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The Key with Inside Higher Ed
Hear candid conversations with higher-ed newsmakers. Hosted by Inside Higher Ed. Inside Higher Ed is the leading source for the latest news, analysis, and services for the entire US higher education community.
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Ep. 158: Voices of Student Success: Teaching Practical Life Skills
This season of Voices of Student Success, “Preparing Gen Z for Unknown Futures,” addresses challenges in readying young people for the next chapter of their…
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Ep. 157: Is the Alliance Between the Federal Government and Higher Ed Forever Broken?
Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, the American Council on Education has been early out of the gate in responding to the federal…
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Ep. 156: Voices of Student Success: Learning to Talk With Strangers
This season of Voices of Student Success, “Preparing Gen Z for Unknown Futures,” addresses challenges in readying young people for the next chapter of their…
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Ep. 155: What's Going on With College Athletics (and Why You Should Care)
Whether you’re a die-hard fan, sports curios or someone who sees college athletics as a very expensive distraction, you should know about the fundamental…
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Ep. 154: How Trump’s First 100 Days Changed Higher Ed
Inside Higher Ed’s editor in chief, Sara Custer, speaks with IHE’s news editor Katherine Knott and reporters Liam Knox and Johanna Alonso about the executive…
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Ep. 153: Voices of Student Success: Graduates Face a Challenging Job Market
This season of Voices of Student Success, “Preparing Gen Z for Unknown Futures,” addresses challenges in readying young people for the next chapter of their…
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Ep. 152: Higher Ed Now and What's Next
In this episode of The Key, we turn the tables on host Sara Custer, editor in chief at Inside Higher Ed as she joins David Hummels, professor of economics and…
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Ep. 151: Voices of Student Success: Navigating Students’ Digital Addictions
This season of Voices of Student Success, “Preparing Gen Z for Unknown Futures,” addresses challenges in readying young people for the next chapter of their…
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Ep. 150: Can civil engagement work be measured?
Many college leaders turned to civil discourse and dialogue programs in response to students protests that roiled campuses after the start of the Israel Hamas…
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Ep. 149: Voices of Student Success: Helping Gen Z Navigate Future Careers
This season of Voices of Student Success, “Preparing Gen Z for Unknown Futures,” addresses challenges in readying young people for the next chapter of their…
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Ep. 148: Cuts to the Education Department, an Ultimatum for Columbia and ICE Arrests
We’ve turned the page on the third month of the Trump administration and the White House has shown no signs of slowing down when it comes to actions that have…
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Ep. 147: Voices of Student Success: Connecting Academics and Support Resources for Success
There are a few elements of the student lifecycle in higher education that are unavoidable, one being general education courses. While a majority of college…
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Ep. 146: Trust and the College Presidency
People across higher education are calling on college presidents to speak out against the onslaught of threats and funding caught imposed by the Trump…
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Ep. 145: Voices of Student Success: Putting Mental Health Counselors Where Students Are
Mental health is one of the greatest threats to student persistence and retention in higher education, but providing large-scale preventative and responsive…
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Ep. 144: The Policies, People and Surprises of Trump's First 30 Days
In this episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, editor in chief Sara Custer speaks with IHE’s news editor Katherine Knott about the…
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Ep. 143: Voices of Student Success: A Day Without Classes, Packed with Career
Having successful career outcomes is important for colleges and also for students, but getting students to engage in career services can feel like an uphill…
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Ep. 142: An L.A. Community College Begins to Heal
At the beginning of February, the deadly L.A. wildfires were fully contained after burning for nearly a month. A few weeks ago we spoke with colleges in the…
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Ep. 141: Voices of Student Success: Expanding Access to Study Abroad
Study abroad is tied to personal and professional growth for college students, but crossing the border can be an enormous hurdle for some learners or feel…
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Ep. 140: What IHE's newsroom will be tracking in the first days of the new Trump administration
In the run up to the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, Inside Higher Ed’s editor-in-chief Sara Custer and news editor Katherine Knott discuss what we know…
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Ep. 139: Enrollment Management's AI Future
Highly customized admissions information and processes. Credit transfer evaluations that take minutes, not days or weeks. Precision tuition discounting…
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Ep. 138: Doug Lederman Says Farewell to Inside Higher Ed
In his final days in the newsroom, editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed and host of The Key, Doug Lederman, sits down with editor-in-chief Sara Custer to…
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Ep. 137: How to Lead With Purpose in Higher Ed
College presidents don’t work in a bubble and there are a multitude of competing priorities jostling for their time and attention on a daily basis. It can be…
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Ep. 136: Voices of Student Success: GenAI in Teaching and Learning
