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April 18, 2026

Exploring the Role of Journalism in Education and Reporting on the Student Debt Crisis

Exploring the Role of Journalism in Education and Reporting on the Student Debt Crisis

We revisit a highly listened to episode of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence, featuring award-winning journalist and educator Dr. Jamal Watson. Dr. Watson is a longtime senior leader at Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, now The EDU Ledger, where he has …

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March 21, 2026

Transforming Communities through the Black InGenius Initiative (BiGI), University of San Diego

Transforming Communities through the Black InGenius Initiative (BiGI), University of San Diego

We highlight a powerful on-location episode of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence, where host Dr. Jacob Easley II  visited the campus of the University of San Diego (USD) to sit down with Drs. Kimberly A. White-Smith, Professor and Dean, and Sean Green…

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Feb. 7, 2026

Anti-oppressive Education and the Non-neutral Role of Schools in Social Equity

Anti-oppressive Education and the Non-neutral Role of Schools in Social Equity

We return to the most listened to episode on Spotify of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence, a timely conversation with Dr. Kevin Kumashiro, then-Interim Dean for the School of Education at Hofstra University. A nationally recognized scholar, organizer, and …

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Feb. 7, 2026

Advancing Innovation and Access to Higher Education at Western Michigan University

Advancing Innovation and Access to Higher Education at Western Michigan University

We revisit the most listened-to episode of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence, a timely conversation with Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Western Michigan University (WMU). Dr. Vasquez Heilig is an internationall…

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Dec. 24, 2025

Literacy Instruction for Struggling Readers, Literacy Academy Collective—Emily Hellstrom

Literacy Instruction for Struggling Readers, Literacy Academy Collective—Emily Hellstrom

We return to a powerful and widely listened-to episode of EDUP Xcelerated Excellence, a conversation with Emily Hellstrom, Director of Strategy and External Affairs and co-founder of the Literacy Academy Collective (LAC)—an organization commit…

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Dec. 8, 2025

Leading an Elite Liberal Arts College in the Absence of Elitism with Dr. Dr. Elsa Núñez

Leading an Elite Liberal Arts College in the Absence of Elitism with Dr. Dr. Elsa Núñez

We revisited one of the most listened to and first recorded (full-length) episode of the EDUP Xcelerated Excellence—a powerful conversation with Dr. Elsa Núñez, then-President of Eastern Connecticut State University. Eastern the …

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