The new edition of This Week focused on the week's undisputed big story: Sweet Briar College's surprising announcement that it would shut its doors this summer. President James F. Jones joined Inside Higher Ed's Doug Lederman and the moderator Casey Green to explain the college's decision and the factors behind it. Then two experts, Agnes Scott College's Elizabeth Kiss and Alice Brown, president emeritus of the Appalachian College Association, discussed the implications of Sweet Briar's decision for other private colleges and higher education generally.

This Week on This Week:

Shocking Decision at Sweet Briar
	Who's Next? Who Isn't?
	Who Gets the Endowment?
	Transition Resources at Sweet Briar
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Program 38: Sweet Briar's Stunning Decision to Close (March 6, 2015)

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On our April 10 (and final) program, Harper College's Ken Ender and Patricia Melton of New Haven Promise join Inside Higher Ed Editor Scott Jaschik and moderator Casey Green  to discuss the nuances of the movement to provide "free" community college. In our other segment, Judith Eaton of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and General Assembly's Jake Schwartz explore the prospect of extending accreditation (and potentially federal aid) to noninstitutional providers of education and training.

This Week on This Week:

The Many Meanings of Free
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Emerging Path to Federal Aid
	Course-Size Accreditation
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Program 43: The Nuances of 'Free' Community College / Accreditation for Noninstitutional Providers?

On our April 3 program, Lone Star College President Shah Ardalan and Firmin DeBrabander of Maryland Institute College of Art join Inside Higher Ed Editor Scott Jaschik and moderator Casey Green  to discuss the spread of "campus carry" gun laws in numerous states. In our other segment, Rutgers University's Mark R. Killingsworth joins the program for a conversation about a new analysis of athletics spending at the New Jersey university, one of the country's most subsidized college sports programs.

This Week on This Week:

Momentum for Campus Carry
	Campus Carry vs. Faculty Rights
	Students, Guns, and Politics
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Stomping Out Sports Subsidies
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Program 42: 'Campus Carry' Laws Spread / Subsidizing College Sports

In our March 27 program, the University of Pennsylvania's Peter Eckel joins Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik and the moderator Casey Green to discuss the ouster of the University of Mississippi's chancellor and the growing political pressure on public university leaders. In our second segment, Kevin James of the American Enterprise Institute analyzes the proposals that the top Republican on the Senate education committee has laid out for renewing the law governing most federal higher education programs.

This Week on This Week:

Another Leader Ousted
	Opposition Grows to Ouster of Mississippi Chancellor
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Alexander’s Higher Education Act Agenda
	With Deregulatory Slant, A Higher Ed Act Push
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Program 41: University Leaders Under Siege / Lamar Alexander's Higher Ed Act

In one segment of our March 20 program, Tracy Mitrano of Mitrano & Associates and Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education joined Inside Higher Ed's Doug Lederman and the moderator Casey Green for a conversation about tension between free speech rights and efforts to ensure a welcoming campus environment, prompted by the University of Oklahoma's decision to expel students who joined in a racist fraternity chant. In our second segment, Coastal Carolina University's Ralph Byington and Thomas Hoffman discuss the institution's program that rewards faculty and staff members for increased student retention.

This Week on This Week:

Fraternity Caught on Video Singing a Racist Song
	Can U of Oklahoma Expel SAE Members for a Racist Song?
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Keep Students, Earn More
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Program 40: Racist Acts vs. Free Speech / Paying Professors for Retention

On our March 13 program, Pima Community College District's Lee D. Lambert and Stephen Katsinas of the University of Alabama join Inside Higher Ed's Scott Jaschik and the moderator Casey Green to analyze Arizona's decision to end state funding for Pima and the Maricopa County Community College District. In the other segment,  Daniel Greenstein of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Claremont Graduate University's Scott Thomas for a discussion of the major foundation's new higher education strategy.

This Week on This Week:

Zeroed Out in Arizona
	Killing All State Support 
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Next Phase for the Gates Completion Agenda
	Postsecondary Success Advocacy Priorities
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Program 38: Sweet Briar's Stunning Decision to Close (March 6, 2015)

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