Interview 195: Jay Rosner on “A Test – Prep expert explains why he no longer believes in the ACT or the SAT”
The player doesn't work on Safari Julia does an intro of Jay Rosner, and then Jay goes into more depth about his background Jay explains the mission of the foundation that he works for Jay explains why he went from running a Princeton Review test prep office 35 years ago to someone who has become [...]
Interview 194: Don Hossler and Stephen Burd on “Enrollment Management”
The player doesn't work on Safari Stephen Burd gives his backstory and his history studying enrollment management Stephen talks about how misleading financial aid awards are Don Hossler shares his 40 years of researching and practicing enrollment management Stephen shares why he took three years of his life to work on the book Lifting the [...]
Interview 193: Martha Stolze on “Understanding Beloit College”
The player doesn't work on Safari Martha Stolze, the Director of Admissions at Beloit, shares her backstory Martha gives her Beloit elevator speech Martha tells us where Beloit is, and she shares some of Beloit’s demographics Martha tells us what a "Changed Lives College Is.” Martha shares a few things that she loves about Beloit [...]
Interview 192: Colonel Rob Kirkland on “Service Academies”
The player doesn't work on Safari Rob was first on our podcast in August of 2019, but I interviewed him in June of 2019, so exactly, five years ago, in that interview, Rob taught us how to get aROTC scholarship and at that time, I said to Rob, will you come back to discuss service [...]
Interview 191: Matt Carpenter on “How to use College Aid Pro”
The player doesn't work on Safari Matt shares his two pieces of advice that he hopes families take away from Matt shares what a Bubble family is, and he shares what a Bubble family needs to do to get an excellent aid package Matt shares why he is confident that College Aid Pro’s software is [...]
Interview 190: Matt Carpenter on “Four different types of college loans”
The player doesn't work on Safari Matt gives his backstory Matt shares how he got his college knowledge Matt discusses why he is so bullish about the Federal Direct Student Loan Matt shares his perspective on the Parent PLUS Loan, and he has something we love at YCBK; he has plenty of nuance Matt discusses [...]
Interview 189: Tara Williams on “Understanding Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University”
The player doesn't work on Safari Tara shares the various roles she has had in higher education Tara shares what she believes distinguishes Arizona State University Tara explains the difference between an Honors College and an Honors Program Tara shares what are the benefits of being in an Honors College Tara talks about what differentiates [...]
Interview 188: Michelle McAnaney on “What to do to maximize your college visits”
Michelle gives her background Lisa introduces the topic, What to do to maximize the college tour Michelle gives some tips for what to look for at Information Sessions Michelle shares some tips to get the most out of the college tour Michelle talks about what she does on a tour when students start sounding very [...]
Interview 187: John Hoffman on “Lessons learned from 45 years placing kids in colleges and boarding schools”
John shares his background John shares the reasons why a Jewish man from NY wants to work with Black, Brown, and Asian kids John talks about how the college process is radically different now than it was 50 years ago John tells a story about a course he took at Columbia that had a profound [...]
Interview 186: Michele Evard, Holly Ramsey, and Liam Dailey on “How admission offices evaluate homeschooled applicants”
Holly, Michele, and Liam all introduce themselves. Liam, Michele, and Holly share the reasons why students choose homeschooling Holly shares some of the fascinating statistics on homeschooling We return to the subject of why students consider homeschooling Holly explains why she feels homeschooling is a humane way to educate Holly explains how the racial unrest [...]
Interview 185: Jeff Selingo on “How to Know if a College Is Financially Stable”
Jeff Selingo shares the space he occupies in this Higher Ed Space We talk about a recent tweet from Jeff about how Moody’s downgraded Muhlenberg and how small colleges are struggling Jeff answers the question, how do you figure out if a college is going in the wrong direction financially Jeff explains why he feels [...]
Interview 184: Michael Keaton on “Understanding Ursinus College”
Michael gives an overview of Ursinus Michael talks about the Presidents vision for Ursinus and he says that is one reason he chose to come to Ursinus Michael talks about the departments and programs that students are the most enthusiastic about Michael talks about the Summer Fellows Program Michael talks about merit scholarships Michael talks [...]
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