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How College Works

by Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland

A weekly podcast where two professors and a high school teacher talk about how their jobs are different and what that means for students making their way through college.

Episodes

How College Works Ep 92: AVID Coordinator

1h 6m · Published 05 May 18:26

We talk with a coordinator for the AVID program about what AVID is, how it works, and why it is such a successful program for getting students ready for college. You can find their webpage at https://www.avid.org/

How College Works Ep 91: The Point of College

52m · Published 14 Apr 13:35

We use a the themes of Rich Dad, Poor Dad (a book Drew read some years ago) as a starting point to discuss why you may or may not want to go to college, what our motivations were when we started, and how some of those didn't really pan out the way we expected.

How College Works Ep 90: Autocomplete Interview

54m · Published 06 Apr 12:20

We have a little fun using Google's autocomplete to answer common questions in the form of "How does college. . ."

How College Works Ep 89: Reunion and Check-In

53m · Published 26 Mar 20:42

We're back and spend our time checking in on how our academic years have been going with Covid and other struggles.

How College Works Ep 88: Gap Year/Semester and Possible Outcomes

58m · Published 10 Jun 02:19

We discuss why students might take a gap year or gap semester and speculate about effects that could have on colleges with the worst case possibility of many student taking gap because of Covid. We are particularly speculative on these issues and not predictive.

How College Works Ep 87: A Junior Gives Advice

48m · Published 28 May 18:35

We talk with a college junior who has words of wisdom and advice (new to us) on how to make the transition to college smoother and to thrive at college.

How College Works Ep 86: Office Hours

48m · Published 20 May 19:15

We talk about what office hours are, how we hope students will think of them, what we do, and what we'd like students to do.

How College Works Ep 85: Parent and Rising College Student

33m · Published 11 May 14:44

We talk with a High School senior who will be on her way to college in the age of Covid and her mother about their concerns and questions, and we, of course, give advice.

How College Works Ep 84: Covid Check In

47m · Published 28 Apr 03:17

We check in with each other about how the online classes are going. We talk about how our daily/class routines have changed (or not), what we hope and expect going forward, Zoom etiquette, and how working remotely has helped expose inefficiencies and forced some better practices for us.

How College Works Ep 83: Covid Madness

29m · Published 13 Apr 18:34

We talk about what it's like working to get classes converted to distance learning on the instruction and technology sides.

How College Works has 93 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 65:45:10. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on November 25th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on April 1st, 2024 15:16.