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The EdUp Experience

YOUR Higher Education Podcast

We welcome YOU to America’s leading higher education podcast! Hosted by Dr. Joe Sallustio, whose down-to-Earth approach & industry experience helps to make dry & complicated educational topics more fun & engaging to discuss. Elvin Freytes, Producer, brings YOU the most innovative leaders in higher education to the microphone. The EdUp Experience team brings over 40 years of experience in higher education - YOU will feel refreshed, upskilled, & reskilled after listening to this podcast. LEARN MORE: edupexperience.com We make education YOUR business!

  1. Stop Telling People How to Do It. Help Them See Themselves Instead - with Robert Graham, CEO, Poll Everywhere

    20H AGO

    Stop Telling People How to Do It. Help Them See Themselves Instead - with Robert Graham, CEO, Poll Everywhere

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Robert Graham, CEO, Poll Everywhere In this episode, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog YOUR cohost is Lee Lambert , Chancellor & CEO, Foothill-De Anza Community College Distric YOUR host is ⁠Dr. Jodi Blinco How does a student response system turn presentations into bi-directional conversations where devices become engagement tools rather than distractions?Why do polls create spaces where people speak up about difficult subjects they otherwise wouldn't feel safe to share?What makes The Inner Game of Tennis the key to leadership when you want people to see themselves accurately rather than telling them how?Listen in to #EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠ ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience We make education YOUR business! P.S. Want access to the only intelligence platform built exclusively from presidential conversations in higher education? Join EdUp Leadership!

    35 min
  2. LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Kate Kruger, Partner/Principal, Elizabeth Palmer, Senior Director, EY-Parthenon

    3D AGO

    LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Kate Kruger, Partner/Principal, Elizabeth Palmer, Senior Director, EY-Parthenon

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Kate Kruger, Partner/Principal, Elizabeth Palmer, Senior Director, EY-Parthenon In this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19, YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio How does EY Parthenon's 25 year practice verify career is top priority when college grad unemployment reaches 5 to 6% nearing non degree holders?Why do students choose majors based on AI exposure when business & marketing are highly exposed while healthcare & education are less exposed?What makes alignment require clarity around narrow priorities backed by financials when too many priorities without resources prevent execution?Listen in to #EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ● Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠ We make education YOUR business! P.S. Want access to the only intelligence platform built exclusively from presidential conversations in higher education? Join EdUp Leadership!

    19 min

  3. 4D AGO • SUPPORT THE SHOW ONLY

    Tech CEOs Are Saying Study Liberal Arts. Here's Why

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Marsha Familaro Enright, President, Reliance College In this episode, YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Jodi Blinco How does a Montessori educator who ran an elementary school for 25 years now work to start a college focused on strengthening reasoning power & self confidence? Why are tech CEOs telling students to study liberal arts when the term comes from liberty & what a free citizen needs to know to live well? What makes the new AI Proof You course teach students to develop thinking, judgment & creativity that will get them jobs regardless of what happens technologically? Listening in to EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

    33 min
  4. Stop Saying Students Are Unprepared. They're Differently Prepared - with Dr. Enrique Morales-Diaz, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Oneonta

    4D AGO

    Stop Saying Students Are Unprepared. They're Differently Prepared - with Dr. Enrique Morales-Diaz, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Oneonta

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Enrique Morales-Diaz, Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Oneonta In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ July 29-31 by Coursedog, & the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, YOUR cohost is Bridget Moran, Director of Content Marketing, Coursedog YOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco⁠, How does a SUNY comprehensive serving 50% downstate first gen Pell students meet differently prepared post COVID learners where they are without sacrificing rigor or quality?Why does a provost keep teaching & maintain a small faculty wins whiteboard to understand classroom challenges while bringing faculty into institutional conversations beyond academics?What makes students feel we care through finding their person on campus creating Making Connections for Life where alums return to talk about faculty & staff who made the difference?Listen in to #EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠ ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience We make education YOUR business! P.S.  Want access to the only intelligence platform built exclusively from presidential conversations in higher education? Join EdUp Leadership!

