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Do Colleges Really Need Safe Spaces?

September 18, 2019 Culture, Current Events, Education, Language, Politics, Race/Identity

Michael S. Roth, president of Wesleyan University, joins us to talk about his approach to civil discourse and toning down heated rhetoric to get to the heart of important issues

Students Aren’t Failing – Colleges Are

August 26, 2019 Culture, Education, Politics

University of California, Berkeley professor David Kirp joins us to talk about the source of the economic hardship for students attending college.

Why Safe Spaces Make Students Less Resilient

October 30, 2018 Education

We talk with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt to explain why we’re setting students up to fail.

For-Profit Colleges: Cost More And Worth Less?

August 6, 2018 Economics

Tressie McMillan Cottom joins us to talk about why for-profit colleges often contribute to economic inequality.

Are Gangs And Frats The Same?

April 17, 2018 Culture, Education

Ibram X. Kendi joins us to talk about the troubling connection between gangs and fraternities.

Filtering Out The Pain: College Students, Mental Health And Social Media

September 5, 2017 Education

ESPN commentator Kate Fagan joins us to tell the story of Madison Holleran and how a toxic mix of depression and the pressure to perform ended her life.

How College Works (Or Doesn’t)

June 19, 2017 Education

Georgetown University professor Jacques Berlinerblau joins us to talk about how universities function – and about how students can get more out of their education dollars.

The Burden Of Debt At HBCUs

January 3, 2017 Education, Race/Identity

Katherine M. Saunders joins us to talk about how students at Historically Black Colleges and Universities are burdened with higher loan debt than students at other schools.

This hour, we’ll talk about strategies for paying for college and about how much debt is reasonable to take on with Ron Elsenbaumer, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at UT-Arlington; and Cynthia Butler, executive director of financial aid for Dallas County Community College District.

When Kids Leave The Nest

July 19, 2016 Health

This hour, we’ll talk about how to refocus our lives once children are all grown up with Melissa T. Shultz, who writes about the idea in her memoir, “From Mom to Me Again: How I Survived My First Empty-Nest Year and Reinvented the Rest of My Life.”

College Readiness And The Class Of ’17

May 19, 2016 Best of Think, Education

As part of KERA’s American Graduate series What’s Next For The Class Of ’17, this hour we’ll discuss those pivotal decisions with Julie Lythcott-Haims, former Stanford dean and author of “How to Raise an Adult” (Henry Holt and Co.).

Friendship From Dorm To City

March 22, 2016 Literature

This hour, we’ll talk with Hanya Yanagihara about her story of how friends who met in college started a life together in New York City. She writes about what turned their close relationship into something resembling a family in her novel “A Little Life.”