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#HEHT for short. The critical, countercultural alternative to #HigherEdMarketing discourse. Subscribe at higheredhottakes.com

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🎙️ new @higheredhottakes.com episode with my pal @shanebaglini.bsky.social is out early. Get in before tomorrows big rush? I don’t know. He’s authoring next week’s newsletter so subscribe on the site if you haven’t yet!

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The counterculture higher ed marketing podcast. Join Joel G Goodman and explore smarter, more sustainable ways to leverage technology without compromising strategy, UX, or humanity.
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July 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
🎙️ Is trading the privilege of human connection worth whatever supposed gains AI hype promises to #HigherEd? @joelgoodman.co doesn’t think so. Episode 6 of #HEHT is out now wherever you get podcasts. #HEMarCOM #UX

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The counterculture higher ed marketing podcast. Join Joel G Goodman and explore smarter, more sustainable ways to leverage technology without compromising strategy, UX, or humanity.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
🎙️ new episode! This is my call for retaining some inefficiencies in your work. Reclaim your humanity from the machines.
Greatness is inefficient
Podcast Episode · Higher Ed Hot Takes · 05/20/2025 · 6m
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May 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎙️ Episode 003, where @joelgoodman.co talks about how slow #HigherEd websites have direct financial ramifications, is out now wherever you like to listen to podcasts. #HEMarCom

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Performance is non-negotiable - Higher Ed Hot Takes
Universities are losing millions due to slow websites and poor digital decisions. In this episode of Higher Ed Hot Takes, Joel Goodman exposes the hidden costs of bad web performance in higher educati...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
April 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Personalization in #HigherEd is so badly misunderstood. Here's what I think about it.

🎙️ Episode 002 - Personalize This! - is out now.

#HEMarCom #HEMktg
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Personalize This! - Higher Ed Hot Takes
How should personalization work in higher ed? Joel Goodman says it should be invisible and frictionless. But we're doing it wrong. Listen now.
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April 22, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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We’ve documented over 1,300 cases of the government revoking international students’ visas. Here’s our latest data. Blue bubbles are private colleges, gray bubbles are public. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/... #highered #academicsky
April 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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It’s alive! I finally got @higheredhottakes.com stood up. First episode is out on your podcatchers. I’d love to hear what you think. higheredhottakes.com

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The counterculture higher ed marketing podcast. Join Joel G Goodman and explore smarter, more sustainable ways to leverage technology without compromising strategy, UX, or humanity.
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April 15, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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If anyone could say it, it was Harvard. Bravo!

Now brace yourselves.

www.harvard.edu/president/ne...
The Promise of American Higher Education
No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue
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April 14, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Launching April 15, 2025. Podcast, newsletter, #HEMarCom community amplifier. Let's challenge the discourse and make better decisions — together.

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The counterculture higher ed marketing podcast. Join Joel G Goodman and explore smarter, more sustainable ways to leverage technology without compromising strategy, UX, or humanity.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM