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Truth, Fiction, and Student Loan Forgiveness: A Conversation with Beth Akers
Season 2 Episode 59
With the Biden Administration's student loan relief coming down the pike, Annika sits down with Dr. Beth Akers, a Senior Fellow at the American Enter…
2 years, 11 months ago
Justine Ellis, "The Politics of Religious Literacy: Education and Emotion in a Secular Age" (Brill, 2022)
Episode 199
Religious Literacy has become a popular concept for navigating religious diversity in public life. In The Politics of Religious Literacy: Education a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Locating Human Dignity in Cambodia: Prospects for Human Rights Education
Episode 79
The concept of human dignity is a foundational one within human rights discourses, and is commonly used in the context of human rights and sustainabl…
2 years, 11 months ago
Karen Schrier, "We the Gamers: How Games Teach Ethics and Civics" (Oxford UP, 2021)
Episode 197
Ethics and civics have always mattered, but perhaps they matter now more than ever before. Recently, with the rise of online teaching and movements l…
2 years, 11 months ago
Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert, "Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 64
During Leo Lambert’s 19-year tenure as president at Elon University, the institution moved from a regional college to becoming one of the U.S.’s top …
2 years, 11 months ago
Bryan Alexander, "Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023)
Episode 151
In Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis (Johns Hopkins UP, 2023), futurist Bryan Alexander explores higher education during a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Karin Chenoweth, "Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement" (Harvard Education Press, 2021)
Episode 196
In Districts That Succeed: Breaking the Correlation Between Race, Poverty, and Achievement (Harvard Education Press, 2021), long-time education write…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Politicization of Science: A Conversation with Dorian Abbot, Anna Krylov, David Romps, and Bernhardt Trout
Episode 41
How are hiring and admissions decisions made in the hard sciences if not by merit? What are the risks of allowing science to be politicized? Professo…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Capitulation of MIT: A Conversation with Dorian Abbot
Season 1 Episode 39
Dorian Abbot is an Associate Professor of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had invi…
2 years, 11 months ago
Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?
Episode 146
Why do so many students and academics worry that they are imposters? Is it normal to experience this kind of self-doubt? This episode explores:
The d…2 years, 11 months ago