Over the past two years, generative AI has blazed its way on to college campuses, first in the students’ hands and increasingly in the hands of administrators…
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Ep. 135: Reasons to Be Optimistic About Student Success Efforts
A recent IHE survey of university and college student success administrators found that they are confident in the quality of education their institution…
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Ep. 134: Voices of Student Success: Life Design for Student Success
A growing number of colleges and universities are integrating life design into the student experience to improve student well-being, academic pursuits and…
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Ep. 133: Voices of Student Success: The Evolution of the Campus Library
Many college libraries have undergone transformation in recent years to serve as hubs for student success, offering a central location for students to hang…
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Ep. 132: Voices of Student Success: Teaching Career Competencies In On-Campus Work
Internships are a high-impact practice that can provide students with valuable career skills, a professional network and on-the-job experience, but not every…
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Ep. 131: Bipartisan Alignment Around Workforce Training
The partisan divide in the U.S. seems unbridgeable at times, and many issues in higher education are deeply dividing politicians. But with the 2024 election…
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Ep. 130 Bonus Episode: Focus on Caring and Building Strengths Leads Students to Success
In this episode of The Key, Melissa Ezarik speaks with University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s chancellor, Donde Plowman, and Amber Williams, vice president of…
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Ep. 129: Voices of Student Success: A College Bridge Program for Incarcerated Students
In July 2023, Congress lifted a ban on federal Pell Grant funding for incarcerated individuals in prison education programs, but there still remain barriers to…
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Ep. 128: Voices of Student Success: Building a Culture of Mentorship
Prior research shows students who have at least one connection to campus are more likely to persist, retain and complete a college degree, particularly for…
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Ep. 127:Voices of Student Success: Breaking Down Barriers to Basic Needs Resources
Rising costs of living and increasing student housing rates have exacerbated college retention efforts as campus leaders look to tackle a rising concern: basic…
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Ep. 126: Voices of Student Success: The Role of Belonging in Campus Conflict, Protests
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023, colleges and universities have seen heightened tensions on campus as student protesters demand change…
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Ep. 125: Voices of Student Success: Improving campus facilities for student wellness
With student mental health concerns on the rise, college leaders have turned their attention outward to campus facilities and the role space, light, sound and…
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Ep. 124: Voices of Student Success: Improving Upward Transfer Processes
Community college students make up 40 percent of enrollment in U.S. higher education, and 80 percent of those students want to go on to earn a bachelor’s…
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Ep. 123: Reprise: Generative AI’s Potential Influence on Teaching and Learning
Discussions about the impact of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning are steadily moving beyond questions about whether and how students…
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Ep. 122: Voices of Student Success: Tech Solutions for Student Mental Health
Student mental health is a growing concern for higher education administrators and practitioners as national rates of anxiety, depression and loneliness grow…
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Ep. 121: Voices of Student Success: Institutional change for Black student success
Nationally, Black students are less likely than their white peers to persist, retain and earn a degree. Many interventions at colleges and universities seek to…
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Ep. 119: Voices of Student Success: Careers as an Undercurrent
Recent public polls have found American’s confidence in higher education is waning, but current college students say they still see the investment they’re…
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Ep. 118: Colleges’ Responsiveness to the Job Market
Colleges are increasingly being judged by how well they prepare students for jobs and careers after they leave, and in response most are trying to adapt their…
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Ep. 117: Voices Of Student Success: Counting Student Parents
National estimates find around one in five students have dependents, but few colleges and universities have accurate numbers of who their parenting students…
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Ep. 116: Provosts' Perspectives on Generative AI, Tenure and Academic Program Cuts
Colleges and universities are undergoing intense pressure from a lot of angles – and their provosts are arguably at the epicenter of most of them. A new…
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Ep. 115: FAFSA, Affordability and Financial Aid’s Future
The last year has been a hellish one for many college financial aid directors – and, not surprisingly, for the head of the National Association of Student…
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Ep. 114: Generative AI's Potential Influence on Teaching and Learning
Discussions about the impact of generative artificial intelligence in teaching and learning are steadily moving beyond questions about whether and how students…
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Ep. 113: Helping Higher Education Own Its AI Future
How Arizona State University is working with Open AI to shape the development of generative AI. This week’s episode of The Key explores the recently announced…
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Ep. 112: How Should We Measure Post-College Outcomes?
