Future U Podcast - The Pulse of Higher Ed
Episodes
What We're Missing When It Comes to Colleges and AI
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As Chat GPT and other AI tools have garnered immense interest in the last few months, people have begun to wonder how these tools will impact higher e...
Acronyms Galore: TPS, OPM, and K12 ESAs
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The role of Online Program Managers (OPMs) in the recruitment of students for online university programs has been a controversial issue, and one that ...
Higher Ed’s Role in Growing Rural Economies
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The digital economy has been driving job growth across the country for much of the last decade-plus. But nearly all of those jobs, no matter the indus...
The Affirmative Action Conversation Colleges Should Be Having
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the Supreme Court prepares to rule on affirmative action yet again, the president of James Madison University, who played a key role as a lawyer in...
Will the Teens Be OK?
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
New CDC data show that more than half of teenaged girls in the U.S. felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021, but it's not just girls who are struggl...
A Looming Wave of Mergers and Acquisitions
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic didn’t bring the wave of mergers and acquisitions that many in higher ed expected. Michael and Jeff talk with the head of Northeastern ...
Short, Affordable Alternatives to College
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Historically, rapid technological change sidelines unskilled or under-skilled workers. Michael and Jeff talk to the leaders of Merit America and the...
Reporters' Roundtable: Florida, Amenities U. and the Future of the BA.
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Back by popular demand: Reporters' Roundtable. Pam Kelley on how a motivational speaker and businessman turned around High Point University; Emma Pett...
Great Resignation in Higher Ed
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A record 50.5 million Americans quit their jobs in 2022. Most left for offers of higher pay or the ability to work remotely. Higher Ed isn’t immune....
Re-engaging Students after Covid
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Three years after the start of the pandemic, professors still report a disconcerting level of disconnection among students even as campuses return to ...
Solving the Problem of College Costs
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We have come to accept there is no cure for rising costs in higher ed, so we treat the symptoms with measures like loan forgiveness. What are the root...
The Expansion of Pell Grants
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Some 1.5 million people are in state and federal prisons in the United States, but for more than two decades they haven’t been eligible for federal ...
Rankings, Elite Online BA, and Future of the SAT
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elite law schools are ditching the U.S. News rankings but what does it mean for the undergrad rankings? Also, Georgetown is making a bet on an online ...
From the Archives: Misleading Financial Aid
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About 91% of colleges understate or don't include the net price in their financial-aid offers to would-be students, the U.S. Government Accountability...
Visiting Bowie State University: HBCUs, Employer Partnerships, and Student Engagement
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest stop of Future U.'s campus tour, hosts Michael Horn and Jeff Selingo visit Bowie State University to speak with President Aminta Breaux,...
What Students Think of Their College Experience
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In a special episode recorded at The Chronicle of Higher Education Festival, Jeff Selingo and guest co-host Bridget Burns talk with three students abo...
Leadership, Business and Athletics: Penn State University President Neeli Bendapudi
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Penn State’s new president Neeli Bendapudi sits down with Jeff and Michael to talk about not only her personal leadership journey, but also shifting...
Rethinking College Athletics
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second half of their conversation with Victoria Jackson and Matt Brown, Michael and Jeff dive into "Name Image Likeness," paying student athlet...
Headlines in Review: NYU Prof, ACT Scores, Senate vs. College Prez
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
So many headlines to parse this week: What the NYU brouhaha says about how we educate top students; how the coverage of ACT scores missed the real hea...
Talk of Disruption from the Top: Temple University President Jason Wingard
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's not often a university president talks about how degrees are being devalued and how higher education must align with workforce needs, but that's ...
Immersed in the Latest Edtech Buzz
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With all the talk about the metaverse, Michael and Jeff examine where the latest bright shiny objects in edtech--augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR)...
From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)Creating School for Students
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic accelerated experimentation across industries, including education. Jeff Selingo interviews co-host Michael Horn about his new book calle...
The Great Realignment & Student-Athlete Wellbeing
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It was bombshell news when the Big Ten announced this summer that UCLA and USC would be joining the conference in two years. Many think this latest ed...
A Normal Year Ahead? Campus Life, Sports, and Online Ed
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Michael discuss the current state of higher ed. The impact of economic conditions, a massive realignment of NCAA athletic conferences, the gr...
