dotEDU

By American Council on Education

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​​​​​​​​Each episode of dotEDU presents a deep dive into a major public policy issue impacting college campuses and students across the country. Hosts from ACE, joined by guest experts, lead you through thought-provoking conversations on topics such as campus free speech, diversity in admissions, college costs and affordability, and more.

Episode Date
A Funding Deal, the Pell Shortfall, and New Federal Pressure on Campuses
Feb 19, 2026
What the Headlines Miss About Higher Ed: A Conversation with Kirk Carapezza
Feb 13, 2026
What the Future Holds for Federal TRIO Programs
Jan 29, 2026
What Counts as a Professional Degree in 2026?
Jan 16, 2026
The dotEDU Wrap Party for Policy Nerds
Dec 18, 2025
2025 in Review: A Year That Redefined the Higher Ed Landscape
Dec 04, 2025
Judyth Sachs on International Students and a Changing Landscape
Nov 20, 2025
From Big Beautiful Bill to Big Complicated Rules
Nov 14, 2025
If it's a shutdown, why are we so busy?
Oct 31, 2025
Can They Do That? The White House's Higher Ed Compact and Shutdown Fallout
Oct 08, 2025
Congress funded equity and access. The Trump administration calls it discrimination.
Sep 23, 2025
Demands for Data on Race and the Future of College Admissions
Sep 11, 2025
dotEDU Live: Ask Us Anything About Higher Education Policy
Jul 31, 2025
dotEDU Live: The Big Beautiful Bill Has Passed. What's Next?
Jul 11, 2025
dotEDU Live: What the Senate Reconciliation Bill Gets (Mostly) Wrong
Jun 27, 2025
dotEDU Live: Pause on Student Visas, Reconciliation in the Senate, and More Pressure on Harvard
Jun 06, 2025
dotEDU Live: Associations Speak Out as Reconciliation Targets Higher Ed
May 16, 2025
dotEDU Live: The Trump Administration's Pressure Campaign Continues
May 02, 2025
dotEDU Live: Harvard Pushes Back, Visa Chaos, and the Fight for Research Funding
Apr 16, 2025
dotEDU Live: Latest on Dismantling of the ED, International Students, and Budget Issues
Apr 03, 2025
dotEDU Live: What the Education Department Layoffs Mean for Colleges and Universities
Mar 20, 2025
Fixing FAFSA—Lessons From the Rollout
Mar 13, 2025
dotEDU Live: More Policy Shifts, More Uncertainty for Colleges
Mar 05, 2025
dotEDU Live: The Future of Campus Diversity and Student Support
Feb 19, 2025
dotEDU Live: New Orders and New Challenges for Higher Education
Feb 06, 2025
dotEDU Live: What the Trump Administration's Funding Freeze Means for Higher Education
Jan 29, 2025
dotEDU Live: Navigating Trump's First Week
Jan 24, 2025
dotEDU Live: ACE Fellows Go to DC (and Get Snowed in)!
Jan 09, 2025
dotEDU Live: Higher Education's Path Forward in Trump's Second Term
Dec 12, 2024
Changing History at Colegio de México: Silvia Giorguli
Dec 11, 2024
Discovering Your Leadership Path: Sue Cunningham
Dec 04, 2024
Trailblazing Leadership in Turkey: Gülsün Sağlamer
Nov 26, 2024
dotEDU Live: What Trump's Win and a New Congress Mean for Higher Education
Nov 07, 2024
Windward CC Chancellor Champions Student Parents
Oct 31, 2024
dotEDU Live: Student Voting in 2024
Oct 10, 2024
The First Amendment and Campus Protests: A Conversation with Cass Sunstein
Sep 30, 2024
dotEDU Live: Campuses, Congress, and the Campaign Trail: What to Expect This Fall
Sep 16, 2024
dotEDU Live: From Heat Waves to Fall Challenges
Jul 12, 2024
State of the States: How Higher Ed Can Build Their Future
Jun 27, 2024
dotEDU Live: Navigating the Current Landscape of College Sports
Jun 13, 2024
The State of Student Affairs: Mental Health, Campus Protests, and Supporting Students
Jun 06, 2024
dotEDU Live: How Congress Is Responding to Campus Unrest
May 16, 2024
The Campus Speech vs. Safety Tightrope: A Conversation with Fred Lawrence
May 13, 2024
Generating the Future: Exploring AI in Higher Education
May 02, 2024
dotEDU Live: Budget Battles, FAFSA Fails, and Biden's New Loan Forgiveness Plan
Apr 18, 2024
College Admissions in 2024: "A Year Like No Other"
Apr 08, 2024
dotEDU Live: Student-Athlete Unions and the Mental Health Crisis in Higher Ed
Mar 21, 2024
FAFSA Glitch Puts Students, Colleges in Limbo
Mar 01, 2024
dotEDU Live: Is Higher Education Act Reauthorization Finally Happening?
