PRX - Pieces for Tagging: college

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

18 results


Irresistible Force Beats Immovable Object: Harvard (finally) Divests
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Piece image
It took 9 years, but Harvard students finally got the wealthiest university in the world to divest from fossil fuel.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFHB


  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
A survivor and her perpetrator find justice
From: Stephanie Lepp
Series: Reckonings
Piece image
What does it sound like for a perpetrator to take responsibility for sexual abuse? What does it sound like for a survivor to get her needs met? Hea...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2018
  • Length: 56:15
The Pioneers Carrying Their Parent's Dreams: First Generation College Students
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism
Caption: Lorena Kanzki, Syracuse Sophomore and First Gen Student, Credit: Lorena Kanzki
Today 50% of all college students are the first of their families to go to college. They carry the hopes and dreams of there families in their back...

Bought by KRZA and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2017
  • Length: 05:49
  • Purchases: 2
The Sacrifices of Going Pro
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Piece image
Martin Redlicki is a 6'6 collegiate tennis star who is on the verge of going professional. What has he had to sacrifice along the way for the slim ...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:33
A Mexican-American family's divided immigration status
From: Bending Borders
Series: Between Homelands: Hope, Fear and Longing in America
Caption: Lupe Herrera, Credit: Charles Magovern
Lupe Herrera has all the protections of United States citizenship, but none of that is guaranteed to her brother and parents. This legal crack in t...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KUER, KSFR, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 4
The Demands on 2nd & 11th Graders Are Similar?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Piece image
It may seem obvious that the academic demands on an 11th grader are more intense than a 2nd grader. However, what may be surprising is the number o...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2015
  • Length: 03:43
Let Us Begin...
From: Three Point Perspective
Series: Three Point Perspective
Piece image
The first episode of Three Point Perspective from The Office of Alumni Relations at The California Institute of the Arts. This Episode is all abou...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2013
  • Length: 51:20
Ivy League Students in the ROTC (9:32)
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Elements by Open Orchard Productions
Piece image
Why would students at ivy league universities choose to be part of the military Reserve Officer Training Program (ROTC)? Listen to find out how and...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 1
There’s No Saccharine in This Sweet School
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Piece image
Follow Sierra on her progressive college journey as she realizes that finding the right college is as difficult as Goldilocks finding the right bo...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Preparing for College Yet?
From: Open Orchard Productions
Series: The Harvest by Open Orchard Productions
Piece image
Kimmy couldn't believe that she was getting college info packs in the mail as a 9th grader. Having just transitioned to high school from middle sch...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Stressed-Out Students
From: Humankind
Piece image
Ideal for broadcast late-Summer / early- Fall, this new 1-hr. documentary from Humankind examines the epidemic of high anxiety among secondary scho...

Bought by WVTF, WSKG, KRCB 104.9, KUAF Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 24
Brina’s Diary: Best Four Years of Your Life
From: Radio Diaries
Piece image
Brina keeps this audio journal of her first year at Brown University. “I have this weird sense that anybody I meet I might never see again. And al...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2012
  • Length: 12:06
Who Needs an English Major? The Future of Liberal Arts Education
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: The campus of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., founded in 1874. , Credit: Steve Woit, courtesy of Macalester College.
The most popular college major in America these days is business. Does it pay to study liberal arts? (9/8/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WHRV, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, WTIP, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 08, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Some College, No Degree: Why So Many Americans Drop Out of College, and What to Do About It
From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education
Caption: A student picks up new job skills at the Tennessee Technology Center in Murfreesboro, a technical school where many people who have quit college go to improve their chances in an increasingly competitive economy. , Credit: Doug Strickland
37 million Americans are college dropouts. What wlll it take to get them back? (8/25/2011)

Bought by WMUU-LP, WTIP, KWIT, and NPR Illinois


  • Added: Aug 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Decisions Project - 27 - College and Horses
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
Piece image
A woman reflects on her decision to give up equestrianism and go to college.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 15, 2011
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
(i.e.) NPR in Other Words: Premiere
From: NPR Intern Edition
Piece image
An experiment in the unexpected.

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 1
Moving Home
From: NPR Intern Edition
Piece image
A recent college grad discusses her new start -- the one she was supposed to have post-school and that she looks forward to after she moves out of ...

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 03:14
  • Purchases: 1
Gender And Identity At A Women's College
From: NPR Intern Edition
Piece image
It turns out, gender is not all that simple at an all-women's college.

Bought by KSFR, WLPR , WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KRUA, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2009
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 6