Final Report
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Tune in for the Season 5 finale of the Future U podcast, as hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn reflect on the challenges and changes in higher ed as ...
Visiting Atlanta: Georgia Tech and Emory Presidents on Student Wellness, Urban Campuses, and Research
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the campus of Georgia Tech, Future U. host Michael Horn and guest host Aimée Eubanks Davis talk with Georgia Tech's President Ángel Cabrera, Emor...
Presidencies of Firsts
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Two storied Jesuit institutions, the College of Holy Cross and Fordham Universities, have their first lay presidents. But Vincent Rougeau and Tania Te...
Visiting UCLA: The Future of Access, the Student Experience and the Campus Workforce
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The second stop of the Future U campus tour took hosts Jeff Selingo and Michael Horn to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Chancellor G...
Will the Kids be OK?
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Given all we hear about the pandemic, learning loss, and mental health issues in K-12, how will Covid-era kids fare as they leave high school behind, ...
100th Episode: A Look Back and Forward
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Michael and Jeff celebrate the 100th episode of the podcast, with its origin story, some themes that have emerged in five seasons, and lots of predict...
Visiting Northeastern: When Technology Complements Human Interaction
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In its fifth season, Future U took the show on the road and recorded on campus at Northeastern University. University President Joseph Aoun, faculty, ...
Is Consolidation Coming?
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A perfect storm of economic factors are driving the narrative for mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships in higher education. John MacIntosh and Kasi...
A View from the Top
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and by Salesforce.org. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook
Higher Ed 101: The Credential Cluster
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Gallagher, an author and expert on college credentials, joins Michael and Jeff to explain the rise in new kinds of credentials and what they mean...
The Transparency of Higher Ed's Value
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and by Salesforce.org. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook
How to Define and Measure Higher Ed's Value
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook
The Three Decade University President
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Legendary University President Freeman Hrabowski takes Future U on a tour of University of Maryland Baltimore County as he prepares to turn over leade...
The Continuing Debate Over Student Debt
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Authors Beth Akers and Josh Mitchell join the podcast to talk about what's next for student loans as the Covid-19 pause in payments is lifted in Janua...
Mergers, Acquisitions & Higher Ed
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook
Explained: What's an OPM?
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Phil Hill's Blog - "Phil On Ed Tech"OPM Market Landscape Graphic: https://philonedtech.com/opm-market-landscape-and-dynamics-fall-2020-updates/The Fut...
What's Going on with the Workforce?
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times economics writer Ben Casselman and Guild CEO and co-founder Rachel Romer Carlson join the Jeff and Michael to talk about why there are ...
Will the Pandemic Accelerate Change in Higher Ed?
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and by Nelnet Campus Commerce. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook
The Reporters Roundtable
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Future U Podcast is supported by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and by Nelnet Campus Commerce. Follow Future U on Twitter • Facebook
Transforming a Prestigious HBCU
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
David Thomas, president of Morehouse College, joins us to talk about the challenges of building on the legacy of a storied institution and stretching ...
Kickoff to Season 5
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So much for the much-heralded “hot vax summer.” As Jeff and Michael return from their summer break, they continue to talk about the impact of Covi...
Farewell to a Remote Year
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Michael recap what they've learned from this past year, answer audience questions, and look ahead to next fall in the final episode of this s...
Reporters Roundtable On Vaccines and Visas
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the academic year comes to a close, Jeff and Michael spoke with higher education reporters from the Washington Post, NPR, and the Chronicle for HIg...
Eyewitness to University Leadership
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of COVID-19, many university presidents have struggled to communicate amidst a fluid and fast-changing set of circumstances outside their ...
What's Behind Enrollment Declines at Community Colleges?
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Baston, president of Rockland Community College, joins Jeff and Michael to talk about the precipitous decline in enrollments in community coll...
Perceptions of Higher Ed One Year Into the Pandemic
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tamara Hiler joins us to talk through the opinions of higher education institutions and policy by students and the public, and Jeff and Michael reflec...
The Secretaries of Education
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Former Secretaries of Education Margaret Spellings and John King join Jeff and Michael to discuss their views about the new administration in Washingt...
