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Mexican Higher Education and the Lopez Obrador Presidency

On this episode, Alex is joined by Alma Maldonado-Maldonado, a researcher in the Department of Educational Research at CINEVSTAV, a major public research center based in Mexico City. She and Alex talk about the rapidly changing and somewhat volatile situation in Mexican higher education. Host: Alex Usher Guest: Alma Maldonado-Maldonado Produced by: Tiffany MacLennan and Samantha Pufek PDF Transcript [https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/OPTSYD_Mexico_transcript.pdf]

United Kingdom

On this episode of One Podcast to Start Your Day, we’re hopping overseas to chat with our friends from Wonkhe [https://wonkhe.com/] for a year-in-review on higher education in the United Kingdom. David Kernohan (Acting Editor), Jim Dickinson (Associate Editor), and Sunday Blake (Associate Editor) join us to talk about some of the UK’s most pressing issues in higher education. Host: Alex Usher Guests: David Kernohan, Jim Dickinson and Sunday Blake https://wonkhe.com/ [https://wonkhe.com/] Produced by: Tiffany MacLennan and Samantha Pufek PDF Transcript [https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/OPTSYD-S1-E4_Transcript.pdf]

Newfoundland and Labrador

In this episode, Alex speaks one-on-one with Dale Kirby to discuss post-secondary education in Newfoundland and Labrador. Dale’s background as a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) combined with his experience as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development provides a unique perspective on the past, present, and future of higher education in Newfoundland and Labrador. Host: Alex Usher Guest: Dale Kirby Produced by: Tiffany MacLennan and Samantha Pufek PDF Transcript [https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OPTSYD_NFLD_Final.pdf]

Internationalization in Canadian Colleges and Universities

This episode, we invited Nancy Johnston (Independent consultant and former Vice President Students and International at Simon Fraser University), Andrew Ness (Dean, International at Humber College), and Michael Savage (Manager of International Markets and Mobility at Higher Education Strategy Associates) to talk about internationalization: from recruitment patterns, diversification, the international student experience, and how institutional, provincial, and federal policies affects all of the latter. Host: Alex Usher Guests: Nancy Johnston, Andrew Ness, Michael Savage Produced by: Tiffany MacLennan and Samantha Pufek PDF Transcript [https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OPTSYD2_Internationalization.pdf]

Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) in Canada

Join host Alex Usher in Higher Education Strategy Associates' inaugural podcast. In this episode, Alex speaks with York University’s Darran Fernandez (Assistant Vice Provost and University Registrar at York University), and the University of Alberta’s Melissa Padfield (Deputy Provost Students and Enrollment), along with Jonathan McQuarrie (Manager of Academic Planning at Higher Education Strategy Associates) for a chat about Strategic Enrolment Management in Canada: where it came from, where it’s going and how it differs from the way it is practiced in the United States. Host: Alex Usher Guests: Darran Fernandez, Jonathan McQuarrie, Melissa Padfield Produced by: Tiffany MacLennan and Samantha Pufek PDF Transcript [https://higheredstrategy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/OPTSYD-S1E1_Transcript.pdf]