Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJonathan Marks, "Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education" (Princeton UP, 2021)
Episode 125
Do we really need universities and colleges anymore? Have they become too politicized? Many conservatives have started to write off American academia…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Role of “Failure” in Student Success
Episode 69
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
the importance of normalizing failure in college the emotional work involved with co…4 years, 7 months ago
Joshua Preiss, "Just Work for All: The American Dream in the 21st Century" (Taylor & Francis, 2020)
Episode 144
This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened b…
4 years, 7 months ago
Jonathan Zimmerman, "The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 32
Listen to this interview of Jonathan Zimmerman, Professor of History of Education at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and …
4 years, 7 months ago
Stanley S. Litow and Tina Kelley, "Breaking Barriers: How P-Tech Schools Create a Pathway from High School to College to Career" (Teachers College Press, 2021)
Episode 143
What is the purpose of education? Folks outside the field are likely to think of a relatively clear or concrete answer—learning, citizenship, prepara…
4 years, 7 months ago
Aviva Legatt, "Get Real and Get In: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Self" (St. Martin's Griffin, 2021)
Episode 68
Welcome to The Academic Life! In this episode you’ll hear about:
Aviva Legatt’s journey into and through college Why she became an Ivy League college…4 years, 7 months ago
A Discussion with Ben Nelson (Part 2): Founder of the Minerva Project and Minerva University
Episode 31
In Part II of our discussion with Ben Nelson, he shares information on the outcomes for the first Minerva graduates and how Minerva has diversified i…
4 years, 7 months ago
A Discussion with Ben Nelson (Part 1): Founder of the Minerva Project and Minerva University
Episode 30
In the first of two parts, we meet Ben Nelson, the charismatic founder of the Minerva Project and Minerva University. Ben shares the fascinating stor…
4 years, 7 months ago
Andy Hoffman, “Saving the World at Business School (Part 2)” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 46
Saving the World at Business School (Part 2) is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of …
4 years, 7 months ago
Andy Hoffman “Saving the World at Business School (Part 1)” (Open Agenda, 2021)
Episode 45
Saving the World at Business School (Part 1) is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of …
4 years, 7 months ago