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Reaching #4 on the Apple Podcast Education charts, The Signal is the definitive podcast for higher education’s transformation leaders. Hosted by Jeff Dillon, The Signal cuts through the noise of the "status quo" to bring you the strategic intelligence needed to reshape how institutions recruit, support, and retain students. Every Friday, we sit down with the practitioners and technology builders who are actively defining the next decade of campus life. Why Higher Ed Leaders Listen: In one of the most consequential periods for academia, we move past the hype to focus on Human-Centered Innovation. Our episodes feature deep-dive interviews with guest experts from SNHU, EAB, WGU, and Panopto, focusing on the "real work" of institutional evolution. Core Topics & AI Strategy: * Artificial Intelligence: Practical AI adoption, governance, and the "Human in the Loop" mindset. * Enrollment Marketing: Modern recruitment strategies and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization). * Student Success: Data-driven retention, mental health, and digital engagement. * Institutional Transformation: Navigating digital transformation with a focus on workforce readiness and AVPs reimagining student care. Whether you are a C-suite leader, IT Director, or Faculty member, join our community of 70,000+ professionals to stay ahead of the curve. New episodes every Friday. Learn more at edtechconnect.com

Jeff Dillon

104 episodesEN

Show overview

EdTech Connect has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 104 episodes. That works out to roughly 50 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 32 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Education show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 5 days ago, with 37 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 52 episodes published. Published by Jeff Dillon.

Episodes
104
Running
2024–2026 · 2y
Median length
30 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Reaching #4 on the Apple Podcast Education charts, The Signal is the definitive podcast for higher education’s transformation leaders. Hosted by Jeff Dillon, The Signal cuts through the noise of the "status quo" to bring you the strategic intelligence needed to reshape how institutions recruit, support, and retain students. Every Friday, we sit down with the practitioners and technology builders who are actively defining the next decade of campus life. Why Higher Ed Leaders Listen: In one of the most consequential periods for academia, we move past the hype to focus on Human-Centered Innovation. Our episodes feature deep-dive interviews with guest experts from SNHU, EAB, WGU, and Panopto, focusing on the "real work" of institutional evolution. Core Topics & AI Strategy: * Artificial Intelligence: Practical AI adoption, governance, and the "Human in the Loop" mindset. * Enrollment Marketing: Modern recruitment strategies and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization). * Student Success: Data-driven retention, mental health, and digital engagement. * Institutional Transformation: Navigating digital transformation with a focus on workforce readiness and AVPs reimagining student care. Whether you are a C-suite leader, IT Director, or Faculty member, join our community of 70,000+ professionals to stay ahead of the curve. New episodes every Friday. Learn more at edtechconnect.com

Latest Episodes

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Ep. 104 - Raffi DerSimonian: Ikigai and purpose driven paths

Sep 11, 202631 min

Ep. 103 - Jenny Petty: The Alignment Gap That's Bankrupting Higher Ed Marketing

Sep 4, 202632 min

Ep. 102 - John Fees: The Insurance Founder Who Says His Own Company Shouldn't Have to Exist

Aug 28, 202631 min

Ep. 101 - Jeff Wilser: How One Chatbot Cut Summer Melt in Half

Aug 21, 202633 min

Ep. 100 - Wendy Wong: Stop Asking What Users Want - Show Them Instead

Aug 14, 202628 min

Ep. 99 - Brian Hartnack: Higher Ed Just Lost 25% of Its Search Traffic

Aug 7, 202631 min

Ep. 98 - Andy Crestodina: There's No Appeals Process when AI Picks Your School

Jul 31, 202630 min

Ep. 97 - Russell Long: Stop Blaming AI. Your Data is the Problem

Jul 24, 202632 min

Ep. 96 - Troy Holaday: 52,000 Degrees Were Already Earned. They Just Hadn't Been Found.

Jul 17, 202634 min

Ep. 95 - Jeff Meade: Why Paul Quinn College Made Entrepreneurship a Graduation Requirement

Jul 10, 202632 min

Ep. 94 - Elysia Labita: Marketing Can't Out-Optimize Misalignment

Jul 3, 202631 min

Ep. 93 - Dave Tucker: The Note Taker's Dilemma — Why Lectures Are Mostly Wasted

Jun 26, 202633 min

Ep. 92 - Paula French: From Clicks to Conversions—A Practical Playbook for AI Search

Jun 19, 202631 min

Ep. 91 - Mallory Willsea: Activity vs. Strategy—Why Higher Ed Marketing Measures the Wrong Things

Jun 12, 202631 min

Ep. 90 - Haley Platt: Breaking the Information Barrier: How First-Gen Students Navigate College

Jun 5, 202630 min

Ep. 89 - Leslie Weller: How AI Site Search Turns Student Discovery Into a Competitive Advantage

May 29, 202631 min

Ep. 88 - Brian Clark: Building RISD's Digital Future at Scale

May 22, 202630 min

Ep. 87 - Grant Greenwood: How to Automate What Actually Matters in Enrollment

May 15, 202635 min

Ep. 86 - Arjun Arora: From Enterprise AI to Education—Why the Best Tech Solves Human Problems

May 8, 202631 min

Ep. 85 - Jay Gonzalez: Guaranteeing ROI — How Curry College Is Reinventing the College Business Model

May 1, 202630 min
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