AI Apocalypse: What’s the Point of College?
AI has arrived on college campuses, and professors and administrators are racing to respond. But there’s no clear rulebook, and the stakes are high. At Ohio State, one professor believes many universi...
1 Juli 25min
When Fascists Were Welcome | The National Party of America at Reed College
Speech on campus is the defining issue of higher education today. Many call for a return to the past when nearly anyone was received with respect. So, this week we look back to a moment in 1965 when t...
24 Juni 28min
Broad Daylight: The Transylvania Book Heist
Transylvania University houses one of the most valuable rare book collections in the country. In 2004, four college students decided to steal them. In broad daylight.For a transcript of this episode: ...
17 Juni 31min
Weather Pledges | Corruption and Hazing at the University of Tennessee
"It’s the middle of a September night at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga and two young men light themselves on fire. Both are later rushed to the hospital. The resulting investigation uncovers...
10 Juni 30min
Sworn In: The Hidden History of American Sororities
Pick up any history of women in higher education and you'll find sororities in a footnote, maybe a paragraph. But that's not the whole story. The first sororities weren't social clubs - they were acad...
3 Juni 27min
Frankly Fraud | “The $175 Million Scam”
In 2022, famous young entrepreneur and founder of the student financial aid startup Frank was charged with fraud and conspiracy, facing up to a 100 years in prison. How did this wunderkind turn into a...
27 Maj 22min
Contamination on Campus: What Did NC State Know About Poe Hall?
Poe Hall, an academic building on NC State’s campus, shut its doors abruptly. It later emerged that the building was contaminated with PCBs, a known carcinogen, and had been for decades. Faculty, staf...
20 Maj 29min
Upside Down Stanford | The University of Austin
For the last decade at least, the question of free speech has been the defining issue of American higher education. One school set out to tackle those problems head on, but appears to have lost its wa...
13 Maj 25min
