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dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained
Each episode of dotEDU presents a deep dive into a major public policy issue impacting college campuses and students across the country. Hosts Mushtaq Gunja, Jon Fansmith, and Sarah Spreitzer lead you through thought-provoking conversations on topics such as Department of Education policy, college costs and affordability, and more.
Episodes
- dotEDU: Higher Education Policy Explained
dotEDU Live: Is Higher Education Act Reauthorization Finally Happening?
ACE's Emmanual Guillory, senior director of government relations, joins hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer to talk about the College Cost Reduction Act—the…
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Beyond Berkeley: Lessons from a University Chancellor on the Front Lines
Nicholas Dirks joins Jon, Sarah, and Mushtaq to discuss his new book City of Intellect and his time as chancellor of University of California, Berkeley. Dirks…
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dotEDU Live: New Year, Same Congress—What's Next for Higher Ed?
In the first dotEDU Live of 2024, hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer discuss how the 2024 presidential election might impact higher education. They also…
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AU President Shares Challenges, Triumphs of Presidency
As higher education enters the new year under heightened scrutiny from legislators, campuses are getting back to business. Jon, Sarah, and Mushtaq are thrilled…
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dotEDU Live: The Year in Higher Education Policy
In the final episode of the year, hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer discuss the top higher education issues of 2023. The overarching theme is working…
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Carnegie Classifications Reimagined (dotEDU's 100th Episode!)
Jon, Sarah, and Mushtaq are thrilled to mark the 100th episode milestone of dotEDU! Also, ACE President Ted Mitchell joins Mushtaq and Jon to dive into the…
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dotEDU Live: The Pre-Thanksgiving Policy Roundup
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by their ACE colleague Steven Bloom to discuss how the never-ending threats of a government shutdown are…
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Equity and Inclusion in Silicon Valley and Beyond
Cynthia Teniente-Matson, president of San José State University, joins the podcast to talk about her first year at the California campus in the heart of…
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dotEDU Live: Chaos in Congress and the Higher Ed Agenda
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer discuss the House speaker race and its implications for the packed agenda—such as the ongoing spending battle—in…
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Higher Ed Trends to Watch with Scott Jaschik
Scott Jaschik, formerly of Inside Higher Ed, joins the podcast to talk about what he sees as the top 10 leading trends shaping higher education this year and…
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dotEDU Live: What's on the Policy Agenda for Higher Ed This Fall?
A government shutdown is looming on the horizon, and ACE's Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are back to answer your questions and break down what this means…
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Biden's Loan Forgiveness Program Fails Supreme Court Test. What Now?
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are once again joined by Justin Draeger, president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid…
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dotEDU Live: The Supreme Court's Ruling on Race and Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court has released its long-awaited decision in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina–Chapel…
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Partnering to Solve Pandemic Learning Loss
The impact of years of COVID-19 pandemic learning disruptions is coming into focus, and the picture is not good. To address the challenges P-12 students face…
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dotEDU Live: Gainful Employment Rules 3.0, Student Loan Payments Return
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by Emmanual Guillory, ACE's newest government relations staffer, to discuss the ongoing saga of the Education…
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Raising the Bar in Texas
Kelly Damphousse was a Canadian with dreams of playing in the NHL, who then became a correctional officer—four-year college was never part of the original…
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dotEDU at ACE2023: Diversifying the College Presidency Is Essential
The American College President: 2023 Edition reveals that presidents of color make up a little more than one out of every four college and university leaders…
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dotEDU Live: Why Should Higher Ed Care About Debt Ceilings and Other Budget Battles?
With the deadline to raise the federal debt ceiling fast approaching, Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer explain why the outcome matters to higher ed, including…
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dotEDU at ACE2023: Where Are All the Women College Presidents?
Recorded live at the American Council on Education's recent annual meeting, this is the first of two episodes unpacking results from ACE's new report, The…
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Student Athletes and NIL: How We Got Here, and Where It's Going
Welch Suggs, an associate professor of journalism at the University of Georgia and a former reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education joins the podcast to…
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dotEDU Live: The State of Academic Freedom on Campuses; Hope for HEA?
