College students need good mentorship. Here's why those mentors should be university teachers. With Harry Brighouse and Diamond Lannaman. Based on a paper by Harry Brighouse, "The Mentoring Responsibilities of University Teachers" (unpublished), 2023. Produced by Carrie Welsh and Jennifer McCord. Special thanks to Diamond Lannaman ..read more

Harry Brighouse and Hannah Bounds interview Sandy Baum and Michael McPherson about their book, Can College Level the Playing Field?: Higher Education in an Unequal Society (2022). Links: Book: Can College Level the Playing Field?: Higher Education in an Unequal Society Episodes mentioned: The Plumber Episode, The Right to Higher Education, and The True Costs of College Produced by Harry Brighouse, Hannah Bounds, and Carrie Welsh. Music by Fred Table and the Chairs. Transcript Website: https://ethicsandeducation.wceruw.org/podcast/can-college-level-the-playing-field ..read more

This is the third episode in a miniseries co-produced by Rebecca M. Taylor and Ashley Floyd Kuntz. Rebecca and Ashley are the editors of Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry. This episode is about faculty using social media, hosted by Jacob Fay (Open Mind) and featuring the voices of Chanda Prescod-Weinstein (University of New Hampshire), TJ Stewart (Iowa State University), and Harry Brighouse (UW-Madison).  Links: Teaching Guides Transcript This episode was produced by Rebecca Taylor, Ashley Floyd Kuntz, Jessica Harless, and Carrie Welsh ..read more

This is the first episode in a miniseries co-produced by Rebecca M. Taylor and Ashley Floyd Kuntz. Rebecca and Ashley are the editors of Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry. This episode is about "divisive concepts" and features Sigal Ben-Porath (University of Pennsylvania) and Laura Dinehart (Florida International University). Links: Teaching Guides Transcript This episode was produced by Rebecca Taylor, Ashley Floyd Kuntz, Jessica Harless, and Carrie Welsh. Music is No-Wing by Ketsa. Used under a creative commons license. This episode was m ..read more

Introducing a miniseries about ethical issues in higher ed. Co-produced by Rebecca M. Taylor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Ashley Floyd Kuntz (Florida International University), this series is based on their new book, Ethics in Higher Education: Promoting Equity and Inclusion Through Case-Based Inquiry. In this series, we cover "divisive concepts," HBCUs, and faculty use of social media. We also made teaching guides for each episode, based on chapters of the book. Links: Teaching Guides: coming soon Transcript:  This episode was produced by Rebecca M. Taylor, Ash ..read more

Where is the contrast between the aims of American prisons and the aims of college in prison programs? This piece is about those ethical dilemmas. Featuring the voices of: philosophers John Fantuzzo, Jennifer Lackey, and Daniel Wodak; and brothers Freedom and Lee Horton.  Links: PBS segment about Lee and Freedom: Brotherhood & Clemency Part 1: The Power of a Pardon, Ep. 4. John's paper: Recognizing human dignity behind bars: A moral justification for college-in-prison programs Produced by John Fantuzzo, Téa Luckenbill, and Carrie Welsh. Music is "Built From Nothing" by Ketsa, used u ..read more

Imagine you call a plumber. This episode is about becoming a better college teacher (if you're lucky), featuring UW-Madison philosophy professor Harry Brighouse and Oakland middle school teacher Grace Gecewicz. Links: The plumber essay ("Becoming a Better College Teacher (If You're Lucky)" by Harry Brighouse, Fall 2019, Daedalus) Produced by Carrie Welsh, with editorial help from Anna Nelson, Hannah Bounds, Trinity Giese, and Harry Brighouse.  Recorded in June 2021.  ..read more

The true costs of college go way beyond simple frugality. The costs are serious, and they are often overlooked by universities.  Hosted by UW-Madison grad Natnael Shiferaw, this episode features a conversation with ethnographers Nancy Kendall and Matthew Wolfgram, two of the authors of the 2020 book, "The True Costs of College." This is part of our series on higher education. Transcript Website Conversation recorded remotely June 2021. Music is "Wind It Up" by Ketsa from the Free Music Archive. Used under a creative commons license ..read more

Jon Boeckenstedt is the Vice Provost of Enrollment Management at Oregon State University. He has thoughts about how we do--and should do--admissions. Here he is in conversation with philosopher of education Harry Brighouse.  What is "enrollment management"? Is the admissions office more like Space Mountain or Studio 54? What information does an admissions officer actually get from an ACT/SAT score? What difference might going test-optional make? What will enrollment patterns look like in five years? What's so annoying about the US News rankings? What should more faculty knew about studen ..read more

Do we have a right to higher education? A conversation between philosophers of education Harry Brighouse and Christopher Martin.  What is the point of higher education? Why is there a right to higher education? Should education be compulsory after 18? Should tuition be free? Plus: civic education, elite institutions, selection theatrics, and armchair sociology  This is part of our series on the ethics of higher education. Further reading: The Right to Higher Education: A Political Theory by Christopher Martin Reflections on the Transition from Elite to Mass to Universal Access: Fo ..read more