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Changing Higher EdInnovation in Higher Education: How Leaders Build the Capacity to AdaptHigher education leaders are being asked to innovate faster than their institutions are built to move. This episode of Changing Higher Ed explores how presidents and boards can change that. Dr. Drumm McNaughton speaks with Erika Liodice, Executive Director of the Alliance for Innovation and Transformation (AFIT), about how institutions can strengthen their innovation capacity through futures thinking, cross-sector insight, and structured team-based planning. Topics Covered: How futures thinking helps leaders anticipate demographic, workforce, and technology shifts Why innovation efforts fail without planning discipline and shared vision How AFIT institutions use cross-sector learning to improve student...
2025-11-1834 min
The EdUp Experience883: Cultivating Critical Thinking - with Salah Khalil, Founding Director, Macat International LimitedIt’s YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, brought to YOU by Jenzabar's Annual Meeting (JAM 2024),
YOUR guest is Salah Khalil, Founding Director, Macat International Limited
YOUR cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio
Why is critical thinking the most important skill for the future, & how is Macat working to promote 21st century skills globally?
With AI rapidly changing education & employment, how can higher education institutions adapt their curriculums to focus on durable, transferable skills?
What does the research...
2024-05-1342 min
Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with MoralityAuthor Angela Greenman—expert in the international atomic energy agency shares her latest thrillerAngela Greenman is an internationally recognized communications professional. Her career has spanned the spectrum from community relations in Chicago to US and world governments’ public communications on nuclear power. She has been an expert and lecturer with the International Atomic Energy Agency for over a decade, a spokesperson for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and a press officer for the Chicago Commission on Human Relations, the City's civil rights department. After traveling to twenty-one countries for work and pleasure, she decided it was time to seriously pursue her love of writing. She wants to share the exciting places she has vi...
2023-03-1229 min
The EdUp Experience570: How to Integrate A.I. in Higher Ed - with Steve Grubbs, CEO & Cofounder of VictoryXRWe welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience!
It’s YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode,
YOUR guest is Steve Grubbs, CEO & Cofounder of VictoryXR
YOUR cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio &
YOUR sponsors are Ellucian LIVE 2023 & Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education!
How should Higher Ed integrate A.I. in the curriculum?
What's the latest game changing development in AI?
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2023-03-0644 min
The EdUp Experience542: Registered Apprenticeships - with Dr. David A Sanders, President of Malcolm X College at City Colleges of ChicagoWe welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience!
It’s YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, President Series #193,
YOUR guest is Dr. David A Sanders, President of Malcolm X College at City Colleges of Chicago
YOUR cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation
YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio &
YOUR sponsor is Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education!
What are registered apprenticeships?
How is David & his team recruiting & ret...
2022-12-1240 min
The EdUp Experience450: Free College = New Mexico - with Dr. Gregory Busch, President & CEO of Mesalands Community CollegeWe welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience!
It’s YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, President Series #158, YOUR guest is Dr. Gregory Busch, President & CEO of Mesalands Community College, YOUR guest cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Advance 360 Education!
During the higher education word association segment, Joe asked Gregg to talk about what the phrase “free college” means to him. Why was his first response to say New Mexico? Listen in to...
2022-06-1352 min
The EdUp Experience440: Can I Borrow Your Program? - with Dr. Chuck Lloyd, President of White Mountains Community CollegeWe welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience!
It’s YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, President Series #153, YOUR guest is Dr. Chuck Lloyd, President of White Mountains Community College, YOUR guest cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education, coming fall 2022.
Want to know how Chuck & his team were able to start a new program to meet the local workforce demand & shaved of...
2022-05-2340 min
The EdUp Experience416: An Experience for Every Student - with Dr. Theresa Felder, President of Harford Community CollegeWe welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience!
It’s YOUR time to #EdUp
In this episode, President Series #144, YOUR guest is Dr. Theresa Felder, President of Harford Community College, YOUR guest cohost is Erika Liodice, Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era In Higher Education, coming fall 2022.
Listen in to hear Theresa, who has been on the job for a year & 3 months, talk about how Harford prepares experiences for ev...
2022-04-0645 min
The EdUp Experience324: The Education Mindset - with Dr. Thomas M. Huebner, Jr., President, Meridian Community CollegeWe welcome YOU back to America's leading higher education podcast, The EdUp Experience!
In this episode, President Series #105, YOUR guest is Dr. Thomas M. Huebner, Jr., President at Meridian Community College, YOUR special co-host is Erika Liodice, Incoming Executive Director at the Alliance for Innovation & Transformation (AFIT), YOUR host is Dr. Joe Sallustio, & YOUR sponsor is Glacier!
What is the education mindset? Listen in as Tom, Joe & Ericka discuss this & other topics, including Meridian's unique workforce aligned programs.
Dr. Huebner become the third person to hold the title in the college’s 81-year hist...
2021-10-1246 min