College Matters from The Chronicle

By: The Chronicle of Higher Education
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  • Everything happening in the world converges in one place: higher education. Political unrest, the future of AI, the dizzying cost of everything — all of it is playing out on college campuses. On College Matters, a podcast from The Chronicle of Higher Education, we explore the world through the prism of the nation’s colleges and universities.
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  • Professors at the Protest

    Professors at the Protest
    Sep 17 2024
    When protests against the Israel-Hamas war swept across college campuses this past spring, student activists were joined in some cases by their professors. That’s what happened at Indiana University, where state police led a particularly aggressive crackdown on demonstrators. The professors’ reasons for participating were varied and complex, but their decisions point toward a thorny and persistent question: Do faculty members have any business joining student protests? Guest: Kate Hidalgo Bellows, staff reporter at The Chronicle of Higher Education Related Reading: Mideast War, Midwest Crisis: Indiana U. made a series of unpopular decisions. Then it called the police on protesters. ‘These Terms are Just Absurd’: How One University Disciplined Professors Accused of Assisting an Encampment As an 8-Day Protest Shut Down a University, Administrators and Faculty Sparred Over What to Do Cooley law firm’s review Indiana University’s handling of protests. For more on today’s episode, visit chronicle.com/collegematters.
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    31 mins
  • What the FAFSA Just Happened?

    What the FAFSA Just Happened?
    Sep 10 2024
    Where is my financial aid? What is college really going to cost me? These are the kinds of questions lots of students are asking this academic year, and it’s all because of a government screw-up. The disastrous rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as FAFSA, has created uncertainty about students’ financial-aid packages — and many of the most vulnerable are having the hardest time. Guest: Eric Hoover, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education Related Reading: The FAFSA Isn’t Fixed for Everyone Stuck in Limbo: How the FAFSA crisis has stranded higher ed’s most vulnerable applicant For more, visit chronicle.com/collegematters.
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    36 mins
  • Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?

    Is Reading Over for Gen Z Students?
    Sep 10 2024
    Students are arriving at college woefully unprepared, professors say. Many lack the necessary endurance to read long passages, and some question the point of reading at all. We explore why this is happening, and what can be done about it. Guest: Beth McMurtrie, senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education Related Reading: Is This the End of Reading? Students are coming to college less able and less willing to read. Professors are stymied. Are You Assigning Too Much Reading? Or Just Too Much Boring Reading? The Loss of Things I Took for Granted: Ten years into my college teaching career, students stopped being able to read effectively. (Slate) For more, visit chronicle.com/collegematters.
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    41 mins
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