Podcasts
Farewell to a Remote Year - May 18, 2021
Jeff and Michael recap what they’ve learned from this past year, answer audience questions, and look ahead to next...Read More
Reporters Roundtable On Vaccines and Visas - May 3, 2021
As the academic year comes to a close, Jeff and Michael spoke with higher education reporters from the Washington Post, NPR,...Read More
Eyewitness to University Leadership - April 20, 2021
In the wake of COVID-19, many university presidents have struggled to communicate amidst a fluid and fast-changing set of...Read More
What’s Behind Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges? - April 6, 2021
Michael Baston, president of Rockland Community College, joins Jeff and Michael to talk about the precipitous decline in...Read More
Perceptions of Higher Ed One Year Into the Pandemic - March 30, 2021
Tamara Hiler joins us to talk through the opinions of higher education institutions and policy by students and the public,...Read More
The Secretaries of Education - March 23, 2021
Former Secretaries of Education Margaret Spellings and John King join Jeff and Michael to discuss their views about the new...Read More
The Post-Pandemic University - March 8, 2021
With daily signs of momentum in the effort to vaccinate U.S. adults, college leaders are beginning to plan for a new normal...Read More
What’s Ahead for Congress - February 23, 2021
Colleges have received more than $36 billion from federal stimulus bills over the last year. Two former Hill staffers...Read More
Good Jobs in Bad Times - February 8, 2021
The pandemic has dramatically changed the outlook for new college graduates. Matt Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass...Read More
Preparing For Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist - January 25, 2021
Michelle Weise returns to Future U to talk about her new book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even...Read More
Behind the Headlines - January 11, 2021
As part of an annual tradition on the podcast, Jeff and Michael sit down with higher-ed reporters to talk about the biggest...Read More
Early To Go All Remote - December 15, 2020
The 23-campus California State University system was among the first to announce in the spring it would go mostly online for...Read More
The Debate Over Reopening Colleges - December 1, 2020
As colleges considered whether to open their campuses to students in-person for the fall, different institutions approached...Read More
The Role of the Public Intellectual - November 17, 2020
Emily Oster joins Michael and Jeff as the debate over reopening both K–12 schools and colleges has reached a fever pitch....Read More
Rethinking the Regional Public - November 10, 2020
Regional public universities are the workhorses of the higher ed systems of many states. Overall, the 400-plus regional...Read More
The Hybrid University - October 27, 2020
When we think of hybrid education we tend to think of the classroom–a mix between online and face-to-face learning. In...Read More
Blurring the Lines of the University - October 6, 2020
Southern New Hampshire University has skyrocketed to the top of largest higher education institutions over the past decade,...Read More
Will Graduate Schools Face a Reckoning in 2020? - September 22, 2020
With international enrollment down sharply, especially in STEM fields, and potential students questioning the worth of...Read More
Who Gets In and Why - September 8, 2020
Jeff and Michael preview Jeff’s new book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, which goes on sale...Read More
Reversing Course on the Fall - August 20, 2020
Higher education is now facing another fall of remote learning, just months after many colleges and universities had...Read More
Kicking Off a Fall Like No Other - August 18, 2020
Is summer over already? Higher ed didn’t have much of a summer break this year, and Michael and Jeff begin the fourth...Read More
The End of a Crazy Year - June 30, 2020
When Michael and Jeff began season three of the podcast last August, few could have imagined the disruptions to higher ed...Read More
Calculating the ROI of Higher Ed - June 25, 2020
Martin Van Der Werf from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce joins the podcast to discuss the...Read More
A President and Provost on Plans for the Fall - June 15, 2020
As colleges and universities announce their plans for getting students back on campus, Michael and Jeff talk with Farnam...Read More
Will COVID-19 Permanently Change Instruction and Costs In Higher Ed? - May 12, 2020
John Katzman, founder and CEO of Noodle Partners, and Ben Nelson, founder and CEO of the Minerva Project, join Jeff and...Read More
The Three Digital Waves of Higher Ed in a Pandemic - May 1, 2020
Fernando Bleichmar from Cengage joins Michael and Jeff to talk about three waves of the higher ed response to Covid-19,...Read More
The Coming Enrollment Crunch - April 23, 2020
What happens to enrollment and revenue for colleges and universities in the next few months amidst a recession and COVID-19...Read More
Leading a Liberal Arts College During the Coronavirus Pandemic - April 6, 2020
Carol Quillen, president of Davidson College, is the guest with Michael and Jeff to talk about how to build community with...Read More
Keeping a University Financially Sustainable During the Coronavirus Crisis - April 1, 2020
Deloitte’s Scott Friedman and Tim Hurley join Jeff and Michael to talk about what the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will...Read More
Managing the Coronavirus Crisis: On the Front Lines with Northeastern University - March 30, 2020
The co-chair of Northeastern’s COVID-19 task force, Mike Armini, joins Michael and Jeff to discuss what’s next for...Read More
Balancing the Tradeoffs in Admissions - March 23, 2020
Angel B. Pérez, vice president for enrollment and student success at Trinity College, in Hartford, joins Jeff and guest...Read More
The Quick Pivot to Remote Education - March 16, 2020
A provost at a regional public university and a faculty member at a private college join Michael and Jeff to talk about what...Read More