Feb 22, 2024
Beyond Berkeley: Lessons from a University Chancellor on the Front Lines
Feb 08, 2024
dotEDU Live: New Year, Same Congress—What's Next for Higher Ed?
Jan 25, 2024
AU President Shares Challenges, Triumphs of Presidency
Jan 11, 2024
dotEDU Live: The Year in Higher Education Policy
Dec 14, 2023
Carnegie Classifications Reimagined (dotEDU's 100th Episode!)
Dec 05, 2023
dotEDU Live: The Pre-Thanksgiving Policy Roundup
Nov 17, 2023
Equity and Inclusion in Silicon Valley and Beyond
Nov 02, 2023
dotEDU Live: Chaos in Congress and the Higher Ed Agenda
Oct 19, 2023
Higher Ed Trends to Watch with Scott Jaschik
Oct 05, 2023
dotEDU Live: What's on the Policy Agenda for Higher Ed This Fall?
Sep 21, 2023
Biden's Loan Forgiveness Program Fails Supreme Court Test. What Now?
Jul 13, 2023
dotEDU Live: The Supreme Court's Ruling on Race and Admissions
Jul 07, 2023
Partnering to Solve Pandemic Learning Loss
Jun 15, 2023
dotEDU Live: Gainful Employment Rules 3.0, Student Loan Payments Return
Jun 01, 2023
Raising the Bar in Texas
May 18, 2023
dotEDU at ACE2023: Diversifying the College Presidency Is Essential
May 11, 2023
dotEDU Live: Why Should Higher Ed Care About Debt Ceilings and Other Budget Battles?
May 04, 2023
dotEDU at ACE2023: Where Are All the Women College Presidents?
Apr 26, 2023
Student Athletes and NIL: How We Got Here, and Where It's Going
Apr 06, 2023
dotEDU Live: The State of Academic Freedom on Campuses; Hope for HEA?
Mar 23, 2023
Does Your Campus Outsource Its Online Programs? Prepare for Changes
Mar 09, 2023
dotEDU Live: New Rules from ED, Culture War Rhetoric Ramps Up, the End of the COVID Emergency, More
Feb 17, 2023
The Culture Wars Have Come for American Higher Ed. Again.
Feb 09, 2023
What the New Congress and Biden Administration Have in Store for Higher Ed in 2023
Jan 26, 2023
Faculty, Staff Are Burned Out. How Should Higher Ed Respond?
Jan 12, 2023
The Year in Higher Education Policy
Dec 21, 2022
States Step in as Federal Action on Dreamers Goes Nowhere
Dec 08, 2022
Midterm Election Aftermath
Nov 21, 2022
Making the Case for Sustainability in Higher Ed
Nov 10, 2022
Bonus: Prepping for a Supreme Court Hearing Starts at Georgetown
Oct 27, 2022
What to Watch for in the Oct. 31 Supreme Court Hearing on Race in College Admissions
Oct 27, 2022
Nasser Paydar Talks Mental Health, Student Debt Relief, and Other Priorities for the Education Dept.
Oct 13, 2022
Higher Ed Policy Predictions for the Fall
Sep 29, 2022
Breaking Down Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
Sep 15, 2022
How Colleges Can Avoid the Dreaded Data Dump
Jul 28, 2022
The New Proposed Title IX Regulations are Here. Now What?
Jul 14, 2022
Breaking the Grip of the College Rankings Game
Jun 30, 2022
Midterm Elections Loom Over Higher Ed
Jun 16, 2022
Do Americans Value Higher Education?
Jun 02, 2022
The Policy and Politics of Student Loan Forgiveness
May 19, 2022
Federal Dollars, Creative Leaders Help Two-Year Colleges Post-COVID
May 05, 2022
The Higher Ed Agenda as Congress Returns From Spring Break
Apr 21, 2022
dotEDU Brief: Student Loan Repayment on Pause (Again); Is Double Pell in the Cards?
Apr 07, 2022
Congress Springs Forward and Passes Spending Bill; New Regulations Coming
Mar 24, 2022
Baylor President on the Changing World of College Athletics
Mar 17, 2022
Title IX, DACA, Gainful Employment: New Rules Coming for Higher Ed
Feb 24, 2022
Reimagining College Admissions Through an Equity Lens
Feb 10, 2022
Higher Ed in 2022: Unfinished Business and Election Year Politics
Jan 27, 2022
Debates on Critical Race Theory, Academic Freedom Are Not Going Away
Jan 14, 2022
2021 in Higher Education Policy (A Good Year, Not a Great One)
Dec 16, 2021
The Future of Student Loan Forgiveness
Dec 02, 2021
End of Year Countdown: What's on the Congressional Agenda for Students and Colleges
Nov 19, 2021
Higher Ed Waits for Congress to Act, ACE Takes Pulse of College Presidents
Nov 04, 2021
Capitol Hill Fall Showdown: Will Higher Ed Get Left Behind?
