The Higher Ed Geek Podcast
1) Episode #311: How Institutions Can Actually Win at Digital Transformation
In this premiere episode of the 2026 season, Dustin welcomes back Taran Lent, now CTO of the soon to be rebranded Illumia (formerly Transact + CBORD), for a candid conversation about the challenges an...Show More
2) Episode #310: How InsideTrack Is Expanding What Success Coaching Can Be
In this final episode of the year, Dustin talked with Ruth Bauer, President at InsideTrack, who shared how the organization’s new Coaching Lab is expanding access to coaching far beyond traditional co...Show More
3) Episode #309: Why Work-College Students Are Becoming Founders-in-Training
What if launching a business was a graduation requirement? At Paul Quinn College, that’s exactly what students are doing. In this episode, Dustin sat down with Jeff Meade from Paul Quinn College (PQC)...Show More
4) Episode #308: Building the Future of Degree Management with Student-Centered Design
In this episode, Dustin chats with Sabih Bin Wasi, Founder and CEO of Stellic, about rethinking course registration, degree planning, and the broader student experience. What started as a tool to help...Show More
5) Episode #307: How to Empower Student Retention Efforts with AI
What if your student success team had AI-powered tools that could prep meeting notes, flag at-risk students in real time, and prove the ROI of your campus programs—all without needing “perfect” data? ...Show More
6) Episode #306: Inside the Tuition-Free University Serving 170,000 Students
Shai Reshef, founder of University of the People, joins Dustin to share how his radically accessible, tuition-free, accredited online university is scaling globally and rewriting the rules of what col...Show More
7) BONUS: Helping College Students Use AI Without Losing the Plot
In this bonus episode, Dustin caught up with Annie Chechitelli, Chief Product Officer at Turnitin. After recording earlier this year at SXSW EDU, they reconnected to unpack the biggest myths and reali...Show More
8) Live at EDUCAUSE: How AI Transparency Is Changing Faculty-Student Relationships
In this final bonus episode recorded live at EDUCAUSE in Nashville, Dustin chatted with Jenny Maxwell, Head of Grammarly for Education at Superhuman (formerly Grammarly), fresh off the announcement of...Show More
Live at EDUCAUSE: How AI Transparency Is Changing Faculty-Student Relationships
15:15 | Nov 13th, 2025
9) Episode #305: The Secret Sauce Behind UC San Diego’s Workforce Strategy
In this episode, Dustin chats with Shannon McDonald and Brandon Chavez from the Division of Extended Studies at UC San Diego about how continuing education can be a powerful catalyst for institutional...Show More
10) Live at EDUCAUSE: Navigating the Waves of Digital Transformation
In this bonus episode recorded live at EDUCAUSE in Nashville, Dustin sat down with Nicole Muscanell from the Research and Insights team at EDUCAUSE. Nicole shares insights from EDUCAUSE’s latest resea...Show More