The Mortarboard

Daniel Barwick
  • 5.0 (7)
  • EDUCATION

The administrator's source for solutions in higher education.

  1. Why Student-Parents Feel Unwelcome on Campus

    09/27/2022

    Why Student-Parents Feel Unwelcome on Campus

    The majority of college students now meet one or more of the characteristics of a nontraditional student, and yet the college experience is still built around the traditional student. Nicole Lynn Lewis of Generation Hope describes the specific challenges that face the millions of college students who are also parents.

    27 min
  2. Is Higher Ed Worse Than Enron?

    08/30/2022

    Is Higher Ed Worse Than Enron?

    Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Brennan explains why, in his view, higher education is systematically corrupt in nearly every aspect of its operations.

    53 min
  3. Why Do Colleges Offer Remedial Courses Despite Better Options?

    08/09/2022

    Why Do Colleges Offer Remedial Courses Despite Better Options?

    Remedial college coursework has survived evidence of ineffectiveness, charges of racial inequity, and legislation that effectively abolishes it. Host Daniel Barwick interviews one of the country's leading experts on remediation, Dr. Katie Hern of the California Acceleration Project.

    34 min
  4. Has the Pandemic Changed Students for the Worse?

    06/07/2022

    Has the Pandemic Changed Students for the Worse?

    "The End of Burnout" author Jonathan Malesic explains how the pandemic has worsened the habits students need to find success in school.

    38 min
  5. To Grade or Not To Grade? "Ungrading" in higher education

    05/03/2022

    To Grade or Not To Grade? "Ungrading" in higher education

    Literature professor Elisabeth Gruner and science professor Heather Miceli describe their practice of "ungrading," a feedback tool that has drawn attention and increasing support.

    45 min
  6. The Increased Targeting of Scholars

    04/05/2022

    The Increased Targeting of Scholars

    Researcher Komi Frey of The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education explains why the last five years have seen a dramatic increase in attempts to censor and punish scholars for expressing their views.

    31 min
  7. Is Tech-Ed Fulfilling Its Promise?

    03/01/2022

    Is Tech-Ed Fulfilling Its Promise?

    Is tech-ed the future, or a dystopia? Host Daniel Barwick interviews "Ted-Ed's Cassandra" and Hack Education blogger Audrey Watters.

    44 min
  8. The End of Preferential Treatment for Elite Colleges?

    01/27/2022

    The End of Preferential Treatment for Elite Colleges?

    New York Times Opinion writer Peter Coy explains to host Daniel Barwick why congress gave elite colleges an anti-trust exemption, and the class-action lawsuit that has emerged as a result.

    21 min
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The administrator's source for solutions in higher education.

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  • Creator
    Daniel Barwick
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2022
  • Episodes
    75
  • Rating
    Clean
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