Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education

In this episode of Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education, Kelvin, Fritz, and Kevin sit down with Darin Francis, Managing Partner and CEO of Harbinger Lane Consulting , to discuss how colleges and universities can strengthen connections between education and vendors. Darin shares his humanistic approach to help start-up vendors become trusted thought partners by thoroughly understanding institutio...

In this episode, Fritz, Kelvin, and Kevin sit down with one of the sharpest voices in education technology: Phil Hill , market analyst, consultant, and founder of Phil Hill & Associates. For more than two decades, Phil has helped universities, vendors, and investors cut through the hype and understand where higher ed is really heading — work you've likely seen in his widely read On EdTech news...

Kelvin, Kevin, and Friz speak with Nick Beadle, CEO of Jobs That Work Solutions , a Washington, D.C.-based consultancy focused on jobs policy and workforce development funding. Join us for a lively discussion about workforce development efforts at the federal level such as Workforce Pell and the apoprenticeship models higher education is exploring to help its learners be better prepared to transit...

Kelvin, Kevin, and Fritz talk in-depth about their experiences with the Fulbright Specialist Program . This unique program offers experts and practitioners in a wide variety of fields in and beyond higher education the opportunity to travel abroad to exchange knowledge and practices with institutions and organizations outside of the United States during a two- to six-week engagement. We provide in...

In this episode of Gettin’ Stuff Done in Higher Education, the GSD crew sits down with Dr. Scott Dolan , Executive Dean at Excelsior University. Scott walks us through the history of Excelsior and its long-standing focus on serving adult learners. The conversation explores how institutions designed for working adults think about access, flexibility, and innovation. We also discuss what “hybrid” ed...

In this episode, we dig into Competency-Based Education with Grace Fowler, Senior Director of Client Success for the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN) to discuss the role that Competency-Based Education is playing in a rapidly changing career and employment landscape.

Kelvin and Fritz welcome Dr. Rob Gibson, Dean of Academic Services and Director of Instructional Technology at Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology (aka WSU Tech). We talk about how WSU Tech is thriving in the difficult enrollment environment, how AI is making its way into higher education, and have a few laughs along the way.

We kick off 2026 with Friso Kuiper, Lead Senior Analyst, Market Research and Business Analysis at Tufts University. The discussion gets into the weeds of using IPEDS data to analyze program opportunities. We also talk about Higher Education Data Labs , Friso's upcoming venture to create a data platform that provides enhanced IPEDS to higher education market research and institutional research prof...

Dr. Erin Crisp from the University of Tennessee System joins us to describe her efforts to support improving educator pipelines in her state through the use of apprenticeships that benefit educator paraprofessionals. This discussion highlights the nuances of working within the learn-work ecosystem.

Dr. Maya Evans joins us to unpack her path from tenure-track faculty to institutional research to strategic leadership and why higher education often mistakes analysis for actual strategy. We explore the moments that shaped her work and the questions she believes leaders need to start asking. A focused, honest look at what it really takes to move institutions forward.

Kevin, Kelvin, and Fritz get into a range of topics, including new roles, conferences, and the confusing landscape of micro-credentials.

The GSD crew has a wide-ranging discussion with Dr. Khendum Gyabak, Senior Director for Teaching and Learning Excellence at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD). We explore the unique challenges and opportunities that the College is encountering as it serves a world-wide learner population. Plus, we talk about how MCAD is wrestling with the use of AI in an arts curriculum.

Kevin and Fritz talk to Dr. Nick Pace, whose career has taken him from teacher, to principal, to faculty member, to his new role as Dean of the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Nick provides some very useful insights about how to step into a leadership role as well as the special meaning of buckeyes (the seed, not the university in Ohio...) in his family.

For Episode 5, Kevin, Kelvin, and Fritz welcome their first guest, Dr. Michael Edmondson, Associate Provost for Continued Learning at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Michael walks us through his path from first generation undergraduate student to private sector market research to leading non-degree credential initiatives at NJIT. And there's a healthy dose of laughter along the way!

We conclude our getting to know your hosts episodes with Fritz Vandover, whose unexpected path during (and out of) a Ph. D. in American History started him on his unique career path in higher education.

Kevin Shriner is up this week in our getting to know your hosts episodes. We will talk about how his life as the son of a member of the military took him all over the US and even Europe and had an impact on his path into higher education.

We'll get to know Kelvin Bentley, one of the three hosts of GSD Higher Ed hosts, and hear about his fascinating career in higher education and edtech, including his ventures into online education in the bad old days of the 1990s.

In their first episode, Fritz, Kelvin, and Kevin discuss why they are launching the Gettin' Stuff Done in Higher Education podcast.