Higher Ed ReWired
California State University podcast Higher Ed Rewired features inspirational stories from higher education faculty, researchers, landscape of postsecondary education. They bring listeners along on their journey of engaging students with innovative practices, overcoming institutional challenges and creating groundbreaking research. Each episode will inspire and expand the listener's understanding of the foundations of student success in higher education.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Let's Talk About Sex Ed: Examining Its Place and Purpose in Higher Education
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In many parts of the U.S., comprehensive sex education is startlingly absent. With only 16 states mandating contraception education, 34 states focusing primarily on abstinence, and…
Weighted Judgments: The Unspoken Bias in Higher Ed
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In this enlightening episode, we dive deep into an often-silent challenge faced by plus-sized students in the realm of higher education. Despite more than two-thirds of adults in t…
Beyond the Degree: Discovering Unexpected Careers
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In this episode we uncover the surprising ways a degree can serve us throughout our careers. Our esteemed guests, all accomplished alumni from various fields, share their personal …
ChatGPT: Pushing the Boundaries of Higher Education
ChatGPT is the latest in the rapidly growing realm of AI programming. The program understands and responds to human language, which has been shown to be beneficial in assisting students in higher edu…
Beyond Borders: Unpacking the Black Study Abroad Experience
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Of the 160,000 American students who studied abroad, in the 2019-2020 academic year, only 5.5 percent were Black. Although the percentage of Black students who travel abroad was s…
Reassessing the Impact of Affirmative Action in Higher Education
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Instituted by executive order in 1965, affirmative action is a race-conscious policy that aims to address discrimination and provide equal access to education and jobs. Since its …
Embracing the Importance of Activism in Higher Education
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Activism in higher education has a long history going back to the 1930s, starting with opposition to the military, racial discrimination, and support for labor unions. Nowadays, on…
Examining The Stop WOKE Act and The Threat to Academic Freedom in Higher Education
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In April 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 7, also known as the “Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act” or the “Stop WOKE act”. This bill prohibits tea…
Refocusing Basic Needs (Part 2): Can Policy Fix the Higher Ed Housing Crisis?
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According to the Census Bureau, California’s population grew three times more in the last ten years than available housing units. As enrollment at the University of California and …
Refocusing Basic Needs: The Student Housing Crisis in Higher Education
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The current housing crisis for students cannot be ignored. A survey conducted in 2019 found on-campus that most students in California have experienced some type of housing insecur…
This Virtual Life: How the Pandemic is Reshaping the Higher Ed Experience
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Higher education is beginning to reassess the college experience in response to the pandemic. Universities are updating curricula to offer larger or more robust professional progra…
Fixing the Financial Aid Crisis
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In 2021, Assembly Majority Leader Eloise Gómez Reyes introduced assembly bill, AB469 to make applying for financial aid through the FAFSA and the California Dream Act application …
Esports: Changing the Game in Higher Ed
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During the worldwide pandemic, esports programs stepped in to fill the void that social distancing created. Students in these programs had the unique opportunity to gather in virtu…
Project Rebound: Redeeming Lives Through Education
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In 1967, Project Rebound was created to matriculate formerly incarcerated students into the CSU directly from the criminal justice system. Since the program’s inception, hundreds …
Reevaluating the Role of Education in the Workplace
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In 2019, amidst rising tuition and student debt, The Gates Foundation created a new panel called the Postsecondary Value Commission to examine the return on investment of the colle…
Redefining the Value of The College Degree
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For colleges and universities, the “great resignation” might be an opportunity to reach working adults looking to upskill for a new job. They could transform the college experience…
Rewiring Mental Health Services For A Post Pandemic Campus
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The COVID-19 pandemic revealed structural weaknesses and inequities across the nation in all major industries - housing, government, finance, health care, and education. This revela…
SAT: Rethinking College Admission Criteria
In a sweeping decision amid the height of the pandemic, universities across the nation decided to remove the SAT/ACT as an admission requirement and go test-optional. In the absence of this tool, ins…
Beyond the Pandemic: System Leaders on Driving Student Success
The complexity and challenges of the pandemic have posed extraordinary shifts to education as we have known it. Unique opportunities have risen out of the stay-at-home orders and the shift to remote …
Conversation with Leading Authors on Equity
Higher Ed Rewired engages listeners in a conversation with a panel of nationally recognized authors who will discuss their recent books and share insight on equity and student success. Listen to Tia …