When Did Shared Services Become the Secret Weapon of Higher Ed? - with Bill Grau, Executive Director, SUNY SICAS Center

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!

It's YOUR time to #EdUp with Dr. Bonny Ball Copenhaver, President, New River Community & Technical CollegeIn this episode, President Series #458, 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 West Virginia community college serving 10 counties in coal field Appalachia retrain workers, combat generational cultural barriers to education & address the highest substance use disorder rates in the nation?Why must community colleges stop being the best kept secret & fight against being dismissed as high school with cigarettes or 13th grade when they're the driving economic force training technical workers America desperately needs?What makes AI implementation require freeing employees from manual processes for more face to face student contact while teaching students to use AI to help their thinking not replace their thinking?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. Kathy Humphrey, President, Carlow UniversityIn this episode, President Series #457, 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 Bridget Moran, Senior Content Marketing Manager, CoursedogYOUR host is Dr. Joe SallustioHow does a 95 year old Catholic university founded by 5 Sisters of Mercy from Ireland continue serving those who wouldn't have opportunities through values driven education?Why does Carlow's website replace typical silos with healing, expression, discovery, leadership & service to speak directly to student interests?What makes AI readiness require campus wide integration from chatbots to finance while using AI like a presidential chief of staff to do more with existing people?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 Andrea Talentino, President, Augustana CollegeIn this episode, President Series #456, 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 165 year old top 100 liberal arts college with 2,500 students in the Quad Cities produce 2 Nobel laureates & an NFL MVP while proving ROI isn't about the first job but 40 years of career adaptability?Why are employers demanding the exact power skills that liberal arts teach like critical thinking, creativity & adaptability while higher ed debates ditching liberal arts programs?What makes liberal arts the perfect preparation when we don't know what jobs will exist in 10 years because students learn how to learn rather than training for 1 specific role?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. Richanne Mankey, President, Defiance CollegeIn this episode, President Series #455, 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 175 year old Ohio college increase first year enrollment by 80% through Jacket Journey, a nationally unique required for credit career readiness program co designed with Fortune 500 employers?Why does the 1850 Promise program serve 11 contiguous counties offering free tuition to commuting students with 3.0 GPAs who qualify for Ohio Collegiate Opportunity Grant?What makes transformative learning the institutional why when faculty, staff & coaches reach inside students to pull out potential they can't see while integrating workforce skills into liberal arts 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 Mark Milliron, President, National UniversityIn this episode, recorded Live from the 2026 InsightsEDU Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, February 17-19,YOUR host is ⁠⁠Dr. Joe SallustioHow does a 50,000 student nonprofit serve "ANDers", students who are also parents, employed & deployed, through 4 week single courses, a 1 to 1 Oxford graduate model & world class student experiences?Why do 70% of prospective students now go straight to AI summaries never clicking links requiring institutions to have authentic real content that surfaces before anyone searches?What makes the goal not to be big but to be great by clearing nonsense from pathways so hard working Anders can finish strong & launch effectively into careers?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!