Episodes

  • Josh Pierce on How Course Sharing Enables Access and Differentiation

    Josh Pierce on How Course Sharing Enables Access and Differentiation
    Jun 3 2025
    How can institutions collaborate to share courses? How does this enable focus and differentiation? What do you have to change from mindset to culture to operations to make it happen? We dive into these questions with Josh Pierce co-founder of course sharing platform Acadeum. Along the way, we use the analogy of travel to think about the student journey – and see what can be learned from the travel industry itself.
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    30 mins
  • Suzanne Rivera on a President's Role in Student Success

    Suzanne Rivera on a President's Role in Student Success
    May 27 2025
    How does an unconventional path to the presidency offer new perspectives? How can colleges and universities equip students to lead lives of meaning and purpose? How can leaders balance tradition and innovation to create living learning communities? How can students own their experiences and belong? We dive into these questions with Suzanne Rivera, President of Macalester College!
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    26 mins
  • Sarah Holtan on Honors Colleges as Living Learning Communities

    Sarah Holtan on Honors Colleges as Living Learning Communities
    May 13 2025
    How can you create and operate an Honors College to make a big place feel small? How do you get the scale right to balance quantity and quality? How can you balance giving people what they want versus what's good for their growth and development? We dive into these questions with Sarah Holtan, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences at Carroll University and Host of The Get Down to College Business Podcast.
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    32 mins
  • The Connected College Audiobook Preview!

    The Connected College Audiobook Preview!
    Apr 25 2025
    Instead of silos and separations, we need colleges and universities where all students feel a sense of belonging, courses lead to rewarding careers, students have the support to succeed, and everyone works together to make this happen, To learn how, listen to the introduction to The Connected College in this free preview of the audiobook. It's an encouraging, evidenced-based playbook for busting silos so that students succeed.
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    34 mins
  • Bonus Episode: The Connected College Keynote

    Bonus Episode: The Connected College Keynote
    Apr 22 2025
    What are the big ideas in The Connected College? What are the barriers to collaboration for student success and how do you get over or around them? I recently had the chance to give a keynote talk at the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities where I answered these questions and more. I talked about strategy, structure, and culture as barriers and went through case studies on how to address each while responding to trends reshaping higher ed.
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    38 mins
  • Shaun Carver on Bringing People Together for a Better World

    Shaun Carver on Bringing People Together for a Better World
    Apr 15 2025
    How can you bring people from different countries and cultures together to create a better world? What are the evidence-based practices to promote interaction, strengthen communities, and take risks? How can you improve empathy, understanding, and communication? We dive into these questions with Shaun Carver, Executive Director of International House at the University of California Berkeley.
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    31 mins
  • Joe Sallustio on Data and Analytics for Student Success

    Joe Sallustio on Data and Analytics for Student Success
    Apr 12 2025
    How do you define student success? What role can technology play in student success? What data do you need to understand the student journey and make better decisions? What can colleges and universities learn from other industries? We discuss these questions and more with Joe Sallustio, VP of Industry Engagement at Ellucian and Host of the EdUp Experience podcast.
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    32 mins
  • Terry Brown on Redesigning Policies and Processes for Student Success

    Terry Brown on Redesigning Policies and Processes for Student Success
    Mar 31 2025
    Who are your students, what are their needs, and how are they changing? How can you redesign your policies and processes to increase students success at scale? We dive into these questions with Terry Brown, VP of Academic Innovation at AASCU, the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
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    28 mins