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January 2009: Lloyd Thacker, Director of the Education Conservancy
Topic: Building a New Admission System

  This month’s interview titled, “Building a New Admission System” is with Lloyd Thacker, president of the Education Conservancy (runtime 40:48)
 
       
 

Febuary 2009: Bill Tierney, University of Southern California
Topic: Financial Aid and Access: The Affordability Conundrum

This month’s interview titled, “Financial Aid and Access: The Affordability Conundrum” is with Professor Bill Tierney of the University of Southern California (runtime 30:46)

 
       

March 2009: George Kuh, Indiana University
Topic: Enhancing Institutional Persistence Efforts

This month’s interview titled, “Enhancing Institutional Presistence Efforts” is with George Kuh of Indiana University (runtime 35:21)

 
       

April 2009: John S. Levin, University of California Riverside
Topic: The Changing Role of Community Colleges

This month’s interview titled,

 
       

May 2009: Mark Long, University of Washington
Topic: Friend or Foe: Practicing Affirmative Action in the New Century

This month’s interview titled, "Friend or Foe: Practicing Affirmative Action in the New Century," is with Mark Long, Assistant Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Washington (runtime 34:07)

 
       

Sept 2009: Don Heller, Penn State University
Topic: Making Sense of the Headlines: Straight Talk about Today's Aid Issues

This month’s interview titled, (runtime 25:59)
 
       

 

October 09: Cyndie Schmeiser, ACT, Inc.
Topic: College Readiness for All: Backing the Promise

This month’s interview titled (runtime 25:59)
 
       

 

Nov 09: Joyce Brown, Chicago Public Schools
Topic: Enhancing Student Opportunity: A High School Counselor's Point of View

This month’s interview titled, "Enhancing Student Opportunity: A High School Counselor's Point of View," is with Joyce Brown of Chicago Public Schools. (runtime 27:40)
 
       

 

December 2009: Jeff Milem, immediate past president of ASHE, and professor at the University of Arizona
Topic: Crossing the Great Divide: Enhancing Efforts to Conduct Research that Informs Educational Policy

(runtime 26:27)