Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJames N. Druckman and Elizabeth A. Sharrow, "Equality Unfulfilled: How Title IX's Policy Design Undermines Change to College Sports" (Cambridge UP, 2023)
Episode 258
The year 1972 is often hailed as an inflection point in the evolution of women's rights. Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972…
2 years, 8 months ago
Teaching (and Learning) at a University Online
Episode 67
There is a lot of talk about online learning, and particularly universities going online. Today I talked to Caleb Simmons, Executive Director of Ariz…
2 years, 8 months ago
Jody N. Polleck, "Facilitating Youth-Led Book Clubs As Transformative and Inclusive Spaces" (Teachers College Press, 2023)
Episode 219
Facilitating Youth-Led Book Clubs as Transformative and Inclusive Spaces (Teachers College Press) teaches us how to integrate book clubs into seconda…
2 years, 8 months ago
Rachel Elior, "The Unknown History of Jewish Women Through the Ages: On Learning and Illiteracy, On Slavery and Liberty" (de Gruyter, 2023)
Episode 442
Rachel Elior's book The Unknown History of Jewish Women: On Learning and Illiteracy, On Slavery and Liberty (de Gruyter, 2023) is a comprehensive stu…
2 years, 9 months ago
Michael D. Smith, "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education for a Digital World" (MIT Press, 2023)
Episode 68
For too long, our system of higher education has been defined by scarcity: scarcity in enrollment, scarcity in instruction, and scarcity in credentia…
2 years, 9 months ago
Andrew J. Hoffman, "The Engaged Scholar: Expanding the Impact of Academic Research in Today’s World" (Stanford UP, 2021)
Episode 103
Society and democracy are ever threatened by the fall of fact. Rigorous analysis of facts, the hard boundary between truth and opinion, and fidelity …
2 years, 9 months ago
Jack Schneider and Ethan L. Hutt, "Off the Mark: How Grades, Ratings, and Rankings Undermine Learning (but Don't Have To)" (Harvard UP, 2023)
Episode 218
Amid widespread concern that our approach to testing and grading undermines education, two experts explain how schools can use assessment to support,…
2 years, 9 months ago
C. J. Pascoe, "Nice Is Not Enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High" (U California Press, 2023)
Episode 309
Nice is not enough: Inequality and the Limits of Kindness at American High (University of California Press, 2023) by Dr. C. J. Pascoe is a provocativ…
2 years, 9 months ago
A Better Way to Buy Books
Episode 109
Bookshop.org is an online book retailer that donates more than 80% of its profits to independent bookstores. Launched in 2020, Bookshop.org has alrea…
2 years, 9 months ago
Michael S. Roth, "The Student: A Short History" (Yale UP, 2023)
Episode 1355
In The Student: A Short History (Yale UP, 2023), Michael S. Roth narrates a vivid and dynamic history of students, exploring some of the principal mo…
2 years, 9 months ago