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Back to SearchRichard K. Miller (1): Founding President of Olin College of Engineering
Episode 1
This is the first of three episodes featuring Richard K. Miller, the Founding President of Olin College of Engineering, in Needham, MA. Olin was crea…
5 years ago
Pandemic Perspectives from a Recent College Graduate: A Discussion with Amy Sumerfield
Episode 39
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…
5 years ago
Emile Bojesen, "Forms of Education: Rethinking Educational Experience Against and Outside the Humanist Legacy" (Routledge, 2019)
Episode 123
Emile Bojesen's book Forms of Education: Rethinking Educational Experience Against and Outside the Humanist Legacy (Routledge, 2019) analyses the ten…
5 years ago
John Sexton (4): President Emeritus of New York University
Episode 11
We conclude the discussion with NYU President Emeritus John Sexton by discussing key points from his book, “Standing for Reason: Universities in a Do…
5 years ago
A Field Guide to Grad School: A Conversation with Jessica McCrory Calarco
Episode 36
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…
5 years ago
John Sexton (3): President Emeritus of New York University
Episode 6
NYU President Emeritus John Sexton provides a detailed history of the evolution of NYU into the world’s first, global network university. This began …
5 years ago
John Sexton (2): President Emeritus of New York University
Episode 5
We continue the discussion with NYU President Emeritus John Sexton who shares how it took an intervention from his close friends to get him to give u…
5 years ago
Ramsey McGlazer, "Old Schools: Modernism, Education, and the Critique of Progress" (Fordham UP, 2020)
Episode 12
Ramsey McGlazer's Old Schools: Modernism, Education, and the Critique of Progress (Fordham University Press, 2020), traces the ways in which a group…
5 years ago
John Sexton (1): President Emeritus of New York University
Episode 4
New York University (NYU) President Emeritus and consummate story-teller John Sexton describes how his childhood experiences as a young entrepreneur …
5 years ago
Free College is Bad Public Policy
Episode 10
One of the major debates surrounding higher education is whether to make college – whether 2- or 4-year public colleges and universities – free for a…
5 years ago