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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Pat Pitney, Former President, University of Alaska

This episode is brought to you by Beyond Survival: Reporting from the Front Lines of Higher Education’s War for Relevance is a documentary account from the front lines of the most consequential upheaval in higher ed in generations!

This episode is sponsored by⁠ the MSCHE 2026 Annual Conference, where we will be podcasting live, keynoting, & facilitating a pre-conference workshop from December 9-11 in Philadelphia!

This episode is also sponsored by the ⁠InsightsEDU 2027⁠ Conference - focused on attracting & retaining the modern learner - where we will be podcasting live from February 23-25 in Phoenix, AZ! Use code EDUP & save $100! Early-bird pricing ends December 15, 2026!

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How do you lead a system spanning more than 1,000 miles with campuses past the Arctic Circle when 2 students in Bethel need the same education as students in Fairbanks?
• Why did walking into a Hunger Games survivalist mentality with a third of state funding lost require doing less with less instead of more with less?
• What makes meeting students at their point of need whether that's a pilot's license or a PhD in aerospace engineering the key to relevance?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Victoria Ballerini, Director, Strong Start to Finish, & Dr. Amy Moreland, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, Tennessee Board of Regents

This episode is brought to you by Beyond Survival: Reporting from the Front Lines of Higher Education’s War for Relevance is a documentary account from the front lines of the most consequential upheaval in higher ed in generations!

This episode is sponsored by⁠ the MSCHE 2026 Annual Conference, where we will be podcasting live, keynoting, & facilitating a pre-conference workshop from December 9-11 in Philadelphia! Early-bird pricing ends October 12, 2026!

This episode is also sponsored by the ⁠InsightsEDU 2027⁠ Conference - focused on attracting & retaining the modern learner - where we will be podcasting live from February 23-25 in Phoenix, AZ! Use code EDUP & save $100! Early-bird pricing ends December 15, 2026!

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How does eliminating prerequisite remedial courses & offering just in time support raise passing rates from 20% to 70%?
• Why does placing students in gateway courses with support produce the same outcomes as students who met placement standards?
• What makes "light the fire" courses in a student's program of study more effective than front loading general education?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Bettina Celis, Vice President of Student Affairs, Chandler-Gilbert College

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• What happens when 78% of your students are part-time but you refuse to give them part-time support?
• Why does student affairs need to focus on terms 3, 4 & 5 instead of just the first 2 weeks?
• How did a student club called Concha y Chisme grow from a small gathering to 81 students meeting administrators?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Daniel Corr, Vice Provost for Academic Alliances, Arizona State University

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• Why would a 10-year community college president join a research university, & what does the ASU charter have to do with it?
• What is the “missing middle” that no one’s claiming between entry-level jobs & engineering?
• How do you plug the credit leakage that’s costing students time, money & momentum?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with John Morgan, Executive Director of Workforce, Skilled Trades & Manufacturing, & Vince Redgrave, Executive Director for Industry Innovation, Yavapai College

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• Why did a company tell a 38-year CTE veteran they want graduates they don’t have to untrain & retrain?
• What happens when only 2 workers enter the pipeline for every 5 who leave?
• How do 2 leaders from education & industry navigate the fastest workforce shift in history?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Andrew Clegg, Academic Dean of Workforce Development & Skilled Trades, Central AZ College

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• Why is a community college building a 55-foot mobile welding classroom inside a refrigerated truck?
• How did 6 Arizona community colleges agree to build 1 manufacturing program with the same outcomes?
• What happens when 80% of your county’s workforce leaves every day for jobs somewhere else?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Aimee Novak, Executive Director of Culinary Experience, Yavapai College

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• What happens when a community college ditches the third-party vendor & brings dining completely in-house?
• How do you build a restaurant model serving 10,000 meals per month with just 5 months to launch?
• Why does cooking within the seasons actually improve nutrition, sustainability & your bottom line?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Ryan Gray, Executive Director, Learning & Educational Innovation Executive Director Technology, Engagement & Strategy, & Robyn Bryce, Executive Director, Learning & Educational Innovation Executive Director Technology, Engagement & Strategy, Yavapai College

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• What happens when a rural community college builds 1 of only 2 6-wall immersive environments in the world?
• How do you design learning spaces for the future when you can’t predict what the future looks like?
• Why does a student at Yavapai College deserve the same technology-enabled experience as a student at MIT?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Sandra DeLacy, Director, Arizona Community College Success Center

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• What does it take to convene 20 community colleges as the only full-time employee of a statewide success center?
• How did Arizona’s community colleges shift from asset protection to extreme collaboration in just 6 years?
• Why is the new benchmark for student success not just completion, but graduating into family-sustaining wages?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with James Morales, Faculty, HVAC, Yavapai College

In this episode, recorded LIVE & in person from the ⁠2026 Arizona Community College Administrators Conference⁠ on the campus of Yavapai College,

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How did an HVAC professor build “Professor HVAC”, an AI mentor that extends learning beyond the classroom?
• What can instructors learn by watching their students’ AI conversations at 7:30 PM?
• Why does James insist the human instructor must remain at the center of education, even while embracing AI?

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