246: Prudent Planning & Financial Stability - with Dr. Susan Englekeymeyer, President, Nichols College

<p>Welcome back to America’s leading higher education podcast!<strong> </strong>This is<strong> </strong><a href="https://www.edupexperience.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The EdUp Experience</a><strong> </strong>President Series Episode<strong> #79. &nbsp;</strong>In this episode, sponsored by<strong> </strong><a href="https://mdtmarketing.com/edup" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MDT Marketing</a><strong>, </strong>we welcome<strong> </strong><a href="http://linkedin.com/in/susan-engelkemeyer-1832844a"><strong>Dr. Susan Engelkemeyer</strong></a>, President at <a href="https://www.nichols.edu/"><strong>Nichols College</strong></a>!&nbsp;</p> <p>It's her first day of retirement and it's our honor to highlight the work of Dr. Susan Engelkemeyer and her impact at Nichols College and higher ed. &nbsp;Hear Susan talk about the Nichols College Susan Engelkemeyer Institute for Women's Leadership carrying her namesake. &nbsp;Susan talks about her ability to grow that endowment of Nicols by nine times during her tenure with prudent planning and financial stability planning. &nbsp;She also discusses the impact of coronavirus on her decision-making plans toward retirement and how it changed her perspective on her future planning. &nbsp;Finally, she discussed the future of higher education including the idea of "free college" and its limits on student engagement. &nbsp;We can all learn so much from an outgoing President.</p> <p>As president, Dr. Engelkemeyer oversees a student body of 1,500 full-time and part-time students who are enrolled in Nichols’ undergraduate, graduate and certificate programs, and an alumni body of more than 12,000.&nbsp; Nichols College develops tomorrow’s leaders through a dynamic, career-focused business education.&nbsp; The College offers quality undergraduate degree programs in business, educator preparation and the liberal arts; graduate degree programs in business; and a comprehensive continuing education program. On average, more than 94 percent of its stude