YCBK 617: How Is Boston University Different From All The Colleges in Boston
In this week’s episode you will hear
This week’s question (2:40): In Our Question from a Listener-Carter joins Mark to respond to a comment from a listener who wants our opinion on why more dads are not involved in learning more and helping their kids with college (Length 15 minutes)
This week’s interview (17:56): Mark interviews Stephen Burd, senior writer and researcher about his latest article that appears at newamerica.org on the topic of 41 colleges that are saddling a high percentage of low income students with Parent PLUS loans
v Stephen gives an overview of his role at New America and his detailed report about some colleges use financial aid leveraging in conjunction with Parent Plus loans to take advantage of under-resourced students
v Stephen explains why a statement that EAB, a leading enrollment management company is so offensive to him
v Stephen talks about the purpose of financial aid, at least historically
v Stephen explains the power of US News and World Report and their rankings
v Stephen explains the growth of PLUS loans
v Stephen and I explain why PLUS loans are so problematic (Length 26 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 (43:06): College Spotlight-Susan Tree joins Mark Stucker to interview Kelly Walter, Associate Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of Admissions at Boston University
Ø Kelly and Susan share how they met
Ø Kelly shares the various roles in admissions she has had and she shares why she has done admissions for 5 decades
Ø Kelly shares how Boston University’s Methodist roots and its history as a Bible institute originally impacts BU to this day
Ø Kelly explains many areas where BU was the first university in the country to accomplish something
Ø Kelly explains how BU is different from the other 40 universities in the country
Ø Kelly tells us how a student applies to BU if they do not know what they want to major in?
Ø Kelly tells us what the BU Hub is and what the BU cross-college challenge is?
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