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In this BONUS EdUp Embedded episode of The EdUp Experience, Dr. Joe Sallustio talks one-on-one with Rick Beyer, Senior Fellow and Practice Area Leader for Mergers & Affiliations with the Association of Governing Boards (AGB).  Rick details how the financial model within higher education is in crisis - we are in the consolidation era which includes closures, mergers, affiliations, and the establishment of private systems.  If a Board is interested in exploring alternatives to closure, waiting too long could lead to a teachout since the regulatory process for change takes 12-24 months.  Rick then details the first three steps to take to future proof against closure - which includes planning simultaneous initiatives to explore partnerships, mergers, and affiliations where a change of control may be necessary.

Rick Beyer has a unique combination of experience in higher education and business. A former college president and board governance chair, successful technology CEO, and senior operating executive of a $1 billion public company, Rick has consistently been at the forefront of industry-leading initiatives and has a successful history of leading organizations through change and growth.  Rick has 20 years of experience with M&A opportunities within education.

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On this EdUp Experts episode, Danielle Shelton talks about a special tip for online teachers!

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On this EdUp Elites episode, Kelly Huynh, a 2020 Senior at San Diego State University, talks about her enrollment experience, passion project, life as a student during Covid and her thoughts on the future of education.

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This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #42 - In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Luis P. Sanchez, President at Oxnard College.  Luis details for us how hard students at Oxnard have been hit during the pandemic, financially and otherwise - access to basic services like WiFi and food (hunger) are REAL.   Luis also talks to us about how the first part of 2022 is already baked-in, and with a reputation that isn't as strong as it should be (but growing), Oxnard's move to online comes with the understanding that many programs HAVE to be hands-on.  There are still many faculty and students that do not enjoy online learning.  Today's students and students in the future education in equity and there is an experience to be gained in civic engagement that is key to their future. 

Luis Pablo Sanchez has been the president of Oxnard College since April of 2019. Before that, he was the president of Moorpark College from February of 2015 until April of 2019. Prior to that, he was the Vice President of Academic Affairs for Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California from 2011 to 2015. From 1991 to 2006, he was a full-time instructor of law and taxation at Sierra College, in Rocklin, California, where he was twice recognized as Outstanding Instructor by the student body, and then was appointed as Dean of Business, Technology, and Public Safety from 2006 to 2011. 

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This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #41 - In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Mikhail Shneyder, President and CEO at Nightingale College.   Have you ever wondered why there aren't more nurses - I mean, we always hear about how badly nurses are needed yet there is always a shortage.  We talk with Mikhail about the supply and demand control build into the nursing profession including the difficult nature of the NCLEX exam and why it is set up to prevent diversity.  Competency is much more than just passing a test, right?  Mikhail dishes on all the issues the nursing profession must overcome and how Nightingale College is leading from the front.

Mikhail Shneyder is the President and Chief Executive Officer as well as an owner of Nightingale College, a single-purpose, private institution of higher learning, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, operating in 7 states, and dedicated to advancing the quality of and geographical and socioeconomic access to education for health care professions. A registered nurse for more than 25 years, Shneyder has a wealth of management experience in post-secondary education for health professions and health care delivery services. He has worked in career education management for over 14 years. 

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This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #40 - In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Dr. Joyce Jacobsen, President at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.  Located in beautiful Geneva, NY on a stunning campus, hear how Joyce and her administration have handled CV-19 in the fall and what they are doing to plan for the spring term.  Joyce details how international students and exchange programs have been impacted, why a slight decrease in enrollment and students on-ground might have been a good thing during Covid, and why connections are so important to mental health.   

Joyce P. Jacobsen became the 29th president of Hobart College and the 18th of William Smith College on July 1, 2019. Previously the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wesleyan University, Jacobsen is a renowned scholar of economics, an award-winning teacher and a skilled administrator. With more than three decades of experience taking on increasingly complex roles in higher education, Jacobsen received the unanimous recommendation of the Presidential Search Committee and the unanimous vote of the Colleges’ Board of Trustees. She is the first woman to serve as president of Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

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In this amazing episode of The EdUp Experience, we have the honor of speaking with Dr. Chris McCaghren, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education Programs, U.S. Department of Education.  Over the last year, ED has worked very hard to get funds out to higher ed institutions amidst disruptions.   Chris's team works to distribute CARES Act funds; though higher ed has been challenged, he says we shouldn't be so surprised as institutions overcome adversity.  Chris says it like it is - he discusses ROI and tells higher ed not to be afraid to disrupt the purity of our ivory tower.  

