On the Road with Higher Ed

A growing issue that faces college students more and more is food insecurity. The Bucks County Courier Times wrote Food insecurity growing among college students that highlights the issues facing students today. The impact to students is multi-faceted but it can easily affect student success. The challenge for Sarah and Joe is how can technology help. Listen and learn.

Sarah and Joe are back after a heavy travel schedule got in the way. But don't cry for us, Roadies. One of the trips was a vacation that we took with some amazing coworkers... We mean FRIENDS. As you know, Joe studied recreation in grad school. Remember that leisure time is important. In fact, we discussed "8 Reasons Why Taking a Vacation Makes You Better at Work" Don't forget your voicemail questions via the Anchor app on your mobile device!

What technology do you use in your every day lives? What technology do you wear? Is it a good thing or a bad thing? Does it separate you from people or bring people together? Is "ecosphere" a word?  Learn all this and more on today's episode. We discuss  "How universities can innovate their way to a smart-campus ecosystem" from edscoop.com  The article highlights some great things taking place on the campus of Oral Roberts University. 

On this episode we talk about tips for attending a conference and we discuss the two amazing keynote speakers from Ellucian Live 2019. Tara Westover is the author of Educated and Shaquille O'Neal, NBA star, philanthropist, and super funny guy.

Our company's user group conference is happening this coming week. Ellucian Live 2019 is in New Orleans and will be filled with amazing folks from higher education schools across the globe. Joe and Sarah are getting ready with breath mints, hand sanitizer, and proper footwear. But are we really ready a few days before... In the news, we may have fallen for an April Fools joke played on us by Inside Higher Ed and Swarthmore College. Well played you two, well played.

As we launch our podcast it is important that you learn about Joe and Sarah. To help you learn more about us, Joe and Sarah took turns interviewing the other. On this episode, Sarah grills Joe on why he went to the University of South Florida. She also gets the true confession as to the "F" on his transcript. Sarah is a tough interviewer and Joe is long winded. But you will laugh along with us, so check it out.

As part of beginning our podcast, we think it is important that you get to know us. So we decided to do some interviews with each other. Beyond you learning about us, we learned about each other. We also generated lots of ideas for future episodes... so mission accomplished and then some. Listen today and learn about Sarah Crook and the reasons she chose Longwood University. Hear her come clean on being a good student or not. And more importantly listen to success as a first generation student.

Get ready to for a new podcast that takes you On the Road with Higher Ed. Join hosts Sarah Crook and Joe Fisher as they share what life is like out on the road working with higher education institutions. Combined Sarah and Joe have spent over 40 years in higher education. They know the business of higher ed. They work with the technology that powers higher ed. This podcast will not be too serious, but it will be informative. We both lean toward infotainment with an emphasis on the entertainment side. Think of this podcast as your favorite elective from college team taught by two fun professors. So please get ready to join Sarah and Joe as they go week in and week out on the road with higher ed.