Why Student-Parents Feel Unwelcome on Campus
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
The majority of college students now meet one or more of the characteristics of a nontraditional student, and yet the college experience is still built around the traditional student. Nicole Lynn Lewis of Generation Hope describes the specific challenges that face the millions of college students who are also parents ..read more
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Is Higher Ed Worse Than Enron?
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Brennan explains why, in his view, higher education is systematically corrupt in nearly every aspect of its operations ..read more
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Why Do Colleges Offer Remedial Courses Despite Better Options?
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Remedial college coursework has survived evidence of ineffectiveness, charges of racial inequity, and legislation that effectively abolishes it. Host Daniel Barwick interviews one of the country's leading experts on remediation, Dr. Katie Hern of the California Acceleration Project ..read more
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Has the Pandemic Changed Students for the Worse?
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
"The End of Burnout" author Jonathan Malesic explains how the pandemic has worsened the habits students need to find success in school ..read more
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To Grade or Not To Grade? "Ungrading" in higher education
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Literature professor Elisabeth Gruner and science professor Heather Miceli describe their practice of "ungrading," a feedback tool that has drawn attention and increasing support ..read more
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The Increased Targeting of Scholars
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Researcher Komi Frey of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education explains why the last five years have seen a dramatic increase in attempts to censor and punish scholars for expressing their views ..read more
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The End of Preferential Treatment for Elite Colleges?
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
New York Times Opinion writer Peter Coy explains to host Daniel Barwick why congress gave elite colleges an anti-trust exemption, and the class-action lawsuit that has emerged as a result ..read more
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Why Are College Completion Rates So Low?
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Dr. Yolanda Watson Spiva, CEO of Complete College America, explains to Daniel Barwick how the organization is working to improve startlingly low college completion rates ..read more
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Is Your Campus "Student-Ready"? | Helping students navigate a life, not just a classroom
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Kallie Clark of Temple University's Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice describes research that encourages students to use more of the tools for success that a college offers them ..read more
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Why Are More Colleges Closing?
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by Daniel Barwick
1y ago
Host Daniel Barwick interviews Inside Higher Ed's founder and editor Doug Lederman, who explains new data that shows the acceleration in college closings and why that's not always a bad thing ..read more
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