The Rant Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview Clare McCann, Higher Education Policy Fellow at Arnold Ventures. Clare and I discuss the challenges in crafting Federal higher education policy and the need to create clearer guardrails to rein in the kinds predatory practices that concern policy makers about the OPM industry. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I discuss the recent class action lawsuit brought by the graduate students of USC's masters in social work online program which was outsourced to the well known OPM, 2U. This lawsuit highlights the predatory recruitment and marketing practices that the US Department of Education is attempting to rein in. 

Send us Fan Mail This episode continues a series of conversations about the February 2023 changes to the definition of a Third-Party Servicer and changes to the guidance and language limiting revenue-share agreements and restricting the activities of OPMs. In this episode I talk with Sameer Gadkaree, President of The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS) and Bob Shireman, Senior Fellow...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I sit down with Paul LeBlanc, President of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) at the 2023 SXSW conference in Austin, TX. We discuss the impact of the changes to the definition of a Third-Party Servicer proposed by the US Department of Education on SNHU. Paul and I also discuss balancing innovation and consumer protection. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share my rant about the College, the SAT and the standardized testing industry. We learned so much from Akil Bello and Jon Boeckenstedt in the Myth Busters episode, so it is amazing to me that many colleges and universities still hold on to the SAT and ACT in admissions. My Rant will get into this issue and add more fuel to the fire.

Send us Fan Mail This episode responds to a listener comment regarding the recent $300-million gift to Harvard. I get to RANT about the insanity created in our higher education system that comes from pouring more money on the wealthiest and most rejective institutions. 

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I sit down with Michele Siqueiros, President of the Campaign for College Opportunity.  We discuss her organizations advocacy to end the use of standardized testing in California public colleges and universities. We discuss the challenges that standardized tests like the SAT and ACT create for low-income students and students of color and get into some of the data t...

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2 gets behind the curtain of the College Board and ACT. Joining Eloy Ortiz Oakley to rant about high stakes standardized testing is Akil Bello and Jon Boeckenstedt. The conversation will also dive into the challenges that an organization like the College Board have created.

Send us Fan Mail Introducing my new podcast and YouTube channel. The podcast where we get behind the curtain and breakdown the people, the policies and the politics of our higher education system. We ask tough questions about higher education and talk to some really interesting guests. All the while making space to RANT about what is wrong with higher education and how we can improve it.