College Matters from The Chronicle

By The Chronicle of Higher Education

Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education. Political unrest, the future of AI, the dizzying cost of everything — all of it is playing out on college campuses. On Colle... more

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The podcast currently has 36 episodes available.

College Matters from The Chronicle episodes:

October 01, 2024Pomona's Dirty Laundry
A feud among three professors inspired a debate over woke politics in academe.
Guest: Emma Pettit, senior reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education
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When a Department Self-Destructs: Battles over money. Allegations of racism. A chair ousted.
Weird at My School - Aaron Kunin’s newsletter

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43min
September 24, 2024College? Maybe Not.
The lure of decent-paying jobs available without college degrees has some people rethinking whether college is necessary. The trend has big implications for the workforce, society, and the communities where people live and work.
Guest: Eric Kelderman, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education
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The Lure of Work: In Iowa, enrollments are falling as businesses recruit high-school grads. Can colleges come up with a better pitch?
College for All? Not Anymore. Democrats have drastically changed their tune on the necessity of a bachelor’s degree.
The Public Perception Puzzle: A series by The Chronicle to examine higher ed's public perception problem — and the solutions to it.

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30min
September 17, 2024Professors at the Protest
When protests against the Israel-Hamas war swept across college campuses this past spring, student activists were joined in some cases by their professors. That’s what happened at Indiana University, where state police led a particularly aggressive crackdown on demonstrators. The professors’ reasons for participating were varied and complex, but their decisions point toward a thorny and persistent question: Do faculty members have any business joining student protests?
Guest: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Mideast War, Midwest Crisis: Indiana U. made a series of unpopular decisions. Then it called the police on protesters.
‘These Terms are Just Absurd’: How One University Disciplined Professors Accused of Assisting an Encampment
As an 8-Day Protest Shut Down a University, Administrators and Faculty Sparred Over What to Do
Cooley law firm’s review Indiana University’s handling of protests.

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31min
September 10, 2024What the FAFSA Just Happened?
Where is my financial aid? What is college really going to cost me? These are the kinds of questions lots of students are asking this academic year, and it’s all because of a government screw-up. The disastrous rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, has created uncertainty about students’ financial-aid packages — and many of the most vulnerable are having the hardest time.
Guest: Eric Hoover, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education
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The FAFSA Isn’t Fixed for Everyone
Stuck in Limbo: How the FAFSA crisis has stranded higher ed’s most vulnerable applicant

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36min
September 10, 2024Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?
Students are arriving at college woefully unprepared, professors say. Many lack the necessary endurance to read long passages, and some question the point of reading at all. We explore why this is happening, and what can be done about it.
Guest: Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Is This the End of Reading? Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied.
Are You Assigning Too Much Reading? Or Just Too Much Boring Reading?
The Loss of Things I Took for Granted: Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively. (Slate)

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42min
September 03, 2024 Introducing College Matters from The Chronicle
Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education.
College Matters from The Chronicle, coming September 10.
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