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Asian Americans & Anti-Blackness: Truth vs. Fiction on Affirmative Action (August 2, 2023 release)
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Affirmative action's foes worked with conservative Chinese American organizations to sue two colleges over their admissions processes. The result w...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Radio Catskill, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, WNYE and more


  • Added: Jul 28, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
QPM? S2 EP 5: La importancia of education for Latinos
From: WNIN
Series: ¿Qué Pasa, Midwest?
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Getting a degree is not easy for a lot of immigrants, first generation graduates and for low income families. First, navigating through the system ...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 10:35
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending August 18, 2017
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: Trump Department of Justice Prepares to Sue Universities Over "Discriminat...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WRIR


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Life of the Mind: Lorraine Pangle
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Life of the Mind
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Professor Lorraine Pangle examines what a "liberal education" means. Pangle is the Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center and Core Texts and Ideas...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2015
  • Length: 31:07
Life of the Mind: Janet Davis
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Life of the Mind
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Professor Davis discusses how working outside academia made her a better teacher, whether technology in the classroom hinders learning, and her com...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2015
  • Length: 27:16
Life of the Mind: H.W. Brands
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Life of the Mind
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UT professor and author H.W. Brands discusses how he fell in love with history while traveling across the Intermountain West as a salesman, whether...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
Drink Local (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A culture has grown up around brewing beer locally and at home. The brewmasters at Champion Brewing Company discuss "shower beer" and beer made wit...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, KEDT, WABE, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 07, 2015
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Grandparents Who Parent (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Although grandparents have always been involved in the care of their grandchildren, a growing number of grandparents are now responsible for raisin...

Bought by WCNY, WCPN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Grandparents Who Parent (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Although grandparents have always been involved in the care of their grandchildren, a growing number of grandparents are now responsible for raisin...

Bought by WJCT, KVSC, KRDP, WKCC, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jul 24, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Future of Higher Education (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WJCT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KWMR, KRDP, and WLIW


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 5
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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The decision by Harvard and MIT to begin providing free courses to anyone, anywhere sparked an intense debate about the future of a bricks and mort...

Bought by WCNY, KPVL, CHSR-FM 97.9, KKRN, and Accessible Media Inc.


  • Added: Nov 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Summer Melt and the Z Degree (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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One of the largest community colleges in the nation has launched an innovative program that takes thousands of Latino high school students all the ...

Bought by WJCT, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WMNF


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Summer Melt and the Z Degree (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Texting may help stop "summer melt," which is when students who graduate from high school intending to go to college in the fall never show up. And...

Bought by WCNY, WNIJ, Accessible Media Inc., Accessible Media Inc. Station Account, KWMR and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 7
Derek Bok: The View from the Top (Excerpt)
From: Open Source
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Derek Bok is the only two-time president of Harvard University, which is to say he has twice reinvented the management of the oldest, richest, mayb...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Cooper and Marianne Leone on "Chasing the Dream: Arts School" (Excerpt)
From: Open Source
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For the perspective of experience and solid accomplishment, we're asking two pros in the middle of enviable careers what they learned in and out of...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 04:08
  • Purchases: 1
Liz McMillen on "Who Needs College Anyway?" (Excerpt)
From: Open Source
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Liz McMillen is the editor of the Chronicle of Higher Education

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 08:17
  • Purchases: 1
Sebastian Thrun: MOOCs, Angry Birds, and Lifelong Learning
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source with Christopher Lydon
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We’re speaking with a hot name in disruptive innovation, Sebastian Thrun. He’s part of our conversation on hacking higher education. He’s the foun...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 26, 2014
  • Length: 11:54
  • Purchases: 1
First in the Family (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly a third of college students in the United States are first-generation—meaning their parents and grandparents didn’t go. For many of these st...

Bought by WJCT, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KVSC, and WLIW


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
First in the Family (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nearly a third of college students in the United States are first-generation—meaning their parents and grandparents didn’t go. For many of these st...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KFOK-LPFM, WTJU, and WXDU


  • Added: May 16, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 5
Good Sport (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Nobody knows their exact price tag, but the Sochi Olympics were widely hailed as the most expensive Olympic games ever. Is it worth the cost? Plus,...

Bought by WJCT, WTJU, KVSC, WLIW, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Good Sport (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Nobody knows their exact price tag, but the Sochi Olympics were widely hailed as the most expensive Olympic games ever. Is it worth the cost? Plus,...

Bought by WCNY and WRGY


  • Added: Feb 28, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Higher Education (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free online courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the fu...

Bought by WJCT, WMNR, KVSC, WFHB, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Future of Higher Education (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In May of 2012, Harvard and MIT announced a partnership to provide free courses to anyone, anywhere, sparking an intense debate about the future of...

Bought by WCNY and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 18, 2013
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
Engineering Change: Why STEM matters
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. Why does STEM matter, and why are women and minorities being targeted? This is the first in a series ta...

Bought by WJCT and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jan 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Democracy Online
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Using the web to foster more open and accessible government.

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 05, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1