    46 min

  5. 5D AGO • SUPPORT THE SHOW ONLY

    $18 Million Deficit. 4 Years to Close It. Here's How

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Jesse M. Bernal, President, Western Connecticut State University In this episode, YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio How does Connecticut's largest public Hispanic serving institution with 40% Pell students & families making under $75,000 become #1 in the state for social mobility? Why does closing an $18 million structural deficit in 4 years require an infinite mindset focused on what still matters 20 years from now? What makes WestConn not the backup plan but THE plan for thousands of students pushed out of New York who get in state tuition at 1/3 the price of SUNY? Listening in to EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio We make education YOUR business!

    46 min
  6. Stop Preparing Students for 1995 Jobs. Start Preparing for 2040 - with Greg Jones, President, Belmont University

    5D AGO

    Stop Preparing Students for 1995 Jobs. Start Preparing for 2040 - with Greg Jones, President, Belmont University

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Greg Jones, President, Belmont University In this episode, President Series #465, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog YOUR cohost is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Brent Ramdin, CEO, EducationDynamics YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a Nashville university with 12 colleges & 9k students achieve highest enrollment ever with applications up 20% while hosting Dolly Parton musicals & American Idol filming?Why does focusing on jobs that will exist in 2040 not 1995 require intrinsic partnerships where nursing students get into clinics in year 1 not year 3 & industry learns advances from academia?What makes the future learner range from 12 to 75 not 18 to 22 requiring certificate programs, subscription models & partnerships between universities & community colleges for film industry workforce?Listen in to #EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠ ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience We make education YOUR business! P.S. Want to access to EdUp Leadership, the only intelligence platform built exclusively from presidential conversations in higher ed?

    49 min

  7. 6D AGO • SUPPORT THE SHOW ONLY

    If Higher Ed Is Too Expensive, Why Are Community Colleges So Affordable?

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Shawn Powell, President, Eastern New Mexico University - Roswell In this episode, YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio How does a community college on a former SAC bomber base where the Enola Gay stopped serve rural southeastern New Mexico with nursing, aviation maintenance & workforce credentials? Why do students in their 40s, 50s & 60s with Airframe & Powerplant licenses come back for 15 credit hours to get associate degrees so they can move into management? What makes the mission to enrich lives through learning win over meeting student & community needs when the president's vote was 1 of only 2 for his preferred option? Listening in to EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio We make education YOUR business!

    41 min
  8. They Declined for 13 Years. Then Grew 22% in 3 Years. Here's How - with Brad D. Smith, President, Marshall University

    6D AGO

    They Declined for 13 Years. Then Grew 22% in 3 Years. Here's How - with Brad D. Smith, President, Marshall University

    It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Brad D. Smith, President, Marshall University In this episode, President Series #464, powered by ⁠⁠⁠Ellucian⁠⁠⁠, sponsored by the ​ELIVE 2026​ Conference in Denver, Colorado, April 19-22, the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17, & the 2026 AcOps Conference July 29-31 by Coursedog YOUR cohost is ⁠⁠⁠⁠Page Keller, VP of Academic Relations, Knack YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio How does Marshall reverse 13 year enrollment decline by growing 22% in 3 years while wrapping 400 debt free students under $65k with Knack tutors?Why does Marshall for All aim for 100% graduation with job & no debt, $150M research & 30x ROI by 2037 while growing online 60%?What makes "never mistake kindness for weakness" mean that facts guide decisions but empathy helps people land on their feet?Listen in to #EdUp Thank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp! Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠ ● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp Experience We make education YOUR business! P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

    51 min
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We welcome YOU to America’s leading higher education podcast! Hosted by Dr. Joe Sallustio, whose down-to-Earth approach & industry experience helps to make dry & complicated educational topics more fun & engaging to discuss. Elvin Freytes, Producer, brings YOU the most innovative leaders in higher education to the microphone. The EdUp Experience team brings over 40 years of experience in higher education - YOU will feel refreshed, upskilled, & reskilled after listening to this podcast. LEARN MORE: edupexperience.com We make education YOUR business!

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