The Post-Pandemic University
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With daily signs of momentum in the effort to vaccinate U.S. adults, college leaders are beginning to plan for a new normal in higher ed after the pan...
What’s Ahead for Congress
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Colleges have received more than $36 billion from federal stimulus bills over the last year. Two former Hill staffers representing both sides of the a...
Good Jobs in Bad Times
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has dramatically changed the outlook for new college graduates. Matt Sigelman, CEO of Burning Glass Technologies, a labor-market analytic...
Preparing For Jobs That Don’t Yet Exist
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle Weise returns to Future U to talk about her new book, Long Life Learning: Preparing for Jobs that Don’t Even Exist Yet and why creating a n...
Behind the Headlines
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of an annual tradition on the podcast, Jeff and Michael sit down with higher ed reporters to talk about the biggest stories and trends. Meliss...
Early To Go All Remote
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The 23-campus California State University system was among the first to announce in the spring it would go mostly online for the fall (and eventually ...
The Debate Over Reopening Colleges
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As colleges considered whether to open their campuses to students in-person for the fall, different institutions approached the question from differen...
The Role of the Public Intellectual
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Oster joins Michael and Jeff as the debate over reopening both K–12 schools and colleges has reached a fever pitch. Oster, a Brown University ...
Rethinking the Regional Public
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Regional public universities are the workhorses of the higher ed systems of many states. Overall, the 400-plus regional public universities across the...
The Hybrid University
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When we think of hybrid education we tend to think of the classroom–a mix between online and face-to-face learning. In this episode, Marni Baker Ste...
Blurring the Lines of the University
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Southern New Hampshire University has skyrocketed to the top of largest higher education institutions over the past decade, as its president, Paul LeB...
Will Graduate Schools Face a Reckoning in 2020?
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With international enrollment down sharply, especially in STEM fields, and potential students questioning the worth of mostly online education, how ca...
Who Gets In and Why
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Michael preview Jeff’s new book, Who Gets In and Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, which goes on sale September 15. Jeff, who embedded...
Reversing Course on the Fall
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Higher education is now facing another fall of remote learning, just months after many colleges and universities had announced they’d be coming back...
Kicking Off a Fall Like No Other
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Is summer over already? Higher ed didn’t have much of a summer break this year, and Michael and Jeff begin the fourth season of FutureU by reviewing...
The End of a Crazy Year
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When Michael and Jeff began season three of the podcast last August, few could have imagined the disruptions to higher ed and the country by the time ...
Calculating the ROI of Higher Ed
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Van Der Werf from Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce joins the podcast to discuss the center’s attempts to rank ...
A President and Provost on Plans for the Fall
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As colleges and universities announce their plans for getting students back on campus, Michael and Jeff talk with Farnam Jahanian, president of Carneg...
Will COVID-19 Permanently Change Instruction and Costs In Higher Ed?
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
John Katzman, founder and CEO of Noodle Partners, and Ben Nelson, founder and CEO of the Minerva Project, join Jeff and Michael to talk about how COVI...
The Three Digital Waves of Higher Ed in a Pandemic
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fernando Bleichmar from Cengage joins Michael and Jeff to talk about three waves of the higher ed response to Covid-19, what’s worked and not worked...
The Coming Enrollment Crunch
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What happens to enrollment and revenue for colleges and universities in the next few months amidst a recession and COVID-19 shuttering physical campus...
Leading a Liberal Arts College During the Coronavirus Pandemic
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Carol Quillen, president of Davidson College, is the guest with Michael and Jeff to talk about how to build community with students spread out and mai...
Keeping a University Financially Sustainable During the Coronavirus Crisis
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Deloitte’s Scott Friedman and Tim Hurley join Jeff and Michael to talk about what the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be on university finances...
Managing the Coronavirus Crisis: On the Front Lines with Northeastern University
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The co-chair of Northeastern’s COVID-19 task force, Mike Armini, joins Michael and Jeff to discuss what’s next for university planning after most ...
Balancing the Tradeoffs in Admissions
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Angel B. Pérez, vice president for enrollment and student success at Trinity College, in Hartford, joins Jeff and guest co-host Karin Fischer to disc...
