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dotEDU — 163 episodes
Predicting an Unpredictable Fall for Higher Ed
The One Big Beautiful Bill Reaches Financial Aid Offices
The Future of the Education Department's Civil Rights Investigations
New Grant Rules, Accreditation, and the Summer Policy Outlook
What Will It Take to Rebuild Trust in Higher Education?
Continuing the College Access Conversation
Student Voting Is Getting Harder. Now What?
Workforce Pell, Professional Degrees, and a Complicated Spring in Washington
dotEDU Live at ACEx2026
A Funding Deal, the Pell Shortfall, and New Federal Pressure on Campuses
What the Headlines Miss About Higher Ed: A Conversation with Kirk Carapezza
What the Future Holds for Federal TRIO Programs
What Counts as a Professional Degree in 2026?
The dotEDU Wrap Party for Policy Nerds
2025 in Review: A Year That Redefined the Higher Ed Landscape
Judyth Sachs on International Students and a Changing Landscape
From Big Beautiful Bill to Big Complicated Rules
If it's a shutdown, why are we so busy?
Can They Do That? The White House's Higher Ed Compact and Shutdown Fallout
Congress funded equity and access. The Trump administration calls it discrimination.
Demands for Data on Race and the Future of College Admissions
dotEDU Live: Ask Us Anything About Higher Education Policy
dotEDU Live: The Big Beautiful Bill Has Passed. What's Next?
dotEDU Live: What the Senate Reconciliation Bill Gets (Mostly) Wrong
dotEDU Live: Pause on Student Visas, Reconciliation in the Senate, and More Pressure on Harvard
dotEDU Live: Associations Speak Out as Reconciliation Targets Higher Ed
dotEDU Live: The Trump Administration's Pressure Campaign Continues
dotEDU Live: Harvard Pushes Back, Visa Chaos, and the Fight for Research Funding
dotEDU Live: Latest on Dismantling of the ED, International Students, and Budget Issues
dotEDU Live: What the Education Department Layoffs Mean for Colleges and Universities
Fixing FAFSA—Lessons From the Rollout
dotEDU Live: More Policy Shifts, More Uncertainty for Colleges
dotEDU Live: The Future of Campus Diversity and Student Support
dotEDU Live: New Orders and New Challenges for Higher Education
dotEDU Live: What the Trump Administration's Funding Freeze Means for Higher Education
dotEDU Live: Navigating Trump's First Week
dotEDU Live: ACE Fellows Go to DC (and Get Snowed in)!
dotEDU Live: Higher Education's Path Forward in Trump's Second Term
Changing History at Colegio de México: Silvia Giorguli
Discovering Your Leadership Path: Sue Cunningham
Trailblazing Leadership in Turkey: Gülsün Sağlamer
dotEDU Live: What Trump's Win and a New Congress Mean for Higher Education
Windward CC Chancellor Champions Student Parents
dotEDU Live: Student Voting in 2024
The First Amendment and Campus Protests: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein
dotEDU Live: Campuses, Congress, and the Campaign Trail: What to Expect This Fall
dotEDU Live: From Heat Waves to Fall Challenges
State of the States: How Higher Ed Can Build Their Future
dotEDU Live: Navigating the Current Landscape of College Sports
The State of Student Affairs: Mental Health, Campus Protests, and Supporting Students
dotEDU Live: How Congress Is Responding to Campus Unrest
The Campus Speech vs. Safety Tightrope: A Conversation with Fred Lawrence
Generating the Future: Exploring AI in Higher Education
dotEDU Live: Budget Battles, FAFSA Fails, and Biden's New Loan Forgiveness Plan
College Admissions in 2024: "A Year Like No Other"
dotEDU Live: Student-Athlete Unions and the Mental Health Crisis in Higher Ed
FAFSA Glitch Puts Students, Colleges in Limbo
dotEDU Live: Is Higher Education Act Reauthorization Finally Happening?
Beyond Berkeley: Lessons from a University Chancellor on the Front Lines
dotEDU Live: New Year, Same Congress—What's Next for Higher Ed?
AU President Shares Challenges, Triumphs of Presidency
dotEDU Live: The Year in Higher Education Policy
Carnegie Classifications Reimagined (dotEDU's 100th Episode!)
dotEDU Live: The Pre-Thanksgiving Policy Roundup
Equity and Inclusion in Silicon Valley and Beyond
dotEDU Live: Chaos in Congress and the Higher Ed Agenda
Higher Ed Trends to Watch with Scott Jaschik
dotEDU Live: What's on the Policy Agenda for Higher Ed This Fall?
Biden's Loan Forgiveness Program Fails Supreme Court Test. What Now?
dotEDU Live: The Supreme Court's Ruling on Race and Admissions
Partnering to Solve Pandemic Learning Loss
dotEDU Live: Gainful Employment Rules 3.0, Student Loan Payments Return
Raising the Bar in Texas
dotEDU at ACE2023: Diversifying the College Presidency Is Essential
dotEDU Live: Why Should Higher Ed Care About Debt Ceilings and Other Budget Battles?
dotEDU at ACE2023: Where Are All the Women College Presidents?
Student Athletes and NIL: How We Got Here, and Where It's Going
dotEDU Live: The State of Academic Freedom on Campuses; Hope for HEA?
Does Your Campus Outsource Its Online Programs? Prepare for Changes
dotEDU Live: New Rules from ED, Culture War Rhetoric Ramps Up, the End of the COVID Emergency, More
The Culture Wars Have Come for American Higher Ed. Again.
