PODCAST · education
How College Works
by 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.
Episodes
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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/
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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.
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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. . ."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How College Works Ep 84: Covid Check In
We check in with each other about how the online classes are going. We talk about how our daily/class routines have changed (or not), what we hope and expect going forward, Zoom etiquette, and how working remotely has helped expose inefficiencies and forced some better practices for us.
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How College Works Ep 83: Covid Madness
We talk about what it's like working to get classes converted to distance learning on the instruction and technology sides.
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How College Works Ep 82: Spring Break
We talk about the differences and similarities for Spring Break in High School and College, expectations going into break and coming back from break, and also what we do over Spring Break.
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How College Works Ep 81: Review - 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before College
We go through the 10 things Brittany Lucas TV (https://youtu.be/KcJQoHCzLFM) wishes she knew before going to college. We give our perspective on her answers, most of which we agree with, some for different reasons.
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How College Works Ep 80: How to Study Aborad
We talk with an International Education Coordinator and find that there are many options for where to study that don't require speaking a foreign language, don't set you back in your degree, and that there are options for funds to help pay for it. We also find that Melody and Peter did college...
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How College Works Ep 79: Going Slow
We talk with Jacob Kashiwagi about his experience with students and what it means to "go slow" in school and life, how you know you are going slow, what to watch out for, and what going slow looks like from the outside.
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How College Works Ep 78: How to be Productive on Your Day Off
We take up the question from Reddit about how to be productive in college on days you don't have class. We talk about how our ideas on this have changed from when we were in college to now, give advice from out experience, and talk about setting a theme. reddit post:...
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How College Works Ep 77: Learning is Uncomfortable
We talk about the mature of learning and how it means that we should have some level of discomfort. We also talk about how we have experienced this in our lives and some ways to determine if our discomfort is from ourselves, the instructor, or the material. The article mentioned is this one:...
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How College Works Ep 76: First Day of Class and Prepping for that
We talk about what we do/did on our first day of class and some of the work that goes into preparing for that. We also try to set students' expectations for what is reasonable on the first day of a class.
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How College Works Ep 75: What are Liberal Arts?
We discuss the differences between a liberal arts education and other forms or philosophies of education, its history, what it means, what we think the point of it is, and why we think it is important.
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How College Works Ep 74: Course Evaluations
We talk about the end of semester feedback that students give college professors, similar feedback that high school teachers might get, who reads the feedback, what purpose it has, and some tips for making sure that your professor will take what you have to say seriously.
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How College Works Ep 73: Motivation
We talk about the myth that motivation as important to get things done, the difference between motivation and will power, some ways we think about getting things done, and some pitfalls we try to avoid.
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How College Works Ep 72: Student Emplyment/Workstudy
We discuss our experiences with working in high school and college including some different types of work and what those mean for a student. We also break down what workstudy is, who funds it, as well as some things to look out for while working on workstudy.
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How College Works Ep 71: Mindfulness & College
We talk about how stress affects out thinking and how mindfulness combats that. We also discuss the difference between mindfulness and "checking out" and areas in our lives where we find mindfulness.
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How College Works Ep 70: Failing the First Exam
We (with a guest!) talk through a reddit post about failing the first Bio exam. https://www.reddit.com/r/college/comments/dbbxxi/got_a_46100_on_my_first_exam_thats_related_to_my/ We talk about the advice that was given, give some of our own, and discuss some strategies if you are in this situation.
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How College Works Ep 69: Finding Meaning in Your Work
We talk about an episode of The Hidden Brain on finding meaning in work and relate that to finding meaning in the classes we took in college. It turns out that meaning doesn't need to be stumbled upon and that we can create meaning for ourselves. We see echoes of this in courses we took at...
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How College Works Ep 68: Student Advising and Support
We talk about how students that need help are identified in high school and college, what information a high school teachers and professors might have, what actions we could take, and the philosophy behind these.
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How College Works Ep 67: Managing Work Loads
We talk about our work loads at the start of the semester, how we organize our work, and some advice for students coming to college.
