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In Your Element

Eric Stoller

This fast-paced show drops listeners into a compelling conversation about higher education. In Your Element host Eric Stoller asks innovative leaders about the challenges, wins, and future of everything from meeting enrollment numbers to equity in education. His five-question format gets to the heart of what’s happening in each guest’s corner of higher education. We bring you not only a look at traditional four-year institutions and the organizations that serve them, but perspectives related to community colleges, online education, edtech, digital marketers, workforce development, and more. The unifying theme: how do we all rally around students’ needs to help them succeed? This podcast is a collaboration between Enrollify and Element451.

Episode 8: The Evolution of Campus Life — Digital Student Engagement in Graduate Schools and Beyond with Christina Ferrari

Christina Ferrari, Assistant Director of Student Engagement, Columbia University, sits down with host Eric Stoller to chat about the biggest challenges and innovations happening in higher ed.

Dec 20, 2021

25 min

Episode 7: The Power of Experience-Based Recruitment — Why Nik Higgins Believes Peer to Peer Connection Can Solve the Struggle for Recruitment

Nik Higgins, Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at The Ambassador Platform (TAP), sits down with host Eric Stoller to chat about the biggest challenges and innovations happening in higher ed.

Dec 6, 2021

27 min

Episode 6: Digital Connection for Gen Z: The Importance of Developing Relationships Before Stepping Foot on Campus with ZeeMee’s Vanessa Didyk

Vanessa Didyk, CEO of ZeeMee, joins Eric Stoller to chat about the ZeeMee app and how the digital connection landscape has rapidly changed as more and more students report feeling lonely.

Nov 22, 2021

29 min

Episode 5: Best and Worst Pandemic Predictions for Higher Ed from Josh Moody — School Closures, a Test-Optional Future, and the Rise of Credential Programs

On this episode of In Your Element, Eric Stoller has a wide-ranging conversation with Josh Moody, education reporter for US News and World Report, about what the future of higher education will hold after the pandemic subsides.

Nov 8, 2021

28 min

Episode 4: Building and Retaining Student, Staff and Faculty Engagement Upon Returning to Campus with CSU East Bay President Cathy Sandeen

Cathy Sandeen, President of California State University - East Bay joins Eric Stoller for a fascinating talk about the changes that have occurred in how higher ed thinks about (and fosters) student engagement.

Oct 25, 2021

29 min

Episode 3: Innovation is Turning Colleges Into Tech Companies — and Why Cliff Holekamp Believes That’s a Good Thing

Host Eric Stoller chats with Cliff Holekamp, Cofounder & Managing Director of Cultivation Capital. They discuss the ramifications of needs-blind admissions models, how recruiting and retention go hand in hand, the rise of entrepreneurship programs, and more.

Oct 11, 2021

32 min

Episode 2: In Your Element with Eric Stoller and Guest Melanie Gottlieb — Interim Executive Director of AACRAO

Eric has a deep-dive conversation with Melanie Gottlieb, Interim Executive Director at AACRAO. They discuss many hot topics, including the challenges facing enrollment management professionals, the current state of employee recruitment in higher ed, and the ways that ed tech will affect the future of admissions.

Sep 29, 2021

30 min

Episode 1: In Your Element with Eric Stoller and Guest Mordecai Brownlee — President of Community College of Aurora

In our first episode of In Your Element, Eric Stoller has a deep-dive conversation with Mordecai Brownlee, President of Community College of Aurora.

Sep 13, 2021

23 min

Trailer: Introducing In Your Element

This fast-paced show drops listeners into a compelling conversation about higher education. In Your Element host Eric Stoller from Element451 asks innovative leaders about the challenges, wins, and future of all things higher ed, from meeting enrollment numbers to equity in education.

Aug 11, 2021

2 min