In this week’s episode you will hear

This week’s question (2:00): Vince and Mark answer a question from a listener about the lawsuit against Early Decision. Vince and Mark answer this by discussing a recent article on this topic. (Length 28 minutes)

This week’s interview (30:34): Interview with Daniel Chambliss, author of the book, “How College Works” Part 2 of 4

• Dan about the importance of your peer group
• Dan talks about ideas colleges can do to bring students together
• Dan talks about Living Learning Communities
• Dan talks about Honors Colleges
• Dan talks about what he learned from studying world class competitive swimmers
• Dan talks about the importance of focusing on having great experiences at the start of the college experience
• Dan talks about orientation programs
• Dan talks about the disconnect between how professors feel versus how students feel when it comes to fun, and the students social lives
• Dan talks about affinity groups
• Dan explains what he means by the importance of the arithmetic of engagement (Length 27 minutes)

Mark’s recommended resource of the week : Guide to help first year students complete the Common Application- Application guide for first-year students

College Spotlight (57:18): College Spotlight Interview, Grant Gosselin, Chief Enrollment officer at Boston College-Part 4 of 4

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