Higher Voltage

Teresa Valerio Parrot and Erin Hennessy of TVP Communications join host Kevin Tyler to analyze the latest headlines, including the growth of micro colleges, the decline in Black enrollment, why more high school students are rejecting higher ed.

Discussing burnout, demoralization, and how to fix work in higher ed with Kevin McClure, associate professor of higher education at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

After she was targeted by state politicians for teaching about the legacy of racism, Dyanis Conrad ultimately left her position at the University of South Dakota. On the latest Higher Voltage she discusses the politicization of teaching in higher ed.

Adam Harris, a staff writer for The Atlantic, joins the show to discuss the long history of imbalanced support for institutions that enroll high numbers of Black students, the unique legacy of HBCUs, and the role that school rankings play in all of this.

Denise Runge of the University of Alaska-Anchorage joins the show to discuss real ways colleges and universities can help students overcome barriers to access.

The University of Lynchburg’s Aaron Basko discusses his article in The Chronicle about the perils of the generic college.

Jayson Boyers, the president of Rosemont College, joins host Kevin Tyler to talk about the challenges and nuances of leading and marketing a religiously affiliated institution of higher education.

Jaime Hunt, vice president and chief communications and marketing officer at Miami University, and Ayana Hernandez, associate vice chancellor for university relations at North Carolina Central, join host Kevin Tyler to discuss DEI marketing at colleges and universities.

Jon McBride of BYU and Teresa Valerio Parrot join host Kevin Tyler to discuss the radical new landscape of name, image & likeness marketing opportunities that is transforming college athletics, and what it means for higher ed institutions of all sizes.

The Great Resignation sweeping the nation has people leaving unsatisfying jobs at unprecedented rates. Higher education is, by many anecdotal accounts, being hit hard by this trend. And that hit is coming at precisely the wrong time, as longer-term dips in enrollment dovetail with a broader cultural questioning of the value of a four-year college degree, all of which is exacerbated by a sharp, pandemic-driven decline in incoming freshmen. Seth Odell and Corynn Myers join host Kevin Tyler to discuss why people are leaving their ins of private enterprise, and what higher ed needs to do to retain top talent; all three have left higher ed for agency roles in the last year and a half.