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Unlock Higher Education Speakers series

The Unlock Higher Education Speaker Series brings together leaders, changemakers, and subject-matter experts to explore critical issues in higher education within prison settings.

Podcast · By Unlock Higher Education · American English · Official site

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Sep 15, 2026
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Sep 1, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 15, 2026

    UHE's July Speaker's Series with Seth Iorg and Sim Ventures (opens the original)

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    Can technology education transform lives and expand opportunity? In this episode of the Unlock Higher Education Speaker Series, we sit down with Seth Iorg, COO and Co-Founder of SIM Ventures, to explore how career-focused technology education is creating new pathways into high-demand careers for learners across the country. As the founder of Simply Coding, Seth has helped more than 100,000 students develop practical coding and software development skills since 2013. Today, SIM Ventures partners

  2. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    UHE's June Speaker's Series with Stephanie Fleming and the Justice Decision Observability™ (opens the original)

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    How can institutions ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability as artificial intelligence becomes part of decision-making?In this episode of the Unlock Higher Education Speaker Series, Dr. Stephanie Fleming explores Justice Decision Observability™ (JDO™) and the critical intersection of human judgment, governance, behavioral health, and AI.Drawing on decades of experience in higher education and justice-adjacent systems, Dr. Fleming examines how leaders can build more transparent, ethica

  3. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    UHE’s August Speaker Series with Tamara Cotman Springs (opens the original)

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    What does it take to create meaningful pathways from reentry to economic mobility? In this installment of Unlock Higher Education’s Speaker Series, we sit down with Tamara Cotman Springs, Manager of Participant Development at the Center for Employment Opportunities, for a conversation about the intersection of higher education, workforce development, leadership, reentry, and economic mobility. With more than three decades of experience spanning education, professional development, public defense

  4. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    UHE's May Speaker's Series with the Center for Effective Public Policy. (opens the original)

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    In this powerful conversation, Darlene George and Ashley Mackie share how coding, digital literacy, and policy innovation are creating new pathways for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals inside Maine’s Justice Policy Coding Lab. Joined by Erica King, the discussion explores what happens when technical education, lived experience, and systems-level advocacy come together to challenge assumptions about talent, opportunity, and leadership.Through partnerships between the Maine Departme

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