The Mortarboard

What are the long-term effects of the pandemic on collegiate sports? Daniel Barwick interviews Doshia Woods, Heach Coach of the University of Denver's women's basketball team, and Kiyoshi Harris, of Netflix's "Last Chance U" fame and Head Coach of the Independence Community College football team.

Host Dr. Daniel Barwick interviews five college students about their experiences and frustrations so far, and their expectations and hopes for the fall semester.

Harvard University Student Body President James Mathew explains to Daniel Barwick why he believes Harvard's fall plan hits the sweet spot between safety and campus experience.

Can a thousand teachers at a single school be wrong? Penn State professors Esther Prins and John Champagne explain to host Daniel Barwick why the faculty oppose in-person teaching for the fall.

Professor, author, and journal editor Claire Potter defends her New York Times op-ed that national free college tuition would cure many ills both inside and outside of academia.

University of Colorado Law Professor Paul Campos describes to Daniel Barwick how the rapid rise in endowment value has reversed the relationship between universities and their foundations.

Award-winning journalist Eleanor Bader of Kingsborough Community College tells Dr. Barwick about her research into the course-content demands that wealthy donors attach to their gifts.

Inside Higher Ed reporter Emma Whitford reveals the long-term truth: public funding for higher education has decreased substantially over the last three decades. She shares with Dr. Barwick that if the pattern holds, the coming coronavirus recession will create further reductions that will never be restored, and that in many states, the public is no longer the major stakeholder in public higher ed.

Dr. Barwick interviews teacher, author, and columnist John Warner, who describes his view that higher education is at a crossroads: the pandemic is either the latest blow in higher education funding, or an opportunity to fix the system.

One of the nation's top education reporters, Chris Quintana of USA Today, tells listeners what he's seeing on the front lines of his work on the coronavirus and higher ed, and makes his predictions to Dr. Barwick about what the fall semester holds.