Enrollment Growth University: Higher Education

Mark Schneider, Director of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) joined the podcast to discuss the $1 million purse for entrants able to prove the outcomes “promise” of AI and machine learning, and his hopes for what this prize may help spur for educational research culture as a whole.

Becky Klein-Collins, Vice President of Impact at CAEL joined the podcast to discuss whether or not “college” is the most obvious opportunity for adults to upskill today, and whether or not it deserves to be.

Wade Eyerly, CEO and Co-Founder at Degree Insurance, joined the podcast to talk about incentivizing prospective students with a guaranteed income promise post-graduation, and the massive enrollment and retention motivation potential in doing so.

Dr. Anne-Marie Núñez, Professor of Educational Studies at The Ohio State University, joined the podcast to talk about the ethical questions our society asks STEM technologists to determine for us today, and whether or not they have the global citizenship awareness to answer them well. 

Eric Gibbs, President at Ouriginal, joined the podcast to talk about how higher ed can navigate the academic integrity issues that have always been with us but which have found new form during last year’s massive migration to online education.

Alison Zeringue, Director of Account Management at Search Influence, joined the podcast to discuss the broader trends we’ve been seeing from both tech companies and advertising platforms towards both user and data privacy, and how higher ed marketing teams need to respond to Apple’s iOS 14.5 update.

Nick Ducoff, author and CEO at Edmit, joined the podcast to talk about public distrust in higher ed’s value and all the new ways higher ed is working to demonstrate student ROI.

Julia Freeland Fisher, Author & Director of Education at the Clayton Christensen Institute, joined the podcast to talk about the future of the well-networked university and the best ways for advancement teams to engage with their alumni.

Amy Glynn, Vice President of Student Financial Success at CampusLogic joined the podcast to discuss new research on the financial reasons students are actually dropping out of college, and how we can create award letters that make sure we’re communicating our financial offer as clearly as possible.

Dr. Barrington Price, Vice President for Student Success and Engagement at Dominican University, joined the podcast to discuss social mobility strategies as a deliberate enrollment growth practice.