Building a Transformational College for Adult Students: A Conversation with Adam Bush
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
Release Date: 04/22/2021
Social Justice and the Value-Proposition of College: A Conversation with Patricia McGuire
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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The University Should Be a Borderland, not a Border Guard: A Conversation with Michelle Fine
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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Building a Transformational College for Adult Students: A Conversation with Adam Bush
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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From Triage to Transformation: A Conversation with Elaine Maimon
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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In a Time of Wicked Problems, Educate Wicked Students: A Conversation with Paul Hanstedt
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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Changing Higher Ed From the Outside In: A Conversation with Nancy Cantor
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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The Way Forward Starts with Listening: A Conversation with Freeman Hrabowski
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.
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Welcome to The Way Forward Podcast
The Way Forward: Higher Education In a Time of Crisis
The Way Forward: Higher Education in a Time of Crisis is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org.
info_outlineCollege Unbound, a small, newly accredited college in Providence, Rhode Island, has been garnering a lot of positive attention lately—with good reason. It serves adult, working, parenting students, just the kind who are generally been ignored or underestimated by American higher education. In contrast to the short-term job training that many leaders believe nontraditional students want and need, CU offers an undergraduate degree grounded in project-based learning, peer cohorts, and a culture of full-throated support. Its graduation rate is around 80%. Its cost is around $5000 a term. Its students passionately love the program.
In this episode, I speak with Provost Adam Bush about CU’s program and values, the college’s response to the pandemic, and the implications of its model of transformative education not only for adult learners, but for higher ed as a whole.
Along with visiting the College Unbound website, you can learn more by reading:
“Colleges Struggle to Serve Millions of Dropouts. Have These Men Cracked the Code?” (Chronicle of Higher Education, January 16, 2020)
“College Unbound Helps Working Adults Earn Fast Affordable Degrees” (Forbes, April 22, 2019)
The Way Forward is a production of Bringing Theory to Practice; to learn more about our work, visit us at www.bttop.org. Send us your thoughts—and suggestions for future episodes—at [email protected]. The podcast is produced by Jabari Butler, and Dan Rudin composed our music.