What You Don’t “Get” About Student Engagement — Colum Cronin’s Advice for Student Success Professionals

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About the Episode

This fast-paced show drops listeners into a compelling conversation about higher education. In Your Element asks innovative leaders about the challenges, wins, and future of everything from meeting enrollment numbers to equity in education.

On this episode of In Your Element, Eric Stoller has an across the pond conversation with Colum Cronin, Senior International Officer at Dublin City University. Tune into this episode to learn the following:

Some of the biggest challenges facing student success professionals
What most universities don’t “get” about student engagement
The future of student engagement and why it’s not pizza
Some of the differences between higher ed in the US versus in Ireland

People in this episode

Host

Daniella Nordin

Daniella Nordin is the Director of Customer Success and Engagement at Element451 and the host of In Your Element.

Brendan Henkel

Brendan Henkel is the Manager of Solutions Engineering at Element451 and host of In Your Element.

Interviewee

Colum Cronin

Colum is a co-host of the award winning Adventures in Advising podcast, and also the Irish NFL Show. Currently the Senior International Officer at Dublin City University, Colum has been working in the Higher Education sector for over 15 years. With experience and expertise across academic advising, student support, recruitment, international affairs, and program development. Colum is passionate about elevating student voices and empowering cross cultural collaboration.

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