Introduction : Mark discusses new changes to the Common App, and then he gives he describes Forbes College Financial Grades, a tool you cn use to know which colleges are stable financially and which colleges are struggling financially?

Mark interviews Kathleen deLaski, Founder of the Education Design Lab. Preview of Part 4 :

• Kathleen and I discuss the correlation between parent involvement and high achievement
• Kathleen tells our listeners what the Year Up program is
• Kathleen tells us what a skills genome is
• Kathleen tells us what the badging movement is
• Kathleen talks about what she calls the edu-training ecosystem
• Kathleen says colleges need to be re-imagined and she explains what she calls, “the great college reset”
• Kathleen talks about students are strategically using Coursera to hack their way to a good job

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