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Ron Lieber recently completed writing a book called “The Price You Pay for College,” and if you’re interested enough in this stuff such that you’re listening to this, then you should read this book. He... The post Episode 44: Ron Lieber on the Price of College appeared first on The Crush.

In the United States, just 6% of college faculty members are Black. It’s a really tough career pathway for anyone, but as we’ll learn from my guest today, there are so many additional hurdles to... The post Episode 43: Prof. Marlene Daut on “Becoming Full Professor While Black” appeared first on The Crush.

Puerto Rico is subject to a number of unique barriers to accessing college whether they leave the island or stay. These barriers simply don’t exist for any other US state or territory and are a... The post Episode 42: Celeste Suris Rosselli and DJ Meehan on College Access in Puerto Rico appeared first on The Crush.

The coronavirus has forced some wildly unprecedented anxieties into an already extremely anxious space. Mindy Rose and Mark Moody of Shanghai American School have had to roll with the punches in a very unique college... The post Episode 41: Mindy Rose and Mark Moody of Shanghai American School appeared first on The Crush.

Jon Boeckenstedt is as fearless as he is smart as he is dedicated to Doing The Right Thing as a leader in the realm of college enrollment management. He’s one of these people that everyone... The post Episode 40! Oregon State University’s Jon Boeckenstedt appeared first on The Crush.

The humanities are in a tough spot these days, and the discipline of philosophy often ends up in the crosshairs as an exemplar of Undergrad Majors That Will Waste Your Time and Money. Good news... The post Episode 39: Dr. Philip Walsh on the Value of Philosophy appeared first on The Crush.

It’s fall! Which means this is the time of year when legions of college admissions counselors traverse the globe to find those eager minds to fill the seats in their classrooms. It is a whole... The post Episode 38: Sam Schreiber and I Review “Admission” appeared first on The Crush.

Dr. Andrew Moe is the Director of Admission at Swarthmore College and has been leading a national effort to focus the eyes of his colleagues more on students coming from rural communities. Andrew has been... The post Episode 37: Dr. Andrew Moe on College Access for Rural Students appeared first on The Crush.

In the summer of 2016, a Facebook group emerged to quickly become the primary space in which professionals on all sides of college admissions would gather to discuss the challenges and potential solutions to some... The post Episode 36: Marie Bigham of ACCEPT appeared first on The Crush.

Soon children everywhere will be saying goodbye to their parents and to their communities and the times and the places that made them into the adults they’re on their way to becoming in college. Dr.... The post Episode 35: Dr. Susan Matt on the History of Homesickness in America appeared first on The Crush.

If you pay attention to the world of college admissions, then you not only know this guy, chances are he’s helped you form your understanding of what goes on in said world. Eric Hoover has... The post Episode 34: Eric Hoover of the Chronicle of Higher Education appeared first on The Crush.

Professor Marybeth Gasman is the Director of the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions and a professor of education. Soon she’s moving herself and her center to Rutgers University in New Jersey. In this country,... The post Episode 33: Professor Marybeth Gasman appeared first on The Crush.

This week it became known via a federal indictment that rich people used their wealth to break the law in a variety of appalling ways, all with a mind to skip the line and receive... The post Episode 32 ***🚨EMERGENCY AUNT BECKY SCANDAL PODCAST With Eric Hoover🚨*** appeared first on The Crush.

Temple University Economics Professor Doug Webber does some fascinating research on the impact of our academic choices in college. In a world plagued by a lust for prestige, how much does it really matter in... The post Episode 31 – Doug Webber 2: The Return of Doug Webber! appeared first on The Crush.

Nike and Oregon – the state as well as its flagship university – go way back, and their relationship became a template for underfunded state universities all over the country. Josh Hunt takes a deep... The post Episode 30! Josh Hunt on “The University of Nike” appeared first on The Crush.

Emmi Harward is the Executive Director of the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS), and it’s her job to keep her finger on the pulse of the college counseling profession so she can... The post Episode 29: Emmi Harward of ACCIS appeared first on The Crush.

The Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success emerged 3 years ago to provide an alternative application platform for, at first, 32 colleges, and now over 150 of them. Executive Director Annie Reznik is helping this... The post Episode 28: Annie Reznik on the Coalition Application appeared first on The Crush.

Reach Higher is former First Lady Michelle Obama’s college access initiative, operating under the leadership of my guest this episode, Eric Waldo.  He’s hard at work countering the systematic efforts to dismantle the education policies... The post Episode 27: Eric Waldo of Reach Higher appeared first on The Crush.

6 million people attend community colleges in this country, and yet we somehow don’t tend to consider it as “college.” Bart Grachan earns his keep doing everything he can to help students succeed at LaGuardia... The post Episode 26: Bart Grachan on Community Colleges appeared first on The Crush.

It’s a company with a loyal following to rival almost any brand, and everyone in college admissions is buying it. Slate is the technology of choice that admissions offices use to read applications and manage every... The post Episode 25: Alexander Clark, CEO and Founder of Technolutions/Slate appeared first on The Crush.