Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchNathan Long on Growth Strategies for Small Private Universities
Episode 53
Nathan Long shares insights from his career leading successful growth strategies for two small private universities. Saybrook University was formed i…
3 years, 9 months ago
The Two Keys to Student Retention: A Discussion with Aaron Basko
Episode 117
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Why Aaron Basko thinks we are looking at student success backwards. How asking alums…3 years, 9 months ago
William C. Kirby, "Empires of Ideas: Creating the Modern University from Germany to America to China" (Harvard UP, 2022)
Episode 99
Earlier this month, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, a bill purportedly meant to revive U.S. dominance in research and deve…
3 years, 9 months ago
Claire Nader, "You Are Your Own Best Teacher!: Sparking the Imagination and Intellect of Tweens" (Essential Books, 2022)
Episode 178
You Are Your Own Best Teacher!: Sparking the Imagination and Intellect of Tweens (Essential Books, 2022) provides a variety of teachable antidotes to…
3 years, 9 months ago
Phillip B. Levine, "A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing Hurts Students—and Universities" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 179
According to A Problem of Fit: How the Complexity of College Pricing Hurts Students—and Universities (U Chicago Press, 2022) a college education does…
3 years, 9 months ago
Decoteau Irby, "Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership" (Harvard Education Press, 2021)
Episode 322
An incisive case study of changemaking in action, Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership (Harvard Education Press, 2021) analyzes the c…
3 years, 9 months ago
Opening Up the University for Displaced Students
Episode 123
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
The Open Learning Initiative (OLIve) operating out of Central European University. T…3 years, 10 months ago
Cassidy Puckett, "Redefining Geek: Bias and the Five Hidden Habits of Tech-Savvy Teens" (U Chicago Press, 2022)
Episode 177
Picture a typical computer geek. Likely white, male, and someone you’d say has a “natural instinct” for technology. Yet, after six years teaching tec…
3 years, 10 months ago
Brian Cafarella, "Community College Mathematics: Past, Present, and Future" (CRC Press, 2022)
Episode 77
In Community College Mathematics: Past, Present, and Future (CRC Press, 2022), Brian Cafarella addresses the key questions: How can we build a future…
3 years, 10 months ago
The Journal of Higher Education in Prison
Episode 112
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
How both of today’s guests became involved in higher education in prison. Why this w…3 years, 10 months ago