The EdUp Experience

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Christina Weber,  Biology Honors Student, & Jesse Jacondin, Senior Research Analyst, Brookdale Community College

In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference

YOUR cohost is Terence Peavy, Lead Vice President for Institutional Field Relations at the Middle States Commission on Higher Education

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How did 1 second semester freshman increase student participation in accreditation from 3% to 21.7% by leading student to student outreach instead of relying on administrators?
• Why did creating 3 tiers of involvement (working group member, focus group participant & survey respondent) make accreditation accessible to busy community college students?
• How are students gaining career benefits, networking with presidents & earning potential internships requiring 45 hours per semester through accreditation involvement?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Jonathan Peri, Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠, & President of Manor College

In this episode, recorded Live from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education⁠ 2025 Annual Conference

YOUR cohost is David Rehm, Commissioner Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Vice President of Academic Affairs at Misericordia University

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How does the Follow Up Activities Committee serve as the "emergency room" for institutions facing their most challenging circumstances & work through complex cases involving financial, political & leadership issues without being punitive but instead offering guidance to help them meet quality standards?
• Why is transparency & forthrightness from institutions so critical to the accreditation process & how do commissioners review 50 to 300 pages per case to drill down into underlying issues rather than just superficial problems?
• How are peer commissioners who work at colleges & universities themselves able to help institutions improve by sharing the same challenges they face while contributing boundless energy to 1 of the most highly functioning boards in higher education despite receiving no compensation for their service?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with France Hoang, Founder & CEO, BoodleBox

In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,

YOUR cohost is Dr. Susan Ray, Associate Professor of English, Delaware County Community College

YOUR host is ⁠Elvin Freytes⁠

• How does an AI platform resolve the tension between productivity & productive struggle by making human to AI collaboration transparent while keeping student work private?
• What happens when you build infrastructure with unlimited access to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity with FERPA, SOC 2, GDPR & HIPAA certifications that anonymizes prompts & deletes data after 30 days?
• How does a portable AI toolkit allow students to build skills across courses & take their entire personalized system with them into their careers as a lifelong learning platform?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with W. Ila Peterson⁠, Professor of Mathematics & Director of Faculty Development, ⁠Arizona Western College

In this episode, part of our Academic Integrity Series, sponsored by ⁠Integrity4Education

YOUR cohost is Thomas Fetsch, CEO, Integrity4Education

YOUR host is ⁠Elvin Freytes⁠

• How is Arizona Western College serving approximately 8,000 students across Yuma & La Paz County with online education while maintaining academic integrity, & why does Ila believe AI breaks down language barriers for their Hispanic serving institution?
• What creative faculty responses is Ila seeing like podcast style presentations instead of essays, 30 to 45 minute "technology snack" PD sessions on tools like Notebook LM, & why does she believe faculty ingenuity is key to adapting to AI?
• How does Arizona Western's current policy leave AI decisions to individual faculty with required syllabus statements, what institutional AI governance principles are being drafted for the next year, & why does Ila believe this is the 1st moment we're truly training students for jobs that don't yet exist?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Sophie Nguyen⁠, Senior Policy Manager, Higher Education, ⁠New America⁠ 

In this episode, sponsored by YELO Funding

YOUR cohost is Darius Goldman, Founder & CEO, Career-Bond

YOUR host is Elvin Freytes

• How does a think tank conduct 9 years of nationally representative surveys with 1,600 plus Americans & discover that while trust in higher ed is falling & costs are rising, belief in education's value still runs deep?
• What happens when you analyze public opinion data & find that the majority of Americans still think college is worth the investment, want their children to pursue higher education & believe career training programs need better visibility & employer partnerships?
• How do policy experts address the fundamental issues of affordability & perception gaps while navigating AI's impact on higher education & building solutions that require partnerships between colleges, states, employers & students?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Maria Toyoda, President & CEO, WASC Senior College & University Commission

In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,

YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How does a new CEO take the reins of an accreditation body serving 215 institutions & shift the narrative from compliance enforcers to champions of innovation & continuous quality improvement?
• What happens when accreditors focus on better data for better conversations & reject the misconception that they're just policemen instead of partners in advancing educational excellence?
• How does an accreditation leader navigate major disruptions in higher education through AI integration, short term Pell rollouts, & regulatory evolution while keeping students at the center of everything?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Melissa Morriss-Olson, CEO, The American University of Greece Global Campus, Distinguished Professor of Higher Ed Leadership, Bay Path University, host of the IngenioUs podcast, & author of Ingenious Leadership: Creating Solutions to Wicked Problems in Higher Education!

In this episode, brought to you by Career-Bond,

YOUR co-host is Darius Goldman, Founder & CEO, Career-Bond

YOUR host is Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠

• How does a 150 year old institution founded by women missionaries from Massachusetts bring its incredible history & culture to the world through an entirely online global campus with faculty & students from around the globe?
• What happens when a leader interviews college presidents for 5 years, identifies common themes & habits from thriving leaders & turns those insights into a book with embedded QR codes & an accompanying workbook for emerging leaders?
• How does an online university design asynchronous 8 week MBA courses with weekly modules, 24/7 discussion forums & highly intentional learning outcomes that allow modern adult learners to complete assignments on their own time while maintaining rich interaction?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Darren Cooke⁠, Interim Chief Innovation & Entrepreneurship Officer, ⁠UC Berkeley!

In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,

YOUR co-host is Brent Ramdin, CEO, EducationDynamics

YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How does a university with over 100 innovation & entrepreneurship organizations on campus coordinate them all to become #1 in the world for venture backed startups founded by undergraduate alumni, beating Stanford 3 years in a row?
• What happens when a university wins 4 Nobel prizes in 1 week & makes innovation & entrepreneurship activity count as a positive in faculty tenure evaluations?
• How does a public university leverage 600,000 living alumni & scale to 1,000X alumni engagement while maintaining its mission of providing long term societal benefits?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp 

In this episode, part of our EdUp Extra series (because who doesn’t love a little extra goodness in their life), & sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,

YOUR guest is Gary Stocker, Founder, College Viability

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Elvin Freytes

• How does a guy helping a friend prepare for a college presidency discover in 2015 that there was zero merger partner data available & end up founding College Viability in 2018 to create financial comparison apps for 3,000 colleges?
• What happens when you discover that not even half of American 4 year colleges graduate at least 50% of their students in 4 years & create tools to help parents check financial health before majors or campus tours?
• How does tracking the CapEx to depreciation ratio & 8 year enrollment trends reveal which of the hundreds of colleges in financial distress will face closure versus merger decisions driven by economic survival?

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It's YOUR time to #EdUp 

In this episode, sponsored by the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,

YOUR guest is Joy Jones, CEO, Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)

YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio

• How does an organization that's been delivering the GMAT exam for over 70 years grow from 9 member schools in 1953 to partnering with over 220 business schools today while reimagining itself with AI enabled platforms?
• What happens when 80% of business schools now offer non degree programs through executive & leadership education while test taking in the US stays at lower levels than pre COVID despite online testing being available?
• How does graduate management education continue to prove its relevance when schools are partnering directly with employers on satellite campuses & onsite programs to deliver short intensive practice oriented training that feeds back into degree curricula?

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