The Quick Pivot to Remote Education
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A provost at a regional public university and a faculty member at a private college join Michael and Jeff to talk about what it’s really like to tur...
Managing Campuses During the Coronavirus
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Cowen, who led Tulane University in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, joined Michael and Jeff to talk about how to manage a campus through an ...
The Opportunities for Small Colleges
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mary Marcy, the president of Dominican University of California joins Jeff and Michael to talk about her new book The Small College Imperative, and ho...
Reporters’ Roundtable
18 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff sits down with reporters Goldie Blumenstyk of the Chronicle of Higher Education, Open Campus’s Sara Hebel, and Paul Fain of Inside Higher Ed to...
Higher Ed as a Strategic Priority for a State
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Louisiana’s Commissioner of Higher Education, Kim Hunter Reed, join Jeff and guest co-host Paul Fain to talk about the state’s new master plan for...
The Controversy Behind Transparency
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Edmit cofounders Sabrina Manville and Nick Ducoff join Michael and Jeff to talk about the controversy behind their projections of the financial collap...
What’s Ahead for Higher Ed in 2020?
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Michael and Jeff take a look back at last year’s biggest higher ed stories and share and react to listeners’ predictions for 2020. https://archive...
A Quick Update
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Future U takes a brief break in December, Michael previews what’s coming up on the podcast in 2020. https://archive.org/download/decemberupdate/D...
Community College Innovation
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Marcia Ballinger, the president of Lorain County (Ohio) Community College, talks to Jeff and Michael about some of the approaches she’s implemented ...
The Real Story of Student Success
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe May, the chancellor of the Dallas County (Texas) Community College District, joins Jeff and Michael to talk about how his institutions discovered ...
Game of Loans
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael and Jeff sat down with Beth Akers, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and the co-author of “Game of Loans: The Rhetoric and Reality ...
A Governor Goes to College
08 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Purdue University President Mitch Daniels talks to Jeff and Michael about the innovations he’s brought to Purdue since arriving there in 2013. The f...
Choosing College
24 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff puts Michael on the hot seat along with his coauthor of Choosing College, Bob Moesta, for this episode as he grills them about their new book (cl...
Welcome Back!
10 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Season 3 of Future U kicks off with Jeff and Michael catching up on what happened over the summer in higher ed as well as what’s new in their lives,...
Future U Mailbag
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael and Jeff wrap up Season 2 of Future U by answering some of our listener questions. https://archive.org/download/FutureUMailbag/Last%20Ep%20Ful...
Will MOOCs Transform Higher Ed After All?
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
MIT professor Anant Agarwal, the founder and CEO of edX, a non-profit online learning destination, talks with Michael and Jeff about the evolution and...
Credentials vs. Degrees: How Much Clout Does Each Have?
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Lynch-Holmes, Principal Strategic Consultant at Ellucian sat down with Michael and Jeff to unpack the results of a recent study Ellucian conduct...
The Financial Aid Letters Mess
16 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Fishman, a financial aid policy expert at New America, sat down with Michael and Jeff to discuss her research into the transparency problems an...
Live from ASU-GSV, Day 2
10 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a round of lightning interviews in front of a studio audience at the annual ASU-GSV summit, Michael and guest co-host Goldie Blumenstyk of the Chro...
Live from ASU-GSV, Day 1
09 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a round of lightning interviews in front of a studio audience at the annual ASU-GSV summit, Michael and Jeff talk with the architects of the bigges...
In the Wake of the Admissions Scandal, How Much Does the SAT Matter?
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Harvard University associate professor of public policy Joshua Goodman sat down with Michael and Jeff to talk about his research into how taking the S...
The College Admissions Scandal, a Week Later
19 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After a college admissions scandal rocked the world of higher education, Michael interviews Jeff to learn how it happened and what it means for the fu...
Can a 100-year-old Organization Shape the Next Generation of Higher Ed?
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The president of American Council on Education Ted Mitchell joins Michael and Jeff to discuss his organization’s role in a future where colleges and...
High-quality Education Doesn’t Have to Mean Small and Selective
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael and Jeff talk with Scott Pulsipher, president of Western Governors University, who discusses how high-quality education can be achieved at sca...