How College Works

Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland

A weekly podcast where two professors and a high school teacher talk about how their jobs are different and what that means for students making their way through college.

  1. 05/05/2021

    How College Works Ep 92: AVID Coordinator

    We talk with a coordinator for the AVID program about what AVID is, how it works, and why it is such a successful program for getting students ready for college. You can find their webpage at https://www.avid.org/

    1hr 7min

  2. 14/04/2021

    How College Works Ep 91: The Point of College

    We use a the themes of Rich Dad, Poor Dad (a book Drew read some years ago) as a starting point to discuss why you may or may not want to go to college, what our motivations were when we started, and how some of those didn't really pan out the way we expected.

    52 min

  3. 06/04/2021

    How College Works Ep 90: Autocomplete Interview

    We have a little fun using Google's autocomplete to answer common questions in the form of "How does college. . ."

    55 min

  4. 26/03/2021

    How College Works Ep 89: Reunion and Check-In

    We're back and spend our time checking in on how our academic years have been going with Covid and other struggles.

    54 min

  5. 10/06/2020

    How College Works Ep 88: Gap Year/Semester and Possible Outcomes

    We discuss why students might take a gap year or gap semester and speculate about effects that could have on colleges with the worst case possibility of many student taking gap because of Covid. We are particularly speculative on these issues and not predictive.

    58 min

  6. 28/05/2020

    How College Works Ep 87: A Junior Gives Advice

    We talk with a college junior who has words of wisdom and advice (new to us) on how to make the transition to college smoother and to thrive at college.

    48 min

  7. 20/05/2020

    How College Works Ep 86: Office Hours

    We talk about what office hours are, how we hope students will think of them, what we do, and what we'd like students to do.

    49 min

  8. 11/05/2020

    How College Works Ep 85: Parent and Rising College Student

    We talk with a High School senior who will be on her way to college in the age of Covid and her mother about their concerns and questions, and we, of course, give advice.

    34 min
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A weekly podcast where two professors and a high school teacher talk about how their jobs are different and what that means for students making their way through college.

Information

  • Creator
    Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2021
  • Episodes
    93
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © All rights reserved
  • Show Website
    How College Works