Introduction : Susan and Mark discuss the Speakpipe question, “Why is NYU telling students to avoid prompt 7: Select a topic of your choice prompt?

Mark interviews Kathleen deLaski, Founder of the Education Design Lab – Preview of Part 1 :

• Kathleen DeLaski-shares her interesting background
• Kathleen tells us what the Educational Design Lab is and what they do
• Kathleen tells us why she wrote her book and she opens up and shares things about her own kids
• I introduce Kathleen’s book, “who needs college anymore”
• Kathleen answers the question, why should our listeners, who love college, listen to an author who wrote a book titled, “Who Needs College Anymore”
• Kathleen tells us some of the careers that require college
• Kathleen shares some statistics on the percentage of people that do not have a degree.
• Kathleen talks about the Wall Street Journal study that asks students if they think college is worth it
• Kathleen begins the conversation on factors that serve as accelerants to make a college degree not as essential as it use to be for some jobs

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