Oct 21, 2021
The Legacy of Underfunding Colleges That Serve Black Students
Oct 07, 2021
What's Going on With Budget Reconciliation, and Why Should Higher Ed Care?
Sep 23, 2021
dotEDU Brief: Broadband Access, Free Community College, Support for Dreamers All on the Table
Aug 13, 2021
dotEDU Brief: Congress Returns to Full Agenda, Groups Launch National Campaign to Double Pell Grants
Jul 15, 2021
Episode 46: Translating Support for International Students Into Policy
Jul 01, 2021
Episode 45: What COVID-19 Has Taught Higher Education Leaders
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 44: Where Is Congress on Student Voter Access and Public Service Loan Forgiveness?
Jun 03, 2021
Episode 43: COVID-19 Relief Dollars at Work: East Carolina University and the Greenville Community
May 20, 2021
Episode 42: A Safe Campus for All This Fall? What College Leaders Need to Know
May 06, 2021
Episode 41: Is College a Risky Investment? An Economist Weighs In
Apr 22, 2021
Episode 40: (College) Credit Where Credit is Due
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 39: A Conversation with NASPA's SA: Voices from the Field Podcast
Mar 25, 2021
Episode 38: What's Next for Federal Student Aid?
Mar 12, 2021
Episode 37: A Conversation With Congressman Bobby Scott
Feb 25, 2021
Episode 36: What Colleges Can Expect From Miguel Cardona's Education Department
Feb 12, 2021
Episode 35: A New Era for Higher Ed Under Biden Administration
Jan 28, 2021
Episode 34: Responding to Last Week's Attack on the Capitol; International Student Policy in the Biden Administration
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 33: Mental Health on Campus as 2020 Winds Down
Dec 11, 2020
Episode 32: What Higher Education Can Expect From the Biden Administration
Nov 13, 2020
Episode 31: Debates, Flies, and Political Engagement at the University of Utah
Oct 29, 2020
Episode 30: What Higher Ed Needs to Know About the New Supreme Court
Oct 15, 2020
Episode 29: Preparing for the 2020 Election on Campus
Oct 01, 2020
Episode 28: Dreamers and Immigration Policy: Past, Present, Future
Sep 17, 2020
Episode 27: dotEDU Turns One!
Aug 12, 2020
Episode 26: More COVID Funding From Congress; Supporting Students' Return to Campus
Jul 27, 2020
Episode 25: "Horrifying" Guidance on International Students; All About the Title IX Final Rule
Jul 13, 2020
Episode 24: Supreme Court Protects DACA, LGBTQ Workers; Prioritizing DEI During COVID-19
Jun 29, 2020
Episode 23: How Campuses Can Encourage Racial Healing; The Future of Blockchain in Education
Jun 15, 2020
Episode 22: Thinking Through an Uncertain Fall
Jun 01, 2020
Episode 21: Making Scientific Research More Nimble
May 18, 2020
Episode 20: Can We Promise College for All?
May 04, 2020
Episode 19: A College at the Crossroads of COVID-19 and DACA
Apr 20, 2020
Episode 18: Higher Education in the Time of COVID-19
Apr 07, 2020
Episode 17: Access, Affordability, and the Future of Independent Colleges
Mar 09, 2020
Episode 16: Preventing Sexual Harassment in Academia
Feb 24, 2020
Episode 15: College Admissions Under the Microscope
Feb 10, 2020
Episode 14: Community Colleges Bring Dreams Within Reach
Jan 24, 2020
Episode 13: Organizing a Campus Based on Equity and Social Justice
Jan 13, 2020
Episode 12: Giving All Learners a Chance
Dec 23, 2019
Episode 11: Meeting Students Where They Are on Mental Health
Dec 09, 2019
Episode 10: Talking Free Speech on Campus
Nov 25, 2019
Episode 09: Student Success is Institutional Success
Nov 12, 2019
Episode 08: Setting Up Student Veterans for Success
Oct 28, 2019
Episode 07: Asian American Students in Higher Ed… It's Complicated
Oct 15, 2019
Episode 06: Big Data Goes to College
Sep 30, 2019
Episode 05: Beyond the Admissions Letter: Helping Disadvantaged Students Succeed in College
Sep 16, 2019
Episode 04: The Current Climate for International Students in the United States
Aug 16, 2019
Episode 03: HSIs Are Narrowing Racial Gaps for Latinx Students
Aug 14, 2019
Episode 02: Lifting Up Men of Color in Higher Ed
Aug 13, 2019
Episode 01: Closing the College Success Gap for Low-income Students
Aug 12, 2019
Episode 00: Introducing dotEDU
Jun 25, 2019