Season 2, Episode 4: Practice, Part 1: On-Going, New, and Emerging Impacts of Access

In This Episode:

Drs. Commodore and Johnson discuss with panelists the myriad of forces that are impacting access to higher education. They delve into the recent Affirmative Action decision, lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and other imminent shifts that pose challenges to expanding college access for underserved populations. Panelists share insightful reflections and practical strategies for individuals and institutions committed to advancing equity. Access the full episode transcript (.pdf).

Panelists
Dr. Liliana Garces Professor University of Texas at Austin	Dr. Kimberly Griffin Dean of the College of Education University of Maryland	Arthur Kelly Program Specialist Access College Foundation	Dr. Julie Posselt Associate Dean of the Graduate School & Associate Professor University of Southern California

About the 2023 Season "Higher Ed Research: Purposes, Politics, & Practices"

Political forces have always shaped higher education whether through legislation, curricular reformation, partisan control of state appropriations to higher education, and private benefactors and philanthropies. What are the forces that are impinging on higher education’s purposes and practices today, and how can (or how should) higher education research direct the course of their effects?

Like our 2023 ASHE Annual Conference, our 2023 podcasts will be dedicated to this question. Our guests will engage with the question to broaden our understanding of and perspectives on what’s at stake for higher education’s purposes and practices now and in the years to come. In this podcast series, our ASHE co-hosts Drs. Felecia Commodore and Royel Johnson will invite scholars and higher education leaders to consider how political forces today affect higher education’s purposes and practices, and the role that we, as higher education researchers, can or should play in addressing these forces.

ASHE’s 2023 President Ana M. Martínez-Alemán invites you to listen to and reflect on these conversations, and to share the insights from our co-hosts and invited guests with your colleagues.