Find out which institution Chris thinks is more political - Higher Ed or Government!

Chris served as the executive vice president and provost, as well as professor of higher education leadership and policy, at the University of Mobile. Prior to being named provost at the University of Mobile, Chris served as dean of the College of Education at Anderson University and as assistant to the president for external programs and division head for the division of career and continuing studies at Samford University under his mentor Dr. Andrew Westmoreland.  In addition, Chris spent two years serving Congressman Spencer Bachus (AL-6, retired) and the great people of the state of Alabama as special assistant to the congressman.

Chris holds a doctorate from Vanderbilt University in higher education leadership and policy, a master of theological studies from Beeson Divinity School, and a double major undergraduate degree in communication studies and classics from Samford University.

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In this amazing episode of The EdUp Experience, we have the honor of speaking with Ken Eisner, Director of Worldwide Education Programs with Amazon Web Services.  The AWS Educate & AWS Academy programs aim to fill the need for skilled workers in cloud computing technologies - which is at an all-time high.  Ken discusses Ed-Tech's role in educational equity, and why technology can contribute to closing the wealth gap through economic attainment.  Also, Ken points out why co-created learning between business and education is changing the learning landscape, and why it's essential that the 21st century institutions better be FAST and AGILE.   With the most important outcome of education being the job, the future of education is hands-on, career aligned, and SPEED needs to be the new normal for Higher Ed!  BOOM!

Ken is an education technology leader with 20+ years-experience spearheading initiatives that improve educational outcomes and disrupt traditional delivery models. Ken founded AWS Educate, Amazon’s global initiative to dramatically accelerate cloud learning and prepare students for a cloud-enabled workforce. Program demand has far outstripped projections, with a membership composed of hundreds of thousands of students and over 2,400 institutions including all of the top ten leading global computer science higher education institutions. 

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In this episode of The EdUp Experience, our guest is Dr. Rusty Monhollan, President & Executive Director at South Carolina Commission on Higher Education.  We talk with Rusty about a host of topics in higher education including CV-19's effect on institutions in South Carolina, what the outlook is considering possible institutional closures/mergers, the overall value of higher education, and SCCHE's commitment to workforce readiness in the state. 

Rusty Monhollon is President and Executive Director of the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education. He began his duties there in July 2019.

Before coming to South Carolina, Monhollon was the Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs at the Missouri Department of Higher Education. There he oversaw the design, implementation, and monitoring of public policies related to academic programs, assessment of student success, and institutional performance. He led the Missouri Reverse Transfer Initiative, which resulted in more than 1,000 students receiving associate degrees.

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This is The EdUp Experience President Series Episode #39 - In this episode of The EdUp Experience, we talk with Frank Wu, President of Queens College.  As the second Asian-American ever to lead a City University of New York campus, find out why Wu only has eyes on Queens College.  From his time teaching at Howard University, which comes with a very interesting set of circumstances, to the passion Frank has for dispelling Model Minority Theory, Wu takes us on a journey of commitment and focus as he represents Asian-Americans and people of color in the workplace.

Frank H. Wu was named president of Queens College, The City University of New York (CUNY), effective July 2020. Wu previously served as chancellor and dean, and then William L. Prosser Distinguished Professor at University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. Before joining UC Hastings, he was a member of the faculty at Howard University, the nation’s leading historically black college/university (HBCU), for a decade. He served as dean of Wayne State University Law School in his hometown of Detroit, and he has been a visiting professor at University of Michigan; an adjunct professor at Columbia University; and a Thomas C. Grey Teaching Fellow at Stanford University. He taught at the Peking University School of Transnational Law in its inaugural year and again a decade later, and at Johns Hopkins University twice.

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