The Key with Inside Higher Ed

Apr 09 2025 151 ep. 31 mins 220

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Hear candid conversations with higher-ed newsmakers -- with a special focus on equity and lower-income students. Hosted by Inside Higher Ed. Inside Higher Ed is the leading source for the latest news, analysis, and services for the entire US higher education community.

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Ep. 150: Can civil engagement work be measured?

Apr 09 2025 31 mins

Many college leaders turned to civil discourse and dialogue programs in response to students protests that roiled campuses after the start of the Israel Hamas war. It’s work that they have been doing for decades, but a big question around these programs is: how do we know they’re working? That question led to Raj Vinnakota, president of the Institute for Citizens and Scholars

Ep. 149: Voices of Student Success: Helping Gen Z Navigate Future Careers

Apr 01 2025 43 mins

This season of Voices of Student Success, “Preparing Gen Z for Unknown Futures,” addresses challenges in readying young people for the next chapter of their lives in the face of large-scale global changes. This episode focuses on the world of work and how experiential learning can provide students with a glimpse into professional careers and what they don’t know about work.

Ep. 148: Cuts to the Education Department, an Ultimatum for Columbia and ICE Arrests

Mar 27 2025 49 mins

We’ve turned the page on the third month of the Trump administration and the White House has shown no signs of slowing down when it comes to actions that have direct impacts on higher education in this country. Linda McMahon was confirmed as education secretary and has made quick work of shrinking the size and influence of her department. At the same time the agency opened invest

Ep. 147: Voices of Student Success: Connecting Academics and Support Resources for Success

Mar 18 2025 24 mins

There are a few elements of the student lifecycle in higher education that are unavoidable, one being general education courses. While a majority of college students are unaware of support resources or unlikely to engage with all of them, each student must fulfill common core curriculum. For over a decade, the University of Louisville has offered an Oral Communication Success Guid

Ep. 146: Trust and the College Presidency

Mar 12 2025 40 mins

People across higher education are calling on college presidents to speak out against the onslaught of threats and funding caught imposed by the Trump administration. But that is just one kind of leadership. Jorge Burmicky, assistant professor in education leadership and policy studies in the school of education at Howard University, joins Sara Custer, editor in chief at Inside Hig

Ep. 145: Voices of Student Success: Putting Mental Health Counselors Where Students Are

Mar 05 2025 39 mins

Mental health is one of the greatest threats to student persistence and retention in higher education, but providing large-scale preventative and responsive mental health care is a looming challenge for colleges and universities. In addition to having sufficient clinicians and trained professionals to support students in need, finding ways to deliver wellness support to students b

Ep. 144: The Policies, People and Surprises of Trump's First 30 Days

Feb 26 2025 37 mins

In this episode of The Key, Inside Higher Ed’s news and analysis podcast, editor in chief Sara Custer speaks with IHE’s news editor Katherine Knott about the policies, people and surprises from the first 30 days of the second Trump administration. They discuss the executive orders and actions that could have the most impact on higher ed and what pushback they’ve seen from the

Ep. 143: Voices of Student Success: A Day Without Classes, Packed with Career

Feb 18 2025 24 mins

Having successful career outcomes is important for colleges and also for students, but getting students to engage in career services can feel like an uphill battle. Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania leaders decided to bring careers to students with an event called LVC Success Expo. During this day, LVC cancels classes so students can engage in an all-day career fair or meet wi

Ep. 142: An L.A. Community College Begins to Heal

Feb 13 2025 26 mins

At the beginning of February, the deadly L.A. wildfires were fully contained after burning for nearly a month. A few weeks ago we spoke with colleges in the city whose communities were upturned by the fires. Hundreds of students and staff had lost their homes and thousands more were displaced from evacuation zones. Now that the embers have died out, we wanted to check back in with

Ep. 141: Voices of Student Success: Expanding Access to Study Abroad

Feb 04 2025 24 mins

Study abroad is tied to personal and professional growth for college students, but crossing the border can be an enormous hurdle for some learners or feel unattainable. A new initiative at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania seeks to empower and support first-generation and low-income students who are interested in experiential learning and study away through workshops, financial