Wall Street Journal higher education reporter Melissa Korn joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a look into 50 flagship state universities and how inflows of cash are not necessarily benefiting students – and how those schools justify their decisions.
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Paul Tough, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why the U.S. is an outlier globally when it comes to college popularity.
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Wall Street Journal higher education reporter Melissa Korn joins host Krys Boyd to discuss a look into 50 flagship state universities and how inflows of cash are not necessarily benefiting students – and how those schools justify their decisions.
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Ron Lieber, a columnist for The New York Times, talks about the complicated financial aid process and ways to tap into merit aid and similar discounts. Plus, get extra information from a bonus blog about this episode.
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Caitlin Zaloom, associate professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, joins us to discuss how college-minded parents are taking on enormous debts to fund higher education and why the middle-class is especially crunched.
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Jeff Hobbs joins us to talk about the Los Angeles boys he followed for 12 months to tell their stories of working toward their higher-education goals amid atmospheres of racism and privilege.
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Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, joins us to talk about how our higher education system contributes to inequality.
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Paul Quinn College president Michael J. Sorrell joins us to talk about how COVID-19 complicates the way institutions of higher learning welcome back their students and staff.
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This hour, we’ll talk about affordability, accessibility, and attrition problems when it comes to attending universities and look at whether free college is a viable option to solve these problems.
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University of Texas System Chancellor J.B. Milliken and Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp join us to talk about issues facing higher education.
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Journalist Paul Tough joins us to talk about the hurdles low-income students face to attend college.
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Casey Gerald joins us to talk about entering elite circles – and feeling conflicted by how they keep people from his background down.
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