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March 26Catholic Universities Are Back & This Is Why Students Are Choosing Faith Over Everything - with Dr. Walter Iwanenko, President, Gannon University
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Walter Iwanenko, President, Gannon University
In this episode, President Series #461, 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 host is ⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠
How does a 100 year old Catholic university with 4k students close a $100 million capital campaign while acquiring Ursuline College?
Why are Catholic universities seeing enrollment resurgence as students specifically seek faith based experiences with increased mass participation & Catholic high school growth?
What makes successful acquisition require celebrating the A word through integration teams, maintaining separate identities & constant communication to prevent creative narratives?
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47 min
March 25When Did Shared Services Become the Secret Weapon of Higher Ed? - with Bill Grau, Executive Director, SUNY SICAS Center
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Bill Grau, Executive Director, SUNY SICAS Center
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 host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does a 55 person team support 48 SUNY campuses across R1s, community colleges & specialized institutions through 1 student information system?
Why does clean data entry from admissions through reporting matter when funding decisions & institutional survival depend on it?
What makes the SaaS transition the biggest challenge when campuses that implemented 30 years ago look nothing like those implemented 5 years ago?
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52 min
March 24If We're Not Here for Popularity, Why Are We Afraid to Make Decisions? - with Dr. Brian O. Hemphill, President, Old Dominion University
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Brian O. Hemphill, President, Old Dominion University
In this episode, President Series #460, 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 Karolyn Pearson, VP Strategy Officer & Managing Director, EducationDynamics
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does a 24k student research 1 university guarantee every student 1 paid internship by 2027 through a dedicated 5 person office separating co ops from career development?
Why does shared governance mean shared responsibility not shared decision making when tradition paralyzes universities while business & industry move faster creating their own credentialing solutions?
What makes regional & smaller private institutions the most vulnerable when they educate the masses in volume while flagships & land grants will always be okay?
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57 min
March 2240% Underrepresented. 1/3 First Gen. $1.1 Billion Impact. This is SUNY Albany - with Havidán Rodríguez, President, University at Albany
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Havidán Rodríguez, President, University at Albany
In this episode, President Series #459, 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 Laura Ipsen, President & CEO, Ellucian
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does SUNY Albany serve 40% plus underrepresented students while becoming a national model for AI with 27 new faculty across all 9 schools & a first-of-its-kind AI & Society college?
Why must institutional resiliency mean bouncing back stronger, not just recovering, while navigating federal funding shifts, enrollment volatility & degree value skepticism?
What does a Nobel Prize winning SUNY Albany alum who started as a low income immigrant at a community college tell us about the transformational power of education?
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54 min
March 20LIVE from the InsightsEDU 2025 Conference - with Charlie Parker, CMO / Vice Chancellor of Enrollment, Keiser University
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Charlie Parker, CMO / Vice Chancellor of Enrollment, Keiser University
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 Florida's largest independent institution serving 20,000 to 25,000 students with 100,000 graduates position as a unicorn between Level 6 schools & career workforce schools?
Why does focusing on brand & student experience over lead generation require finding where 100,000 graduates eat, sleep & walk then reverse engineering to target similar people?
What makes human interaction irreplaceable when AI can run reports faster but cannot build the trust & rapport that convinces students to enroll & stay?
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18 min
March 19They Called It High School With Cigarettes. Now It's Training America's Workforce - with Dr. Bonny Ball Copenhaver, President, New River Community & Technical College
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Bonny Ball Copenhaver, President, New River Community & Technical College
In this episode, President Series #458, 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 host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does a West Virginia community college serving 10 counties in coal field Appalachia retrain workers, combat generational cultural barriers to education & address the highest substance use disorder rates in the nation?
Why must community colleges stop being the best kept secret & fight against being dismissed as high school with cigarettes or 13th grade when they're the driving economic force training technical workers America desperately needs?
What makes AI implementation require freeing employees from manual processes for more face to face student contact while teaching students to use AI to help their thinking not replace their thinking?
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53 min
March 18Carlow University's Continuous Enrollment Growth Through Purpose Driven Storytelling While Keeping the Mission at the Forefront - with Dr. Kathy Humphrey, President, Carlow University
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Kathy Humphrey, President, Carlow University
In this episode, President Series #457, 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 Bridget Moran, Senior Content Marketing Manager, Coursedog
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does a 95 year old Catholic university founded by 5 Sisters of Mercy from Ireland continue serving those who wouldn't have opportunities through values driven education?
Why does Carlow's website replace typical silos with healing, expression, discovery, leadership & service to speak directly to student interests?
What makes AI readiness require campus wide integration from chatbots to finance while using AI like a presidential chief of staff to do more with existing people?
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49 min
March 17Don't Know What Job You'll Have in 10 Years? Congratulations, Get a Liberal Arts Degree! - with Andrea Talentino, President, Augustana College
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Andrea Talentino, President, Augustana College
In this episode, President Series #456, 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 host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does a 165 year old top 100 liberal arts college with 2,500 students in the Quad Cities produce 2 Nobel laureates & an NFL MVP while proving ROI isn't about the first job but 40 years of career adaptability?
Why are employers demanding the exact power skills that liberal arts teach like critical thinking, creativity & adaptability while higher ed debates ditching liberal arts programs?
What makes liberal arts the perfect preparation when we don't know what jobs will exist in 10 years because students learn how to learn rather than training for 1 specific role?
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49 min
March 15What Happens When You Require Career Readiness for Credit? - with Dr. Richanne Mankey, President, Defiance College
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Richanne Mankey, President, Defiance College
In this episode, President Series #455, 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 host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
How does a 175 year old Ohio college increase first year enrollment by 80% through Jacket Journey, a nationally unique required for credit career readiness program co designed with Fortune 500 employers?
Why does the 1850 Promise program serve 11 contiguous counties offering free tuition to commuting students with 3.0 GPAs who qualify for Ohio Collegiate Opportunity Grant?
What makes transformative learning the institutional why when faculty, staff & coaches reach inside students to pull out potential they can't see while integrating workforce skills into liberal arts education?
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49 min
March 13LIVE from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference - with Mark Milliron⁠, President, ⁠National University⁠
It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Mark Milliron, President, National University
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 a 50,000 student nonprofit serve "ANDers", students who are also parents, employed & deployed, through 4 week single courses, a 1 to 1 Oxford graduate model & world class student experiences?
Why do 70% of prospective students now go straight to AI summaries never clicking links requiring institutions to have authentic real content that surfaces before anyone searches?
What makes the goal not to be big but to be great by clearing nonsense from pathways so hard working Anders can finish strong & launch effectively into careers?
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