Interview 220: Dawn Williamson on “What employers look for when making hiring decisions”
The player may not work on Safari Dawn gives her backstory Introduction of the topic- What employers look for when they make hiring decisions Dawn walks us through the hiring process Dawn shares some do’s and don’t when it comes to resumes and cover letters Dawn talks about the value of getting out of your [...]
Interview 219: Kathleen Delaski on “Who needs college anymore”
The player may not work on Safari Kathleen DeLaski shares her interesting background Kathleen tells us what the Educational Design Lab is and what they do Kathleen tells us why she wrote her book, and she opens up and share things about her kids I introduce Kathleen’s book, “Who Needs College Anymore.” Kathleen answers the [...]
Interview 218: Ben Neely on “Understanding the new Digital ACT”
The player may not work on Safari Ben shares his role at Revolution Prep Ben shares why the ACT has decided to go digital Ben shares some of the reasons he believes the ACT has gone digital and that the ACT will never let you know Ben shares the timeline of when the ACT is [...]
Interview 217: Christoph Guttentag on “Understanding How Duke Makes Admissions Decisions”
The player may not work on Safari Christoph discusses how the admission file reading process works at Duke Christoph answers the question, if Duke allows one admission officer to auto-deny a student without any other admission officers reading the file, does that open up the door for the biases of that one reader to have [...]
Interview 216: Rob Franek on “Princeton Review Student Surveys”
The player may not work on Safari Rob shares his backstory Rob shares how his work at Wagner informs his work today Rob talks about the survey called “College Hopes and Worries” that Princeton Review has done for 20 consecutive years, and he reveals what the survey results have revealed Rob shares what students can [...]
Interview 215: Christoph Guttentag on “Understanding Duke University”
The player may not work on Safari Christoph gives his backstory Christoph lets us know the difference between the East Campus and the West Campus Christoph explains the difference between the Trinity School and the Pratt School Mark says, you are always asking our students, “Why Duke”, so I am going to turn that question [...]
Interview 214: Erin Lewellen on “Myths about Generation Z”
The player may not work on Safari Lisa gives an overview of Erin Lewellen’s background Erin shares her experience with social impact organizations Erin is the CEO of Tilting Futures, and she tells us what Tilting Futures Is Lisa introduces our Topic for this interview, Busting myths about Gen Z Lisa asked Erin about the [...]
Interview 213: Andy Strickler on “Everything you need to know about Early Decision 1 and ED2”
The player may not work on Safari Andy shares how Early Decision helps colleges Andy tells us whether having 45-48% of the class coming in ED is intentional or whether it just works out this way Andy shares why he doesn’t want the incoming class to be more than 50% of the incoming class Andy [...]
Interview 212: How Polygence matches students with research projects in their areas of interest, an interview with co-founder, Jin Chow
The player may not work on Safari Jin Chow is not only the founder of Polygence but she is a recipient of the Forbes award for 30 under 30 movers and shakers in education. Jin gives her backstory, and she shares why she started Polygence Jin explains what Polygence does Jin explains the growth of [...]
Interview 211: Fabrizio D’ Aloisio on “Understanding The University of Tennessee”
The player may not work on Safari Fabrizio explains his backstory, including why he chose to come to work at the University of Tennessee Mark explains what Fabrizio said to me on him on visit to Tennessee-Knoxville (UTK), which made him want Fabrizio to come on the podcast Fabrizio explains the importance of the 3 [...]
Interview 210: Gloria and Terry Crawford, Founders of “Glimpse Videos” answer FAQ about Glimpse Videos and College Admissions
The player may not work on Safari Terry and Gloria share the history of Glimpse Gloria shares why they changed the name from Elevator Pitch to “Glimpse.” Terry gives an overview of Glimpse video, and he shares the need that Glimpse video meets in the marketplace, and then Gloria adds some additional reasons why Glimpse [...]
Interview 209: David Hawkins on “What matters the most when colleges make admission decisions”
The player may not work on Safari David gives his bio, and he shares his current role I introduce our topic: What does the research show about how colleges make decisions? We look at Factors in College Admissions David explains the history of the development of the NACAC, State of College Admissions Report David talks [...]
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