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Higher Education Episodes

Drs. Kimberly A. White-Smith and Sean Green—Transforming Communities through the Black InGenius Initiative (BiGI)
July 27, 2024

Drs. Kimberly A. White-Smith and Sean Green—Transforming Communities …

Our guests Drs. Kimberly A. White-Smith and Sean Green are Professor and Dean and Assistant Dean for Innovation and Community Engagement, respectively for the University of San Diego’s (USD) School of Leadership and Education...

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Dr. Margaret (Terry) Orr—Advancing Educational Leadership Preparation through Improvement Science
July 19, 2024

Dr. Margaret (Terry) Orr—Advancing Educational Leadership Preparation…

Dr. Margaret Terry Orr is Professor at Fordham University and EdD program director and Chair of the Division of Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy within the Graduate School of Education . She explains that im...

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Drs. Miriam Feldblum and Felecia Russell—Advocating for Immigrant Equity in Higher Education
June 26, 2024

Drs. Miriam Feldblum and Felecia Russell—Advocating for Immigrant Equ…

Our Guests are Drs. Miriam Feldblum , Co-founder and Executive Director, and Felecia Russell , Director of the Higher Ed Immigration Portal, both of the P residents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration . Their episod...

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig—Advancing Innovation and Access to Higher Education at WMU
June 13, 2024

Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig—Advancing Innovation and Access to Higher E…

Our guest, Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig , is Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Western Michigan University (WMU). He is an internationally known scholar and a nationally recognized advocate for educational effect...

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Dr. Ramon Goings—Supporting Doctoral Students for Successful Dissertation Completion
May 28, 2024

Dr. Ramon Goings—Supporting Doctoral Students for Successful Disserta…

Our Guest, ⁠Dr. Ramon Goings⁠ , is the founder of ⁠Done Dissertation⁠ , a consulting firm aimed at helping more than 1000 students successfully complete their dissertations in one year or less. Dr. Goings shares how his exper...

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Dr. Lisa Vollendorf—Championing Equity and Access through Quality Online Higher Education
May 20, 2024

Dr. Lisa Vollendorf—Championing Equity and Access through Quality Onl…

Our guest, Dr. Lisa Vollendorf , is the 6th President of SUNY Empire State University . Did you know that Empire State is New York’s only public, online institution of higher education? Dr. Vollendorf shares the origin of Emp...

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Andrés Acebo—Leading NJCU from Crisis to Recovery to Revitalization
May 14, 2024

Andrés Acebo—Leading NJCU from Crisis to Recovery to Revitalization

Our guest ⁠⁠Andrés Acebo⁠⁠ , Interim President of ⁠⁠New Jersey City University⁠⁠ shares how he and the NJCU community have forged a new mission and vision for what he calls a “Student Ready” college. President Acebo stresses ...

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Steven Simmons—Supporting College Athletes for Financial Literacy and NIL Licensing
May 6, 2024

Steven Simmons—Supporting College Athletes for Financial Literacy and…

Our guest Steven Simmons , Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Nilent, NIL Enterprise Solutions , shares experiences supporting college athletes for financial literacy, wellbeing, and social media branding. Partnering w...

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Dr. Kevin Kumashiro — Anti-oppressive Education and the Non-neutral Role of Schools in Social Equity
April 29, 2024

Dr. Kevin Kumashiro — Anti-oppressive Education and the Non-neutral R…

Dr. Kevin Kumashiro , Interim Dean for the School of Education, Hofstra University , addresses the non-neutral role of schools in social equity. He explains that teaching should be seen as a collective effort, imagined differ...

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Dr. Elsa Núñez — Leading an Elite Liberal Arts College in the Absence of Elitism
April 22, 2024

Dr. Elsa Núñez — Leading an Elite Liberal Arts College in the Absence…

Dr. Elsa Núñez is the President of Eastern Connecticut State University , Connecticut’s only public liberal arts institution of higher education. Dr. Núñez shares her lived experiences, and those as a university president loo...

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Inspirational Shorts with Casanova Green — The First-Year College Experience
March 26, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Casanova Green — The First-Year College Exp…

Guest ⁠Casanova Green⁠ , director of First-Year experience at ⁠Hocking College⁠ , shares his professional knowledge and passion for ensuring community college student success beginning day one. The first-year experience is vi...

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Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Ruth Best
March 24, 2024

Inspirational Shorts with Dr. Ruth Best

Meet Dr. Ruth Best, Assist Dean at the California School of Education (SOE) of Alliant International University. Dr. Best participated in our Inspirational Shorts recorded during the Education 2.0 Conference, 2024 in Las Ve...

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