, Deputy Chancellor, California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office
43 mins; September 09, 2025
(Extended Conversation) Why Starting in 3rd Grade Will Transform Higher Education Forever - with Dr. Steven Bloomberg, Chancellor, Kern Community College District
55 mins; September 08, 2025
What Happens When Students Only Take 1 Class at a Time - with Jonathan Brand, President, Cornell College
40 mins; September 07, 2025
HigherEd PodCon II - The Big Reveal! - with Dr. Michael Baston President, Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C)
10 mins; September 04, 2025
When Students Stop Believing in Their Professors, They Start Cheating - with Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education, University of Pennsylvania
50 mins; September 03, 2025
If You're Not Teaching Students to Question AI, You're Failing Them - Michael Hammond, President, Gordon College
40 mins; September 02, 2025
How One VP Revolutionized College Admissions (300+ Schools Copied Her) - with Yvonne Romero, Vice President of Enrollment Management, Rice University
43 mins; September 01, 2025
How One Uncle's Story Became Amazon Prime's Biggest College Secret - with Alex Boylan, Founder/Executive Producer/Host, The College Tour Amazon Prime Series
35 mins; August 31, 2025
Why Academic Integrity Is Everyone's Job - with Dr. Kelly H. Ahuna, Director, Office of Academic Integrity, University at Buffalo
38 mins; August 27, 2025
If You Build It, They Won't Come: The New Reality of Higher Ed - with Dr. Ronald Rochon, President, California State University, Fullerton
50 mins; August 26, 2025
How to Lead Through the Noise in Higher Education - with Dr. Lillian Schumacher, President, Tiffin University
45 mins; August 25, 2025
How One College Turned Date Nights Into Suicide Prevention (And Why It's Working) - with LaToscha Sherman, Associate Dean of Counseling, Collin College
46 mins; August 24, 2025
What Happens When 40% of Your Students Are First-Gen & AI is Everywhere? - with Dr. Paul Krouss, Teaching Professor & Faculty Lead for Innovative Pedagogies, Washington State University Vancouver
39 mins; August 20, 2025
(Sneak Peek) How This College Is Preparing for Jobs That Don't Exist Yet - with Dr. Tiffany Hernandez, President, Glendale Community College
54 mins; August 19, 2025
How 1 University Eliminated Every Committee & Still Thrives - with Dr. Erika Latty, President of the Enterprise/ Chief Academic Officer, Unity Environmental University
47 mins; August 18, 2025
What Happens When AI Reads Your 100-Page Faculty CV in 30 Seconds - with Rusty Cowher, Founder & CEO, Scholarly
37 mins; August 17, 2025
If Your College Embraces AI, Are You Still Teaching Integrity? - with Dr. Adam D. Garland, Dean of Student Affairs, Ensign College
37 mins; August 13, 2025
If You're Not Tracking 30 Metrics Daily, You're Not Scaling Right - with Thomas Rametta, President, Ultimate Medical Academy
50 mins; August 12, 2025
Are YOU Ready for the Future of Community College Leadership? - with Dr. Jermaine F. Williams, President, Montgomery College
53 mins; August 11, 2025
How One Board Chair Stayed 30 Years & Never Had a Fight With His President - with Victor M. Richel, Chairman, Union College of Union County (UCNJ)
48 mins; August 10, 2025
Why Davenport Measures What No Other University Measures - with Richard J. Pappas, President, Davenport University
43 mins; August 06, 2025
Why Your Tuition Reimbursement Program Is Broken & How to Fix It - with Robert Towner, Associate Vice President, EDGE - Northeastern University
44 mins; August 05, 2025
Is This the End of Traditional Student Loans as We Know Them? - with Dan Rubin, Founder & CEO, YELO Funding
39 mins; August 04, 2025
How a $9,000 Spanish-Language Degree is Disrupting Higher Education - with Jim Tolbert, Chancellor, Universidad Santander USA
43 mins; August 03, 2025
Why Forcing Students to Use AI is Academic Integrity - with Mallory Dwinal Palisch, President, Craft Education
41 mins; July 30, 2025
Will Traditional Law Schools Survive the Hybrid Revolution? - with Dr. Matthew Nehmer, President, The Colleges of Law
28 mins; July 29, 2025
Why This IT College Offers Free Therapy & Calls Graduates Forever - with Tony Galati, Founder & CEO, MyComputerCareer
