Scott Cowen, who led Tulane University in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, joined Michael and Jeff to talk about how to manage a campus through an interrupted semester. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email FutureUpodcast at gmail dot com.
Listen Now...Mary Marcy, the president of Dominican University of California joins Jeff and Michael to talk about her new book The Small College Imperative, and how such institutions can innovate. She also shares lessons from her own innovations, including a partnership with a coding school. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email … Continue reading The Opportunities for Small Colleges →
Listen Now...Jeff sits down with reporters Goldie Blumenstyk of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Open Campus’s Sara Hebel, and Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed to discuss this year’s biggest stories and most interesting trends in higher education. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email FutureUpodcast at gmail dot com.
Listen Now...Louisiana’s Commissioner of Higher Education, Kim Hunter Reed, join Jeff and guest co-host Paul Fain to talk about the state’s new master plan for higher ed, which sets an ambitious goal for doubling the number of credentials produced annually. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email FutureUpodcast at gmail dot com.
Listen Now...Michael and Jeff take a look back at last year’s biggest higher ed stories and share and react to listeners’ predictions for 2020. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email FutureUpodcast at gmail dot com.
Listen Now...As Future U takes a brief break in December, Michael previews what’s coming up on the podcast in 2020.
Listen Now...Marcia Ballinger, the president of Lorain County (Ohio) Community College, talks to Jeff and Michael about some of the approaches she’s implemented that have resulted in boosting student success, including guided pathways and CUNY ASAP. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email FutureUpodcast at gmail dot com.
Listen Now...Joe May, the chancellor of the Dallas County (Texas) Community College District, joins Jeff and Michael to talk about how his institutions discovered the barriers to student success, what they’re doing to help students overcome them, and the importance of upskilling local residents who feel left behind in the new economy. Questions? Comments? Connect with … Continue reading The Real Story of Student Success
Listen Now...Michael and Jeff sat down with Beth Akers, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the co-author of “Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality of Student Debt.” Among the student debt issues she discusses, she explains why she thinks student loan forgiveness is a “pie in the sky idea.” Questions? Comments? Connect with … Continue reading Game of Loans
Listen Now...Purdue University President Mitch Daniels talks to Jeff and Michael about the innovations he’s brought to Purdue since arriving there in 2013. The former Indiana governor also talked about what he’s learned on his journey from elected official to college administrator. Questions? Comments? Connect with us on Twitter or Facebook, or email FutureUpodcast at gmail … Continue reading A Governor Goes to College
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