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by their Government Relations colleague Steven Bloom to talk about the troubling trend of elected officials…
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Does Your Campus Outsource Its Online Programs? Prepare for Changes
The Department of Education's forthcoming guidance on third-party servicers and online program managers (OPMs) is shining a spotlight on contracts created to…
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dotEDU Live: New Rules from ED, Culture War Rhetoric Ramps Up, the End of the COVID Emergency, More
In this live episode, hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer take audience questions on a range of topics, from the Education Department moving quickly on new…
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The Culture Wars Have Come for American Higher Ed. Again.
PEN America's Nadine Farid Johnson joins the podcast to talk about the status of "educational gag orders" at the state level, or the legislative efforts to…
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What the New Congress and Biden Administration Have in Store for Higher Ed in 2023
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by Terry Hartle to talk about what the new Congress means for higher education policy this year. House…
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Faculty, Staff Are Burned Out. How Should Higher Ed Respond?
Andy Brantley, president and CEO of CUPA-HR, joins the podcast to talk about employee burnout and retention strategies institutions should be thinking about…
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The Year in Higher Education Policy
Hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer are joined by ACE Senior Vice President Terry Hartle to discuss the federal policy developments in 2022 that impacted…
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States Step in as Federal Action on Dreamers Goes Nowhere
With the federal Dream Act in limbo for over 20 years now, states have stepped up with their own solutions to help Dreamers, the population of young immigrants…
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Midterm Election Aftermath
As the final vote counts start wrapping up, it's become clear that Congress will be even more narrowly divided than it was before. Terry Hartle and Jon…
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Making the Case for Sustainability in Higher Ed
Now more than ever, colleges and universities are taking action to address climate change by embedding sustainable practices on their campuses and conducting…
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Bonus: Prepping for a Supreme Court Hearing Starts at Georgetown
In this bonus episode, Jess Ellsworth drops by the podcast to talk about how attorneys prepare for an appearance before the U.S. Supreme Court. She also…
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What to Watch for in the Oct. 31 Supreme Court Hearing on Race in College Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Oct. 31 in Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina and Students for Fair Admissions v…
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Nasser Paydar Talks Mental Health, Student Debt Relief, and Other Priorities for the Education Dept.
Nasser Paydar, assistant secretary for postsecondary education at the Department of Education, joins the hosts to talk about what the department is doing to…
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Higher Ed Policy Predictions for the Fall
Jon Fansmith and Terry Hartle are back to give their predictions for what Congress will dive into this fall before it adjourns ahead of midterm elections. On…
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Breaking Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
The big announcement that the Biden administration is canceling $10,000 in student loan debt for millions of borrowers—and $20,000 for even more—and extending…
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How Colleges Can Avoid the Dreaded Data Dump
Colleges have plenty of data but what does that data mean when it comes to improving completion rates, access, and equity? Mamie Voight, president and CEO of…
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The New Proposed Title IX Regulations are Here. Now What?
Aired July 13, 2022 Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer update listeners on recent policy developments as Congress heads toward the August recess, then ACE's Anne…
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Breaking the Grip of the College Rankings Game
Colin Diver, author of Breaking Ranks: How the Rankings Industry Rules Higher Education and What to Do About It, visits the podcast to talk about how U.S. News…
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Midterm Elections Loom Over Higher Ed
A number of important pieces of legislation for higher education are stalled in Congress as the midterm elections draw nearer. Issues like student loan…
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Do Americans Value Higher Education?
