Podcast Episodes

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (11:50) : Mark and Susan discuss the article by Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark in degreechoices.com entitled, “College Search-A Point-Counterpoint. Brennan argues against Student Search and Rick argues in support of Search. College search: a point-counterpoint - Degreechoices.com (Length 40 minutes) This week’s question (51:10) [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares all the things that listeners do that inspire the co-hosts to keep producing 10 hours a month of new content for you Mark shares what a panel of experts from the American Council of Education felt were the biggest issues in Higher Ed in [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares all the things that listeners do that inspire the co-hosts to keep producing 10 hours a month of new content for you Mark shares what a panel of experts from the American Council of Education felt were the biggest issues in Higher Ed in [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (14:30) : Mark and Dave discuss Stephen Marche’s December 6th 2022 article in the Atlantic entitled, “The College Essay is Dead”. Dave and Mark debate the merits of this argument https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/12/chatgpt-ai-writing-college-student-essays/672371/ (Length 18 minutes) This week’s question (32:30) Mark and Lisa answer our first two [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares 5 Higher Ed Updates that all have to do with college finances. Mark interviews Gus Resendiz of Massachusetts, “Avoiding the pot holes in athletic recruiting” Part 2 of 3 Preview Part 2 Gus talks about how prevalent injuries are and Mark shares a heart [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (18:46) : Mark and Julia discuss an article from Stephanie Saul that appeared in the New York Times updated on October 31st entitled, “Elite Colleges’ Quiet Fight to Favor Alumni Children” https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/13/us/legacy-admissions-colleges-universities.html (Length 23 minutes) This week’s question (41:30) Mark and Lisa answer our first [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : Mark shares 10 Higher Ed Updates. Mark interviews Gus Resendiz of Massachusetts, “Avoiding the pot holes in athletic recruiting” Preview Part 1 Gus gives his backstory, including his time in college, his time in law school and his time as an attorney Gus explains how all [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (24:43) : Mark and Vince discuss two articles. The first one is a Forbes article by Brennan Barnard entitled, “College Admissions: Thanks in Advance” https://www.forbes.com/sites/brennanbarnard/2022/08/24/college-admission-thanks-in-advance/ Want to get into Penn? Show a little gratitude—on an essay prompt | Penn Today (upenn.edu) (Length 14 minutes) This [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction: Mark gives an overview of his visit to nine colleges in southern California Mark shares five new Higher Ed Updates Mark interviews Vern Granger, Director of Admissions at the University of Connecticut and Chairman of the Board at NACAC-Part 2 of 2 Preview Part 2 Vern explains [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (1:48) : Mark and Susan discuss the first of three reports by Educational Reform Now entitled, “The Future of Fair Admissions Report 1: Early Decision”. The Report was written by the Senior Policy Analyst, James Murphy. The Report looks at a number of questions including: [...]

In this week's episode you will hear Introduction : YCBK PLUS is finally here and Lynda Doepker is here to explain to listeners how it works! Lynda gives an update on how you can leave a message on our website by using https://www.speakpipe.com/YCBK Mark shares 8 new Higher Ed Updates Mark interviews Vern Granger, Director [...]

In this week's episode you will hear In the News (15:48) : Mark and Susan discuss the first of three reports by Educational Reform Now entitled, “The Future of Fair Admissions Report 1: Early Decision”. The Report was written by the Senior Policy Analyst, James Murphy. The Report looks at a number of questions including: [...]