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The Rant Podcast — 89 episodes

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1

Stop Grading California With A 3-Hour Bubble Test

2

Negotiated Rulemaking Explained

3

Negotiated Rulemaking Decoded

4

Badges, Bots, And Busy Students at the University of Phoenix

5

50 Years of Serving Working Learners at The University of Phoenix

6

What If Every Student Had A 24/7 Relationship With Their College

7

What If Every Student Had 24/7 Support. Developing a Digital Workforce with Ruben Harris & Timur Meyster

8

Designing for the Anders at National University with Mark Milliron

9

Raising Postsecondary Attainment Could Add $210,000 Per Worker

10

Raising Postsecondary Attainment Could Add $210,000 Per Working-Age Californian

11

Accreditation Under Fire with Mike Gavin

12

Embracing Innovation with Anne Kress

13

Hurtling Toward Change

14

Leveraging AI & Data with Laura Ipsen

15

A New American Talent Strategy with Margaret Spellings

16

How University Of Phoenix Is Redefining Online Learning For Working Learners

17

From Classroom Hours To Competencies: How WGU And Calbright Build Value For Working Learners

18

Public-Private Partnerships As A Path To Economic Mobility with Fernando Bleichmar

19

Agentic AI and the Student Experience with Lev Gonick

20

Earnings Premium Under The Microscope with Phil Hill

21

If Learning Is A Commodity, What Makes College Worth It

22

How Americans Feel About Higher Education with Sophie Nugyen

23

Serving Working Learners at UMGC

24

Golden Returns: Measuring Value in California's Two-Year Colleges

25

Season 3 Finale

26

Navigating the Next Four Years with Kelly McManus

27

Navigating the Next Four Years with Ted Mitchell

28

Navigating the Next Four Years with Andrew Magliozzi

29

Navigating the Next Four Years with Ellie Bertani

30

Navigating the Next Four Years with John King

31

Navigating the Next Four Years with Janet Napolitano

32

Navigating the Next Four Years with Mike Madrid

33

Navigating the Next Four Years with Michael Itzkowitz

34

Navigating the Next Four Years with Phil Hill

35

Navigating the Next Four Years with Brandon Busteed of BrandEd

36

Navigating the Next Four Years with Former Under Secretary James Kvaal

37

Welcome to 2025

38

Growing Talent with Bijal Shah, CEO of Guild

39

The Post 2024 Election Rant

40

Innovation in Professional Degree Programs with Andy Vaughn

41

Designing a University for Working Learners

42

College Programs That Pay with Michael Itzkowitz

43

Reimagining Teacher Education with Dr. Mallory Palish

44

Reforming Prison Education with Scott Budnick

45

Supporting Student Success and Overcoming Setbacks with Tim Storey

46

Insights on Leadership and Innovation from Paul LeBlanc

47

Exploring AI and Cloud in Higher Education with Laura Ipsen, CEO of Ellucian

48

Talking Innovation in Higher Education with Michael Crow, President of ASU

49

Measuring Value in California Higher Education with Michael Itzkowitz, HEA Group

50

Engaging Lost Learners with Terah Crews, CEO of ReUP Education

51

Reshaping Higher Education: A Deep Dive with Fernando Bleichmar, CEO of Academic Partnerships

52

Federal Funding for Workforce Training with Matt Gandal

53

Short-Term Pell & The ASU+GSV AIR Show

54

Redefining Higher Education and Workforce Skills - A Conversation with Ajita Menon, CEO of Calbright College

55

Pushing Back on the NY Times & More Truths about the SAT, Grade Inflation & College Admissions

56

Transforming Education Finance: A Conversation with Secretary Miguel Cardona on Student Debt Solutions

57

New Sponsors, More Rants

58

Black Learners in America - A Conversation with Zakiya Smith Ellis & Michael Sorrell

59

Are OPM's Dead & Other Ed Tech Predictions - A Conversation with Phil Hill

60

Short-Term Pell & the Changing Perceptions of Higher Education - A Conversation with Rachel Fishman, New America

61

The Skills Revolution - A Conversation with Michael Hansen, CEO of Cengage

62

The Skills Revolution - A Conversation with Paul Fain, Higher Education Journalist

63

A New Masterplan for Career Education in California - A Conversation with Ben Chida, Advisor for Gov. Gavin Newsom

64

Serving Working Learners - A Conversation with Scott Pulsipher, President at WGU

65

Upskilling America - A Conversation with Jeff Maggioncalda, CEO at Coursera

66

A Skills-First Framework - A Conversation with Maria Flynn, CEO at Jobs For the Future

67

The White House Strategies for Diversifying College Campuses

68

A Conversation with U.S. Under Secretary of Education, James Kvaal

69

Welcome to Season 2 & The FIRE Lawsuit Rant

70

Kauai Community College Stories - A Conversation with Interim Chancellor Margaret Sanchez

71

SCOTUS & Student Loan Debt Forgiveness - A Conversation with Mike Pierce

72

SCOTUS & Affirmative Action - A Conversation with Teresa Watanabe & Jess Bravin

73

The Innovators - My Rant about the ASU+GSV Summit

74

The SCOTUS Rant

75

The Innovators - A Conversation with Deborah Quazzo

76

The Innovators - A Conversation with Manny Smith

77

The Innovators - A Conversation with Pierre Dubuc

78

The Innovators - A Conversation with Christine Cruzvergara

79

My RANT - Innovation or Regulation

80

Balancing Innovation with Consumer Protection - A Conversation with Michael Horn

81

Reining in OPMs with Clare McCann

82

OPMs & A Class Action Lawsuit at USC

83

Too Much Regulation or Not Enough? A Conversation with Sameer Gadkaree & Bob Shireman

84

Regulation or Innovation with Paul LeBlanc

85

College Board Rant

86

More Money to the Most Rejective Colleges

87

Ending the SAT in California

88

Myth Busters - The SAT & ACT

89

Welcome to The RANT