With the midterm elections looming and the debate over who benefits from student loan forgiveness heating up, what are voters thinking about the value of a…
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The Policy and Politics of Student Loan Forgiveness
Almost everyone has an opinion about student loan forgiveness. But it's often more complicated than many think. There are seven federal student loan programs…
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Federal Dollars, Creative Leaders Help Two-Year Colleges Post-COVID
Community Colleges saw steep declines in enrollment during the pandemic. But creative leaders like President Bill Pink of Grand Rapids Community College are…
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The Higher Ed Agenda as Congress Returns From Spring Break
Congress comes back to DC next week to a full agenda and an attention span increasingly absorbed by the midterm elections. What's in store for higher…
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dotEDU Brief: Student Loan Repayment on Pause (Again); Is Double Pell in the Cards?
Guest host Stephanie Giesecke from NAICU joins the podcast to talk about the Biden budget for the upcoming fiscal year and the prospects for increasing funding…
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Congress Springs Forward and Passes Spending Bill; New Regulations Coming
ACE Senior Vice President Terry Hartle joins host Sarah Spreitzer to discuss Congress's last-minute push to pass the FY 2022 omnibus spending package and what…
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Baylor President on the Changing World of College Athletics
With the thrill of March Madness in full swing, the dotEDU hosts are focusing their policy talk on all things sports. Linda Livingstone, president of…
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Title IX, DACA, Gainful Employment: New Rules Coming for Higher Ed
Host Sarah Spreitzer and ACE Senior Vice President Terry Hartle discuss the myriad regulations waiting to be finalized at the Education Department and other…
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Reimagining College Admissions Through an Equity Lens
A number of reforms have been put on the table in recent years to make the college admissions process more equitable. But is focusing on one or two areas—say…
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Higher Ed in 2022: Unfinished Business and Election Year Politics
ACE Senior Vice President Terry Hartle joins hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer of the ACE government relations team to discuss what Congress still needs…
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Debates on Critical Race Theory, Academic Freedom Are Not Going Away
The dotEDU hosts discuss how Congress is trying to clean up the mess it left behind before the holiday break on a number of bills that could affect higher…
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2021 in Higher Education Policy (A Good Year, Not a Great One)
Hosts Jon Fansmith, Sarah Spreitzer, and Mushtaq Gunja talk about the restart of student loan repayments on Feb. 1, and how that pandemic-relief policy is…
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The Future of Student Loan Forgiveness
Hosts Jon Fansmith, Sarah Spreitzer, and Mushtaq Gunja talk about the pressing items members of Congress need to wrap up before the end of the year, including…
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End of Year Countdown: What's on the Congressional Agenda for Students and Colleges
In this live conversation, hosts Jon Fansmith and Sarah Spreitzer discuss the status of the Build Back Better Act—the budget reconciliation bill that enacts a…
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Higher Ed Waits for Congress to Act, ACE Takes Pulse of College Presidents
With negotiations taking longer than expected and details still being hammered out on the Biden administration's domestic spending plan, hosts Jon Fansmith…
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Capitol Hill Fall Showdown: Will Higher Ed Get Left Behind?
As Congress attempts to finish the budget reconciliation bill, a number of provisions in the social spending measure are in danger of being cut. Terry Hartle…
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The Legacy of Underfunding Colleges That Serve Black Students
Adam Harris, author of The State Must Provide and staff writer for The Atlantic, talks to hosts Jon Fansmith and Mushtaq Gunja about the state and federal…
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What's Going on With Budget Reconciliation, and Why Should Higher Ed Care?
The fate of two new spending plans—the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the separate $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation bill designed to advance the Biden…
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dotEDU Brief: Broadband Access, Free Community College, Support for Dreamers All on the Table
It's summer but the Senate refuses to leave—and the House refuses to stay home—which means hosts Sarah and Jon are back on the podcast this week for another…
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dotEDU Brief: Congress Returns to Full Agenda, Groups Launch National Campaign to Double Pell Grants
The hosts give a brief preview of the rest of the summer session in Congress and their hopes for a smooth August break, and listeners will learn more about how…
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Episode 46: Translating Support for International Students Into Policy
The hosts dive into the complicated issues facing international students who are hoping to return to campus this fall and why many may not be able to return at…