Episodios

  • Dana Stephenson on How to Integrate Work into Learning

    Dana Stephenson on How to Integrate Work into Learning
    Oct 28 2025
    How can you solve the "need a job to get experience but need experience to get a job" conundrum? How can you help students find their purpose so they are more motivated, engaged, and resilient learners? Can you do this all in a way that levels the playing field for students and employers alike? We dive into these questions with Dana Stephenson, Co-founder and CEO of Riipen, an experiential learning marketplace that connects colleges and universities to companies through projects that build students' skills and relationships and help companies find talent, get ideas, and make progress.
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    28 m
  • Kevin McClure on How a Caring University Enables Student Success

    Kevin McClure on How a Caring University Enables Student Success
    Oct 14 2025
    How can colleges and universities improve the employee experience and in turn increase student success? What do institutions need to do differently in terms of strategic planning, professional growth, and leadership development? How can institutions take on the tough decisions and conversations that come with cuts and consolidations? We dive into these questions with Kevin McClure, author of The Caring University as well as a faculty member and department head at UNC Wilmington.
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    35 m
  • James Vasquez on Using Technology to Make Connections

    James Vasquez on Using Technology to Make Connections
    Oct 10 2025
    What's the role of technology in student success? How are online and hybrid learning and ubiquitous connectivity changing experiences? How do you make decisions about what's in the enterprise tech stack while leveraging personal devices? How can you use data to connect coursework, co-curriculars, and more to a career path? We dive into these questions with James Vasquez Associate Dean for Strategy and Operations at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism.
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    31 m
  • Risa Dickson on Connecting with Companies and Communities for Student Success

    Risa Dickson on Connecting with Companies and Communities for Student Success
    Oct 3 2025
    What role can engaging companies in your community play in enabling student success? How can experiential learning help students not just learn skills but ways to apply new ways of thinking and working? How can students learn to work with people with different perspectives and backgrounds? What does this say about the future of higher ed? We discuss all this with Risa Dickson, President at University of La Verne.
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    26 m
  • Nick Bayer on the Power of Experiential Learning

    Nick Bayer on the Power of Experiential Learning
    Sep 23 2025
    How can experiential learning help students grow personally and professionally? What industry partnerships best enable that growth in a learn and earn model? How do real stakes with real people and real metrics drive success? We dive into these questions with Nick Bayer, Founder and CEO of Saxbys, where they've turned running campus coffee shops into a platform for experiential learning – with measurable learning outcomes.
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    36 m
  • Steve Charles on Board Governance to Make Hard Decisions

    Steve Charles on Board Governance to Make Hard Decisions
    Sep 16 2025
    How can colleges and universities be intentional about their governance so they are prepared to make decisions they've never made before, with higher stakes, in less time? How can boards strike the right balance between hindsight, oversight, and foresight? How can they create meaningful metrics on outcomes and the processes to achieve them? We dig into these questions with Steve Charles, Founder of the IMMX Group and higher ed board member (Note that Steve's views are his own. He's not speaking on behalf of any institution.)
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    23 m
  • James Sparkman on How Public-Private Partnerships Transform Higher Ed

    James Sparkman on How Public-Private Partnerships Transform Higher Ed
    Sep 9 2025
    How can public-private partnerships transform higher ed? What can institutions and industry partner on? Why are partnerships on the rise? What the best ways to identify, structure, and manage partnerships? What should you be on the lookout for as you partner in the future; for example as you look to partner on AI? We dive into these questions and more with James Sparkman, founder of the P3EDU Conference (www.p3edu.com) and partner at Alpha Education.
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    29 m
  • Mary Ryan on How Entrepreneurship Enables Student Success

    Mary Ryan on How Entrepreneurship Enables Student Success
    Sep 2 2025
     What role can entrepreneurship can play in student success? How can colleges and universities embed entrepreneurial skills into their culture and curriculum? What are the events and programs to run? How can the right spaces support these efforts? We dive into these questions with Mary Ryan the Vice Provost for Research and Enterprise at Imperial College London and here all about their Enterprise Lab and global entrepreneurship ecosystem.
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    32 m