Podcast

[valpo22]

For anybody else who is a higher ed geek, this recent four-part series by Freakonomics was interesting. Episodes 1 and 4 are probably most relevant to Valpo.

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-exactly-is-college-for/
We think of them as intellectual enclaves and the surest route to a better life. But U.S. colleges also operate like firms, trying to differentiate their products to win market share and prestige points. In the first episode of a special series, we ask what our chaotic system gets right — and wrong. (Part 1 of "Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.")

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-university-of-impossible-to-get-into/
America's top colleges are facing record demand. So why don't they increase supply? (Part 2 of "Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.")

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/i-dont-think-the-country-is-turning-away-from-college/
Enrollment is down for the first time in memory, and critics complain college is too expensive, too elitist, and too politicized. The economist Chris Paxson — who happens to be the president of Brown University — does not agree. (Part 3 of "Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.")

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-is-the-future-of-college-and-does-it-have-room-for-men/
Educators and economists tell us all the reasons college enrollment has been dropping, especially for men, and how to stop the bleeding. (Part 4 of "Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School.")