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Higher Ed: Co-Curriculars and Learning
What happens outside of the classroom – should it stay outside the classroom? In this episode of KUT’s podcast Higher Ed, KUT’s Jennifer Stayton and Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger talk...
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Higher Ed: How Outside Circumstances Can Impact Learning
In an ideal world, every student comes to class, or to any educational situation, well-prepared and ready to learn. But in reality, all kinds of life circumstances outside the classroom – such as...
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Higher Ed: The Intersection of Arts and Sciences
Some students and life-long learners think they’re only good at one kind of subject. Maybe they consider themselves “science” people, or perhaps they keep their distance from labs but cannot get enough...
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Higher Ed: Technology, Art, Ethics, and More Converge in 3-D Printing
3-D printing seems like a great deal. Need something? Print it up. Anything from food to clothing to houses can be printed and used. But just because we can print it, should we? And what about people...
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Higher Ed: Who’s An “Expert” In Education?
“Takes one to know one.” Remember that phrase? It’s usually tossed around as an insult during an argument. But, could there be a grain of truth in that? What does it mean to be an expert in something?...
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Higher Ed: Happiness 101?
History, Biology, English, Calculus. Those are some of the more traditional subjects taught in classrooms. But what if happiness were taught in school? In this episode of KUT’s podcast Higher Ed,...
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Higher Ed: Learning to “Unlearn”
Learning…. it’s what we all go to school for, right? Well, have you ever thought about what we’re actually doing when we learn? Sometimes, it’s just memorizing names, dates, or facts that we can...
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Higher Ed: How to Understand Deeply and Make Meaning
Remember “Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey,” that spoof of affirmations and pithy sayings? They’re funny for sure, but the idea of understanding something deeply is a serious part of education during...
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Higher Ed: The Meaning and Nuance of Numbers
From pre-K and all the way through graduate studies in math, we learn about numbers. But think about it – what is a number, really? What does the concept of “four” or a “million” of something actually...
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Higher Ed: How Technology Impacts Learning
With smartphones in the hands of so many people these days, we should be a lot smarter, right? How does technology impact the way we learn? In this episode of KUT’s podcast Higher Ed, Jennifer Stayton...
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Higher Ed: Creating New Knowledge
What does it take to do heavy duty research and generate new ideas in an academic field? A pile of degrees and years and years spent closed off in a room with noses to the grindstone? Not necessarily!...
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Higher Ed: Where Do Ideas Come From?
No doubt you’ve seen that iconic representation of the moment when a new idea is born. You know – the whole “lightbulb pops up over somebody’s head” graphic. It’s eye-catching for sure, but it turns...
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Higher Ed: Commencement Reflections
Caps and gowns … diplomas… speeches… parties… and anxieties about what’s next. It’s commencement season, and thousands of higher education graduates across the country are packing up their dorm rooms...
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Higher Ed: Aging and Learning
Remember that early 1990’s television show Doogie Howser, M.D. about a brilliant teenage doctor? Doogie had graduated from college by the age of ten and had become a doctor at 14. Ok, that may be a...
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Higher Ed: Deep Rest = Better Learning
Caffeine-fueled all-nighters to finish up that paper or cram for a final exam. For some students, that’s a regular part of their studying routine in higher education. They come to equate intense...
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Higher Ed: Extreme Learning Makeover
A new haircut. Maybe some new clothes. What about gutting a house and rebuilding the whole thing? Those sound like pretty extreme makeovers. What about an extreme learning makeover? In this episode of...
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Higher Ed: Summer Break for the Brain
Once school is over for the summer, many students are tempted to put it as far out of their minds as possible and take a break from the rigors of the academic year. And they certainly aren’t thinking...
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Higher Ed: Conquering Math “Phobia”
“I was told there would be no math!” It’s a line people sometimes say in mock frustration when faced with a situation involving arithmetic. For some people, the thought of doing addition or...
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Higher Ed: Broad Strokes of Learning
Have you ever heard of a “value study” in art? It’s a way to make a quick sketch of whatever you see and then fill it in with shades of gray. It leaves out detail in favor of broader strokes that...
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Higher Ed: Liberal Arts, Democracy, and the Media
What happens when you mix together liberal arts and democracy and then throw in a little media coverage? You get a fascinating discussion about the intersection of those three storied institutions. In...
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