What the New Congress and Biden Administration Have in Store for Higher Ed in 2023
Faculty, Staff Are Burned Out. How Should Higher Ed Respond?
The Year in Higher Education Policy
States Step in as Federal Action on Dreamers Goes Nowhere
Midterm Election Aftermath
Making the Case for Sustainability in Higher Ed
Bonus: Prepping for a Supreme Court Hearing Starts at Georgetown
What to Watch for in the Oct. 31 Supreme Court Hearing on Race in College Admissions
Nasser Paydar Talks Mental Health, Student Debt Relief, and Other Priorities for the Education Dept.
Higher Ed Policy Predictions for the Fall
Breaking Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
How Colleges Can Avoid the Dreaded Data Dump
The New Proposed Title IX Regulations are Here. Now What?
Breaking the Grip of the College Rankings Game
Midterm Elections Loom Over Higher Ed
Do Americans Value Higher Education?
The Policy and Politics of Student Loan Forgiveness
Federal Dollars, Creative Leaders Help Two-Year Colleges Post-COVID
The Higher Ed Agenda as Congress Returns From Spring Break
dotEDU Brief: Student Loan Repayment on Pause (Again); Is Double Pell in the Cards?
Congress Springs Forward and Passes Spending Bill; New Regulations Coming
Baylor President on the Changing World of College Athletics
Title IX, DACA, Gainful Employment: New Rules Coming for Higher Ed
Reimagining College Admissions Through an Equity Lens
Higher Ed in 2022: Unfinished Business and Election Year Politics
Debates on Critical Race Theory, Academic Freedom Are Not Going Away
2021 in Higher Education Policy (A Good Year, Not a Great One)
The Future of Student Loan Forgiveness
End of Year Countdown: What's on the Congressional Agenda for Students and Colleges
Higher Ed Waits for Congress to Act, ACE Takes Pulse of College Presidents
Capitol Hill Fall Showdown: Will Higher Ed Get Left Behind?
The Legacy of Underfunding Colleges That Serve Black Students
What's Going on With Budget Reconciliation, and Why Should Higher Ed Care?
dotEDU Brief: Broadband Access, Free Community College, Support for Dreamers All on the Table
dotEDU Brief: Congress Returns to Full Agenda, Groups Launch National Campaign to Double Pell Grants
Episode 46: Translating Support for International Students Into Policy
Episode 45: What COVID-19 Has Taught Higher Education Leaders
Episode 44: Where Is Congress on Student Voter Access and Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
Episode 43: COVID-19 Relief Dollars at Work: East Carolina University and the Greenville Community
Episode 42: A Safe Campus for All This Fall? What College Leaders Need to Know
Episode 41: Is College a Risky Investment? An Economist Weighs In
Episode 40: (College) Credit Where Credit is Due
Episode 39: A Conversation with NASPA's SA: Voices from the Field Podcast
Episode 38: What's Next for Federal Student Aid?
Episode 37: A Conversation With Congressman Bobby Scott
Episode 36: What Colleges Can Expect From Miguel Cardona's Education Department
Episode 35: A New Era for Higher Ed Under Biden Administration
Episode 34: Responding to Last Week's Attack on the Capitol; International Student Policy in the Biden Administration
Episode 33: Mental Health on Campus as 2020 Winds Down
Episode 32: What Higher Education Can Expect From the Biden Administration
Episode 31: Debates, Flies, and Political Engagement at the University of Utah
Episode 30: What Higher Ed Needs to Know About the New Supreme Court
Episode 29: Preparing for the 2020 Election on Campus
Episode 28: Dreamers and Immigration Policy: Past, Present, Future
Episode 27: dotEDU Turns One!
Episode 26: More COVID Funding From Congress; Supporting Students' Return to Campus
Episode 25: "Horrifying" Guidance on International Students; All About the Title IX Final Rule
Episode 24: Supreme Court Protects DACA, LGBTQ Workers; Prioritizing DEI During COVID-19
Episode 23: How Campuses Can Encourage Racial Healing; The Future of Blockchain in Education
Episode 22: Thinking Through an Uncertain Fall
Episode 21: Making Scientific Research More Nimble
Episode 20: Can We Promise College for All?
Episode 19: A College at the Crossroads of COVID-19 and DACA
Episode 18: Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19
Episode 17: Access, Affordability, and the Future of Independent Colleges
Episode 16: Preventing Sexual Harassment in Academia
Episode 15: College Admissions Under the Microscope
Episode 14: Community Colleges Bring Dreams Within Reach
Episode 13: Organizing a Campus Based on Equity and Social Justice
Episode 12: Giving All Learners a Chance
Episode 11: Meeting Students Where They Are on Mental Health
Episode 10: Talking Free Speech on Campus
Episode 09: Student Success is Institutional Success
Episode 08: Setting Up Student Veterans for Success
Episode 07: Asian American Students in Higher Ed… It's Complicated
Episode 06: Big Data Goes to College
Episode 05: Beyond the Admissions Letter: Helping Disadvantaged Students Succeed in College
Episode 04: The Current Climate for International Students in the United States
Episode 03: HSIs Are Narrowing Racial Gaps for Latinx Students
Episode 02: Lifting Up Men of Color in Higher Ed
Episode 01: Closing the College Success Gap for Low-income Students
Episode 00: Introducing dotEDU