Enrollment Growth University: Higher Education

Dr. Jerry Lucido, Professor and Executive Director at the Center for Enrollment Research Policy and Practice at the University of Southern California joined the podcast to talk about the potential false hope created by this year’s mass move to test-optional admissions policies. 

Jason Tyszko, Vice President, Center for Education and Workforce at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation joined the podcast to talk about creating win-win workforce development partnerships between institutions and employers.
 

Dr. Benjamin Selznick, Assistant Professor at James Madison University, joined the podcast to discuss why transferring may be a feature, not a bug, and why employers may be significantly undervaluing transfer students’ innovation capabilities.
 

Dr. Amanda Irvin, Senior Dir. of Faculty Programs and Services at Columbia University’s Center for Teaching and Learning joined the podcast to discuss their student research from their past year of emergency remote instruction, and how to design more equitable engagement in our online classrooms.

Karan Raturi, General Manager, North America at UpGrad joined the podcast to discuss the student and enrollment advantages of building global cohorts, especially in preparing students to compete in an increasingly global economy.

Dr. Andrew Crain, Director of Experiential Professional Development at The University of Georgia Graduate School joined the podcast to discuss the student effects of the past year’s internship interruption and how higher ed can facilitate a strong and safe return of our workforce development partnerships this fall.

Dr. Nathan Grawe, Author and Professor of Economics at Carleton College joined the podcast to talk about his new book, The Agile College, and the enrollment growth strategies higher ed needs to consider to successfully navigate the new demographic changes that are coming.

Joseph Fuller, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School, joined the podcast to talk about the “Middle Skills” jobs employers have a consistently difficult time filling, and higher ed’s opportunity to serve and credential this critical market.

Dr. Peter Smith, Professor of Innovative Practices in Higher Education and Sr. Advisor to the President at University of Maryland Global Campus, joined the podcast to discuss The Presidents Forum’s Learners First Framework and what will be necessary to expedite its acceptance across higher ed.

Dr. Robert Talbert, author and Professor at Grand Valley State University, joined the podcast to discuss why now is the perfect time for higher ed to embrace the flipped classroom.