Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark announces a slight tweak to the format for Monday episodes Mark shares three Higher Ed Updates We continue our interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to know their applicants more (Part 3 of 4)   Our [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (14:50): Dave and Mark discuss an article by Kevin Carey of Vox entitled, The Incredible Shrinking Future of College. The article was written on 11/21. (Length 40 minutes) This week’s question (54:55): Lisa and Mark start a new four part series of bonus content. Mark [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark takes students through 22 steps in how to appeal a financial aid award A brand new interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to know their applicants more   Our favorite way for you to leave a [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (17:25): Julia and Mark discuss a US News article by Susan Mulligan and Lauren Camera that was written on February 3rd entitled, "Ditch the degree? Many Employers are just fine with that". (Length 28 minutes) This week’s question (45:00): Lisa and Mark discuss a Speakpipe [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark recaps his trip to seven colleges in the Pacific-Northwest Mark explains two competing models of predictive modeling that colleges use, and how do they use them A brand new interview with the Founders of Initialview, Gloria and Terry Crawford: How Initialview helps colleges get to [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (21:00): Vince and Mark discuss an article written by Teddy Amenbar that appeared in the Washington Post on Feb 13, 2022; the article is entitled: The less college students sleep, the worse their grades, study finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/02/13/sleep-college-hours-gpa-grades/ (Length 23 minutes) This week’s question (44:00): Lisa [...]

Introduction: Heather shares a Speakpipe comment Mark shares six Higher Ed updates Mark interviews Kirby MciIyar, an expert on helping students and adults find their best majors and career matches-Part 3 of 3   Our favorite way for you to leave a question or any message for us is to put speakpipe.com/YCBK in your browser [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (22:50): Susan and Mark discuss an article written by Charlotte West of the Hechinger Report: An unnoticed result of the decline of men in college: It’s harder for women to get in. Seeking gender balance, selective colleges are giving men an advantage in admission (hechingerreport.org) [...]

Introduction : Mark shares four Higher Ed updates Susan answers the Speakpipe question, Why does the College Board have so many fees? Cortnie Mark interviews Kirby MciIlyar, an expert on helping students and adults find their best majors and career matches-Part 2 of 3 Preview Part 2: Kirby shares how smaller schools can be different [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (17:30): Julia and Mark discuss an article written by Mari McQuaid, a former MIT admission officer entitled: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid. Last Thursday, Vince discussed four of the 10 mistakes in part 1 with Mark and this week, Julia finishes the remaining 10 [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News Introduction : Mark shares highlights and lowlights of the 300 episodes of YCBK Lisa answers the Speakpipe question, What is the enrollment cliff? Tressa Mark interviews Kirby MciIlyar, an expert on helping students and adults find their best majors and career matches Preview Part 1 [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (8:58): Vince and Mark discuss an article written by Mari McQuaid, a former MIT admission officer entitled: 10 College Application Mistakes to Avoid. Vince will discuss four of the 10 mistakes in part 1 with Mark and Julie will finish the remaining reasons with part [...]