Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education

Kevin and Fritz unpack the complicated landscape of collegiate athletics with Adam and Kara Goucher, prominent NCAA Division 1 collegiate and professional long-distance runners, track and field Olympians, and advocates for clean sport. Now, Adam (a current high school track and field coach) and Kara (NBC analyst and commentator, Brooks Running Ambassador, and co-host of the Nobody Asked Us podcast) have a front row seat to the new reality in college athletics that allows student-athletes to monetize their Name, Image. and Likeness and transfer without limitations. And they are not at all shy with us about how this all creates slippery slopes, unintended consequences, and outright problems that blur the lines between student and athlete.

Kelvin and Fritz are joined by Dr. Gloria Niles who shares her diverse professional background that traverses the fields of chiropractic medicine, K-12 education, and higher education. Currently the Chief Academic Technology Innovation Officer for the University of Hawaii System, Gloria also shares her observations about the evolution of online education and how she has worked within her system to guide its efforts in the use of AI across students, faculty, and staff.

In this episode of Gettin’ Stuff Done in Higher Education, the GSD crew sits down with Dr. Jeremiah Grabowski, a longtime online learning leader and Fractional Chief Online Learning Officer. Jeremiah shares his path through higher education and his experience building and scaling online programs. We dig into what it takes to create sustainable online operations, where institutions often struggle to move from strategy to execution, and the opportunities ahead for colleges and universities looking to online education for growth.

The GSD crew was delighted to have futurist and higher education expert Dr. Bryan Alexander as our guest for our twentieth episode! Bryan is a leading voice on the current state of higher education, what its future could be, and how institutions can adapt to these likely scenarios. Our wide-ranging conversation explores Bryan's path from early-career faculty member to now, and we, of course, dive into how institutions are managing current financial and policy headwinds.

In this episode of Gettin’ Stuff Done in Higher Education, we sit down with Geoffrey Roche, Senior Vice President of Healthcare Education and Workforce Development at Risepoint. We explore his broad career in healthcare workforce development in both institutional and corporate spaces and how his experiences inform his approach to academic partnerships in healthcare education. We also talk about the potential risk of abrupt changes to GradPLUS loans on the healthcare workforce.

In this episode of Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education, Kelvin, Fritz, and Kevin sit down with Darin Francis, Managing Partner and CEO of Harbinger Lane Consulting, to discuss how colleges and universities can strengthen connections between education and vendors. Darin shares his humanistic approach to help start-up vendors become trusted thought partners by thoroughly understanding institutional needs.

In this episode, Fritz, Kelvin, and Kevin sit down with one of the sharpest voices in education technology: Phil Hill, market analyst, consultant, and founder of Phil Hill & Associates. For more than two decades, Phil has helped universities, vendors, and investors cut through the hype and understand where higher ed is really heading — work you've likely seen in his widely read On EdTech newsletter or in those famous LMS market-share graphics that turn up in conference decks everywhere. We talk with Phil about what's actually working (and what isn't) across the edtech landscape, the real impact of AI on campus, and how institutions can make smarter decisions in an era of constant change.

Kelvin, Kevin, and Friz speak with Nick Beadle, CEO of Jobs That Work Solutions, a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy focused on jobs policy and workforce development funding. Join us for a lively discussion about workforce development efforts at the federal level such as Workforce Pell and the apoprenticeship models higher education is exploring to help its learners be better prepared to transition into an evolving world of work.

Kelvin, Kevin, and Fritz talk in-depth about their experiences with the Fulbright Specialist Program. This unique program offers experts and practitioners in a wide variety of fields in and beyond higher education the opportunity to travel abroad to exchange knowledge and practices with institutions and organizations outside of the United States during a two- to six-week engagement. We provide insights about navigating the application process as well as locating and securing engagements.

In this episode of Gettin’ Stuff Done in Higher Education, the GSD crew sits down with Dr. Scott Dolan, Executive Dean at Excelsior University. Scott walks us through the history of Excelsior and its long-standing focus on serving adult learners. The conversation explores how institutions designed for working adults think about access, flexibility, and innovation. We also discuss what “hybrid” education might realistically look like in the coming years and why partnerships and strategic locations still matter, even for institutions that are primarily online.