Podcast Episodes
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Episode 167
The game of basketball is perceived by most today as an “urban” game with a locale such as Rucker Park in Harlem as the game’s epicenter (as well as …
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Xueli Wang, "On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Building Equitable STEM Transfer Pathways" (Harvard Education Press, 2020)
Episode 111
In this episode, I speak with Dr. Xueli Wang from the University of Wisconsin-Madison on her new book, “On My Own: The Challenge and Promise of Build…
5 years, 11 months ago
Jeffery R. Young, "Beyond the MOOC Hype: A Guide to Higher Education’s High-Tech Disruption" (CHE, 2013)
Episode 110
Remember when Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) were going to shake higher education to its foundations by giving courses from the world’s most pre…
5 years, 11 months ago
Y. F. Niemann and G. Gutiérrez y Muhs, "Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Academia" (Utah State UP, 2019)
Episode 132
The courageous and inspiring personal narratives and empirical studies in Presumed Incompetent II: Race, Class, Power, and Resistance of Women in Aca…
5 years, 11 months ago
Sally Nuamah, "How Girls Achieve" (Harvard UP, 2019)
Episode 129
If we want girls to succeed, we need to teach them the audacity to transgress. Through the lives of students at three very different schools, Sally N…
5 years, 11 months ago
A Conversation with Chris Chapple, Part I: MA in Yoga Studies
Episode 58
In this interview, we have a candid conversation with Dr. Christopher Key Chapple of Loyola Marymount University about his outlook, teaching philosop…
5 years, 11 months ago
Michael B. Horn, "Choosing College: How to Make Better Learning Decisions Throughout Your Life" (Jossey-Bass, 2019)
Episode 109
What if everything we tell each other – and ourselves – about why we choose college isn’t true? Is higher education an ideal, a personal goal, or mig…
5 years, 11 months ago
Saul J. Weiner, "On Becoming a Healer: The Journey from Patient Care to Caring about Your Patients" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2020)
Episode 76
Medical students and physicians-in-training embark on a long journey that, although steeped in scientific learning and technical skill building, incl…
5 years, 11 months ago
Claudia Rueda, "Students of Revolution: Youth, Protest, and Coalition-Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua" (U Texas Press, 2019)
Episode 89
Claudia Rueda’s book Students of Revolution: Youth, Protest, and Coalition-Building in Somoza-Era Nicaragua (University of Texas Press, 2019) is a hi…
5 years, 11 months ago
A. P. Carnevale, "The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America" (The New Press, 2020)
Episode 96
Colleges fiercely defend America’s higher education system, arguing that it rewards bright kids who have worked hard. But it doesn’t actually work th…
5 years, 11 months ago