Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (13:50) : In this week’s “In the news segment, a June, 2021 Washington Post article by Daniel Douglas Gabriel about how the Simplified FAFSA will no longer be implemented in 2023. Mark and Dave discuss what the Simplified FAFSA is and they have a dialogue [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (16:40) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 21st, 2021 article in the Washington Post by five authors entitled, “Colleges want students to get a coronavirus vaccine. But they’re split on requiring the shots” Dave and Mark discuss which schools are requiring [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (11:00) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 17th, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger report entitled, “Colleges fight attempts to stop them from withholding transcripts over unpaid bills” Dave and Mark discuss whether it is appropriate for colleges to [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (18:18) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 19th, 2021 article from Melissa Korn of the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Hunt is on for high school students who left the college path“ The article shares the stats about how many kids veered [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (20:41) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, a May 22nd, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report entitled, "Colleges face a reckoning as plummeting birthrate worsens enrollment declines." The article includes statistics that show the indisputable proof that colleges are experiencing [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (6:02) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, a January 19th, 2021 article from Jon Marcus of the Hechinger Report entitled, "The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college". The article includes statistics that show the huge gender disparity between [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (12:58) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, a June 1st, 2021 article from Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article is entitled, “Legacy Admissions Banned in Colorado”. The article looks at the research that led to the decision by the governor of [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (20:10) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Arvind Ashok of the New York Times. The article is entitled, “The Persistent Grip of Social Class on College Admissions” ” The article looks at the research that was based on studying 60,000 [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (9:35) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Scot Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article is entitled, “Where do Public Research Universities Recruit Students” The article looks at the research that was based on studying 15 universities websites that reveal [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (7:08) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Ron Lieber of The New York Times. The article is entitled, “High Schools Are Producing Their College Lists. Don’t be misled.” The article talks about how in some high schools, there is so [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (7:37) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Karen Fischer from the Chronicle Higher Education. The article is entitled, “The employer mismatch”. The article looks at study done in partnership with The Chronicle and America’s Public Media marketplace that looks at [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (7:02) : In this week’s “In the news segment”, an article from Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed. The article is entitled, “Test-optional admissions yields benefits.” The article looks at a paper on the topic was published in the American Educational Research Journal. The paper, [...]