The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news and shape our culture. Through conversations—and sometimes sharp debates—with the most insightful thinkers and writers on topics of the day, Radio Atlantic will complicate overly simplistic views. It will cut through the noise with clarifying, personal narratives. It will, hopefully, help listeners make up their own mind about certain ideas. The national conversation right now can be chaotic, reckless, and stuck. Radio Atlantic aims to bring some order to our thinking—and encourage listeners to be purposeful about how they unstick their mind.
https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/the-ticket
episode 65: America's Higher Education Crisis
A college education has become a key asset towards success in the American economy, but for many Americans, access to higher education—especially at a prestigious university—feels increasingly out of reach. With its capricious admissions and massive debt loads, the system is struggling. So we’re sitting down this week with two members of our Education team—editor Alia Wong and staff writer Adam Harris—to ask the question: is U.S. higher education sustainable?
Links
- “Harvard Admissions on Trial” (Alia Wong, October 5, 2018)
- “America Wakes Up From Its Dream of Free College” (Adam Harris, September 11, 2018)
- “George Washington’s Broken Dream of a National University” (Adam Harris, September 21, 2018)
- “Lotteries May Be the Fairest Way to Fix Elite-College Admissions” (Alia Wong, August 1, 2018)
- “Why the Ivy League Needs to Admit More Students” (Alia Wong, September 28, 2018)
- “Here’s How Higher Education Dies” (Adam Harris, June 5, 2018)
- “The Era of Affirmative Action May Not Last Much Longer” (Adam Harris, July 3, 2018)
- “The College-Graduation Problem All States Have” (Adam Harris, June 16, 2018)
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