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Season 2: Previous Episodes

Season 1: Previous Episodes

By Jack Stripling May 20, 2025
Two years after a board takeover, the left-leaning liberal arts college is gaining students and losing some of its granola appeal.
By Jack Stripling May 13, 2025
On paper, student teaching evaluations make a lot of sense. Who is better positioned to say whether a professor did a good job than the students who took the course? But dig a little deeper, and there’s good reason to question whether colleges should be relying on teaching evaluations as much as they do. Listen now.
By Jack Stripling May 6, 2025
Jon Shields, a right-leaning professor at Claremont McKenna College, says young conservative activists are missing out on the movement’s rich intellectual tradition.
By Jack Stripling April 29, 2025
From the Trump administration’s unnerving first days to the recent mass layoffs, Education Department employees describe shortsighted dismissals and a workplace defined by paranoia and intimidation.
By Jack Stripling April 22, 2025
An immigration lawyer says the Trump administration has trampled on free speech, but that “there’s still time to stand up.”
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