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How College Works Ep 66: 1st Year Student
We talk with a student finishing her first year about her successes and difficulties and how college matched up with her expectations.
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How College Works Ep 65: Exams!
We talk about exams, how high school and college teachers think about what exams are for and what types of questions should be on them. We also discuss accommodations for exams and how we approach writing exams.
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How College Works Ep 64: High School Councelors
We talk with two high school councelors about what their job entails, how it differs from a college academic adviser, and how expectations and responsibilities change as students move into college.
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How College Works Ep 63: College Coach
We talk about what college sports are like and how they differ from high school sports. We also cover differences in expectations in academics, athletics, and communication.
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How College Works Ep 62: What Kinds of Cars Do the Administrators Drive?
We go through a slate article on what to ask about during a campus visit and give our take on each of the questions. https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/03/best-questions-college-tour.html
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How College Works Ep 61: What to do When Tragedy Strikes
We talk about what might constitute a tragedy and what steps students should take. We also discuss how we might handle a personal tragedy as professors.
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How College Works Ep 60: Recent-ish Graduate
We talk with someone who graduated more recently than us (9 years ago) about what was most difficult about the transition from high school to college and how he navigated that.
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How College Works Ep 59: What Would Get a Professor to Change?
We discuss how we think about who needs to change (professor, teacher, student) and why. We also talk about how a student could approach a professor with the best chance of seeing a change.
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How College Works Ep 58: College Snow Days?
We talk about some differences in how high schools and college handle their schedules, how that affects classes when the school is closed for weather, and how that affects our planning for our classes.
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How College Works Ep 57: How was your day?
We talk about what's been going on and the everyday trials and tribulations of the college professor.
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How College Works Ep 56: Complaints and the Education Industry
We talk about some recent complaints from our students and try to reframe them and their expectations as well as talk about the education industry some and what that means for our teaching.
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How College Works Ep 55: A Faculty Start to the Semester
We talk about the start to our semester, what our challenges are, how those relate to students, and how you can help . . . if you're inclined to.
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How College Works Ep 54: What Students Stress About
We go through a list of things that stress student out from www.theodysseyonline.com and provide some comments and perspective. https://www.theodysseyonline.com/what-college-consists-2017-students
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How College Works Ep 53: Mentoring Students
We talk about what it means to us to mentor students, some things that help that to go smoothly, and some things to avoid.
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How College Works Ep 52: Expectations for Student Research
We talk about what undergraduate research looks like for each of our majors and what students can expect if they are get involved. We also offer some advice on how to do that.
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How College Works Ep 51: 10 Ways That College Classes Differ from High School
We go through a listicle from CollegeVine and break down how much we agree, or disagree, with their list of differences. https://blog.collegevine.com/10-ways-that-college-classes-differ-from-high-school/ @alicekeeler
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How College Works Ep 50: Midterms
We discuss the differences between High School and College midterm grades, what to do if you get lower grades than you want, and give some perspective about what grades mean to us.
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How College Works Ep 49: Vice President of Institutional Advancement
We talk with our Vice President of Institutional Advancement about what that even is, what they do, and how it affects students.
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How College Works Ep 48: Coordinator of Counseling
We talk with one of our counselors about what going to counseling is like, what to expect, and why you might want to.
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How College Works Ep 47: Vice President for Student Life
We talk with our Vice President for Student Life about what her job entails (basically everything) and what students should know when dealing with representatives from Student Life.
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How College Works Ep 46: High School You is College You
We talk about our own transitions from high school to college and how the habits we developed helped or hindered our first year in college.
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How College Works Ep 45: Registrar
We talk with our school's Registrar about what he does and what he can do for students.
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How College Works Ep 44: R1 Professor
We talk to Peter's PhD thesis adviser about what his job at a big school looks like and he offers some advice to college students.
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How College Works Ep 43: What goes into picking a college?
We try to dig a little deeper into what different types of colleges have to offer and what went into our decisions when picking a college.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
HOSTED BY
Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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