47 mins; July 28, 2025
What Happens When 25% Of America's Food Comes From One University's Backyard? - with Vernon Harper Jr., President, CSU Bakersfield
42 mins; July 27, 2025
When AI Becomes Your Writing Partner, Not Your Cheating Tool - with Dr. Ben Worth, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Mountain Gateway Community College
38 mins; July 23, 2025
Why Your College Is Failing Students (& How to Fix It) - with Elliot Felix, Partner, Buro Happold, & Author of The Connected College
37 mins; July 22, 2025
Why Traditional Doctoral Support Systems Are Failing Students - with Tim Herd, Co-Founder, The Doctoral Student Writing Collective
19 mins; July 21, 2025
Why Technical Colleges Are Having Their Moment in Higher Education - with Dr. Richard G. Barnhouse, President & CEO, Waukesha County Technical College
49 mins; July 20, 2025
Why This President's Pop-Up Office Strategy Went Viral - with Dr. G. Devin Stephenson, President, Florida Polytechnic University
55 mins; July 15, 2025
What Makes a 96% Job Placement Rate Possible? - with Dr. Bennie L. Harris, Chancellor, University of South Carolina Upstate
44 mins; July 14, 2025
Why Leaders Fail: Human Treachery & Leadership Crucibles - with Dr. Gayle Beebe, President, Westmont College
37 mins; July 13, 2025
The AI Paradox: Why This College President Embraces What Others Fear - with Dr. Amy Bosley, President, Northwest Vista College
47 mins; July 09, 2025
Why 99% of These Students Get Jobs Before Graduation - with Dr. Robert K. McMahan, President, Kettering University
49 mins; July 08, 2025
What Student Affairs Professionals Need to Know About the Future of Higher Ed - with Dr. Amelia Parnell, President, NASPA
33 mins; July 07, 2025
What Every College Leader Can Learn from Rural University Innovation - with Dr. Kelly A. Ryan, President, Eastern Oregon University
41 mins; July 06, 2025
Why Banning AI in Schools Is Like Banning the Internet in 1995 - with Ryan Lufkin, Vice President of Global Academic Strategy, Instructure
37 mins; July 02, 2025
Why the Academic Mission is Losing to the Football Machine - with Jay Paterno, Former Coach, Penn State University, & Author of Blitzed
25 mins; July 01, 2025
How AI-Powered Feedback is Doubling Student Completion Rates - with Gavin Cooney, CEO & Founder, Learnosity
32 mins; June 30, 2025
Why Bemidji State's President Believes 'Our Why is Tied to Our Who' in Higher Education - with Dr. John L. Hoffman, President, Bemidji State University
49 mins; June 29, 2025
What Happens When You Make Academic Integrity Someone's Full-Time Job - Dr. Greer Murphy, Dir., Academic Integrity Office, UC Santa Cruz, & VP for Strategy, International Center for Academic Integrity
42 mins; June 25, 2025
Will Global Classrooms Become the New Normal? - with Malcolm Youngren, President & Chief Executive Officer, Pacific College of Health and Science
47 mins; June 24, 2025
Why Education—Not Just Degrees—Should Be Higher Ed's North Star - with Dr. Donna Hodge, President, Fitchburg State University
50 mins; June 23, 2025
How GateWay Community College Juggles Clock Hours, Credits & Bachelor's Degrees Like "Chainsaws on Fire" - with Tom Nevill, Vice President of Academic Affairs, GateWay Community College
47 mins; June 22, 2025
What Global Universities Can Teach Us About AI & Academic Standards - with Dr. William Lightfoot, Dean, College of Business, Westcliff University
38 mins; June 18, 2025
Why Georgia Film Academy Is the Blueprint for Entertainment Education - with C. Scott Votaw, Assistant Vice Chancellor for the University System of Georgia, Georgia Film Academy
31 mins; June 17, 2025
How a $22M Deficit Transformed into a Mission-Driven Renaissance at NJCU - with Andrés Acebo, President, New Jersey City University
53 mins; June 16, 2025
Why Every Interaction at YOUR College Either Builds or Breaks Student Dreams - with Dr. Arlene RodrĂ­guez, Provost & Vice President of Academic & Student Affairs, Middlesex Community College
49 mins; June 15, 2025
What Makes Students Choose Integrity Over Shortcuts in the AI Era - with Dr. Adam Redhead, Dean of Curriculum & Instruction, Andrew College
34 mins; June 11, 2025