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Higher Voltage Heart Over Hype: The Empathy Overhaul Higher Ed Marketing Needs with Jaime Hunt

Heart Over Hype: The Empathy Overhaul Higher Ed Marketing Needs

Jaime Hunt joins Higher Voltage to explain why the future of higher ed marketing depends on empathy, authenticity and letting go of what used to work.

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Will This Dumpster Fire Burn Itself Out?

When the sector’s on fire, real leadership means staying calm, not compliant.

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Riding Out a Cat5 Administration

Crisis leadership, culture wars, and why higher ed must lead—not retreat—in a polarized world.

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This Registry Isn’t for Your Wedding.

What if the key to helping more students start strong and actually stay in school was not in a loan office?

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Harvard Says No

With Harvard pushing back, the rest of higher ed must choose to fall in line or take a stand against the Trump Administration.

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Higher Ed’s New Legal Reality

Pandora’s box is open. Federal funding freezes, culture‑war lawsuits, and athlete pay battles signal a legal era that could upend how colleges operate.

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Reclaiming the Narrative for Higher Education

The Proud Sponsor campaign isn’t about getting more people into college. It’s about reminding everyone why higher education matters to us all.

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Beyond the Sage on the Stage: The Future of Quality Learning

Quality learning isn’t about what we teach. It’s about how students and faculty grow together through experience, collaboration and innovation.

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Higher Voltage episode Trust, Credibility, and the Power of Checklists with guest Melissa Farmer Richards, a woman with shoulder-length curly brown hair wearing glasses, a pink blazer and a blue ruffle blouse. To the right is a smaller bubble with a picture of Higher Voltage host, Kevin Tyler, a bald man with a dark mustache wearing a plaid collared shirt.

Trust, Credibility and the Power of Checklists

Leadership is about action—building trust, earning credibility, and demonstrating commitment—and having a plan makes all the difference.

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Choose Your Damning Wisely

Speaking out on high-profile issues like executive orders and policy changes is a delicate task—but in higher ed leadership, silence can be just as damning as saying the wrong thing.

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Shifting from Reactive to Proactive ADA Compliance

The latest ADA updates aren’t introducing new requirements—they’re reinforcing the need for a cultural shift in higher ed toward proactive digital accessibility.

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Funding Cuts and Uncertain Futures

The economic impact of higher ed goes far beyond the classroom—these institutions are job providers, research centers and essential pillars of their communities.

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Performance TV is Transforming Higher Ed

Higher ed has been slow to embrace digital marketing, but AmbioEDU and performance TV are proving that targeted, data-driven strategies can make a measurable impact.

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Beyond the Search Cliff

The search cliff is here, and if institutions don’t rethink recruitment with AI, storytelling, and owned marketing channels, they risk falling behind in the race for students.

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Being a Critical Friend

Sara Custer, editor-in-chief of Inside Higher Ed, joins Erin and Teresa to discuss the current state of the higher ed sector, including the role of media and early impacts of the Trump administration.

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