Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDavid Chard, "When Colleges Close: Leading in a Time of Crisis" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 141
David Chard, the President of Wheelock College in Boston, MA, discusses the process of merging Wheelock successfully into Boston University to become…
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Anna Stenning et al., "Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm" (Routledge, 2020)
Episode 140
Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nat…
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David Finegold talks to Plexuss about Current Issues in Higher Education
Episode 24
For a change of pace this week, David Finegold is the interviewee, speaking with Brad Johnson, the host of the Plexuss podcast, about a range of curr…
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Terry McGlynn, "The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching" (U Chicago Press, 2020)
Episode 28
Listen to this interview of Terry McGlynn, author of The Chicago Guide to College Science Teaching (U Chicago Press, 2020). McGlynn is also a profess…
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Christian Ydesen, "The OECD’s Historical Rise in Education: The Formation of a Global Governing Complex" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019)
Episode 139
In 1961, it was famously declared that the “fight for education is too important to be left solely to the educators.” Enter the OECD. In The OECD’s H…
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Christina R. Foust et al., "What Democracy Looks Like: The Rhetoric of Social Movements and Counterpublics" (U Alabama Press, 2017)
Episode 133
Recent protests around the world (such as the Arab Spring uprisings and Occupy Wall Street movements) have drawn renewed interest to the study of soc…
4 years, 9 months ago
Teaching First-Year and First-Generation Students: A Conversation with Lisa Nunn
Episode 57
Welcome to The Academic Life. You are smart and capable, but you aren’t an island, and neither are we. So we reached across our mentor network to bri…
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What Can Wittgenstein Teach Us About Raising Our Kids?: A Discussion with Ryan Ruby
Episode 8
Ryan Ruby is a writer and translator from Los Angeles, California. His fiction and criticism have appeared in The New York Review of Books, The Paris…
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Nicholas Harrison, "Our Civilizing Mission: The Lessons of Colonial Education" (Liverpool UP, 2019)
Episode 85
Nicholas Harrison's Our Civilizing Mission: The Lessons of Colonial Education (Liverpool UP, 2019) is a fascinating examination of colonial education…
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An Interview with Bob Fisher: Former President, Belmont University
Episode 23
Bob Fisher earned the moniker “Bob the Builder” by spearheading over $1 billion in new construction during his 21-year tenure at Belmont University. …
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