Zakiya Ellis, a longtime policy expert, on whether we’re asking the right questions and have the right data. This weeks’s episode of The Key podcast explores a…
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Ep. 111: Stackable and Alternative Credentials Go Mainstream
This week’s episode of The Key explores whether the emergence of shorter-term and alternative credentials pose a threat -- or offer salvation – to traditional…
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Ep. 110: Underemployment of College Graduates: How Concerned Should We Be?
Half of all graduates don’t work in jobs that require a bachelor’s degree. What can institutions do to best prepare their students for work? More than half of…
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Ep. 109: Voices Of Student Success: Creating Community for Students in Recovery
Many students on college campuses struggle with substance use and abuse, but fewer have a supportive community they can turn to. In this episode, Angela Lauer…
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Ep. 108: Helping Learners Plan Their Path Through College
The “guided pathways” model as not just a student success initiative, but a way to redesign how a college operates. This week’s episode of The Key podcast…
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Ep. 107: Voices Of Student Success: Making College Visible to Rural Learners
In this episode, host Ashley Mowreader spoke with Ron Slinger, president of Miles Community College, to learn more about the college’s Opportunity Realized…
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Ep. 106: Higher Ed News Roundup: Athlete Unions and the FAFSA Fiasco
A panel of news hounds discusses some of the biggest stories involving colleges. This week’s episode features a conversation about some of the hottest news…
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Ep. 105: Voices of Student Success: Improving Textbook Affordability
Affordability is a top concern for higher education leaders, and professors are directly responsible for the affordability of their course materials. In this…
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Ep. 104: Higher Education in a ‘Post-Generational Society’
What would postsecondary education look like in a world where true lifelong learning – people engaging in education or training at many points throughout their…
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Ep 103: Voices Of Student Success: Adult Learners in Higher Education
The episode features two higher education professionals, Mike Krause from the John M. Belk Endowment and Ashley Flood from Purdue Global, on adult learners…
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Ep 102: Voices of Student Success: Engaging Faculty in Student Success
This week’s episode of Voices of Student Success features Jody Greene, associate campus provost for academic success at the University of California, Santa…
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Ep. 101: Voices of Student Success: Supporting Belonging and Campus Engagement of Latinx Students
This week’s episode of Voices of Student Success features Adelí Durón, the inaugural director of the Latinx Resource Center at the University of California…
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Ep. 100: The Key Podcast Hits 100 (Episodes)
Three years ago, Inside Higher Ed created a podcast to try to give its audience insight into how the COVID-19 pandemic was affecting colleges, employees and…
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Ep. 99: Designing Courseware to Produce Equitable Outcomes
“Gateway courses” are supposed to clear the path to fields of study, but for millions of students who struggle in those key classes, they often shut the door…
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Ep. 98: Streamlining and Scaling Transfer for Equity’s Sake
The complex, confusing process by which students move between colleges has been an acknowledged barrier impeding postsecondary completion, particularly for…