The EdUp Experience

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Toby Brooks, Director of the Academy for Teaching & Learning, Baylor UniversityIn 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 CoursedogYOUR cohost is Robert Graham, CEO, Poll EverywhereYOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco⁠, How does a Texas R1 founded in 1845 balance research, division 1 athletics & Christian worldview while launching a 12 credit hour graduate certificate in college teaching?Why do handwritten note cards & gratitude exercises create connection students crave when automated recruitment emails anger them as soulless commodities?What happens when 70% of freshmen enter as pre law or pre med but 70% of seniors don't go because they've been formed through the process?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Donald E. Hall, Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Binghamton UniversityIn this episode, sponsored by the 2026 ⁠AcOps Conference⁠ July 29-31 by Coursedog, & the ​HigherEd PodCon​ II happening July 16 & 17,YOUR cohost is Bridget Moran, Senior Content Marketing Manager, CoursedogYOUR host is Dr. Jodi Blinco⁠,How does a SUNY center receive $55 million to create the NY Center for AI Responsibility & Research serving the entire state?Why does Binghamton partner across SUNY, NYU, Columbia & Cornell to ensure AI is socially beneficial while involving philosophy, business & arts faculty?What makes liberal arts critical for innovation when Steve Jobs credited a calligraphy class for the computer revolution & vocational training fails elsewhere?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Dan Myers, President, Misericordia UniversityIn this episode, President Series #463, 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 CoursedogYOUR host is ⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠How does a Pennsylvania university rank number 2 nationally for graduation rates after adjusting for student wealth using Sisters of Mercy wraparound support?Why does President Dan rank number 1 social media president using TikTok to thicken student experience while deploying AI for mission not fear?What makes new markets critical when traditional students are fewer requiring focus on international, workforce & Hispanic students instead of stealing from competitors?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Yianni (John) Vassiliou, Chancellor, Miami Campus, Albizu UniversityIn this episode, President Series #462, 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 CoursedogYOUR host is ⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠How does a 60 year old Hispanic-serving university founded for graduate education in psychology now embed behavioral sciences with AI, cyber & wearable technologies for jobs of the future?Why did discovering that 0 of 300 bachelor's psychology students ever transitioned to doctoral programs reveal a pipeline problem requiring immediate action?What makes being agile critical when something trending today is obsolete tomorrow & by the time the Titanic turns around it's already on the bottom of the sea?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Braden Weissman & Cooper Weissman, Co-founders, Nerd ApplyIn 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 CoursedogYOUR host is ⁠Dr. Jodi Blinco How did 2 brothers who were Pell Grant recipients from Arizona public schools build the largest qualitative data set in college admissions history with 140,000 applications?Why did taking $20,000 in credit card debt & leaving Dartmouth & Miami medical school force them to go all in on taking chaos out of college admissions?What makes 19% of students writing about mental health struggles in essays the kind of visibility that can empower policymakers to make real decisions for the next generation?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Walter Iwanenko, President, Gannon UniversityIn 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 CoursedogYOUR host is ⁠Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠How 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?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Bill Grau, Executive Director, SUNY SICAS CenterIn 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 CoursedogYOUR host is Dr. Joe SallustioHow 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?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Brian O. Hemphill, President, Old Dominion UniversityIn 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 CoursedogYOUR cohost is Karolyn Pearson, VP Strategy Officer & Managing Director, EducationDynamicsYOUR host is Dr. Joe SallustioHow 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?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Havidán Rodríguez​, President, ​University at AlbanyIn 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 CoursedogYOUR cohost is Laura Ipsen​, President & CEO, ​EllucianYOUR host is Dr. Joe SallustioHow 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?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ & ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at The EdUp ExperienceWe make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Charlie Parker, CMO / Vice Chancellor of Enrollment, Keiser UniversityIn this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe SallustioHow 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?Listen in to #EdUpThank YOU so much for tuning in. Join us on the next episode for YOUR time to EdUp!Connect with YOUR EdUp Team - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Elvin Freytes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠& ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Dr. Joe Sallustio⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠● Join YOUR EdUp community at ⁠The EdUp Experience⁠We make education YOUR business!P.S. Want to get early, ad-free access & exclusive leadership content to help support the show? Become an #EdUp Premium Member today!