Best Gary D Stocker Podcasts (2025)

The 2nd edition of Requiem for a College 2nd edition by Jonathan Nichols is a deeply personal and cautionary tale that explores the growing trend of college closures in the United States. It's a gripping account that reads like a mystery, but it's based on a true story. The book centers on the closure of Saint Joseph's College in Indiana, a school …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for September 8, 2025 26:11

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A long start to this week's podcast. I take a detailed look at how colleges spin their enrollment and focus on the financial health data of one college in PA as an example. Other stories include: + Higher ed spending up as enrollment plummets at Illinois universities + Impact of Federal Policy Shifts: Higher Education Enrollment Cliff or Moderate D…

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This Week In College Viability: A Special Conversation with a Small, Private College CFO 41:41

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I talk about college finances and colleges spinning their numbers regularly. This is the first time I have had a CFO (interim) come onto the podcast to share the stark reality of the financial challenges at a specfic college - Albright College (PA). Larry Bomback has been the interim CFO since late 2024. Albright College has been in the news about …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Sep 1 2025: Best of w Azziz and Langteau 7:00

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I am releasing my first 'Best Of' This Week in College Viability podcast. You will here from 2 short clips during the podcast from former college presidents. Dr. Paula Langteau will discuss 3 key metrics for college closure and than add more on why colleges don't announce their closures sooner. Dr. Ricardo Azziz discusses 3 topics on mergers and ac…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 25, 2025 31:20

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Lots and lots and lots of enrollment announcements last week. So, I decided to do a little tally exercise. You will be interested to see how many of these greate enrollment announcements were carefully qualified announcements and how many were clearly legitimate. I had 4 brave colleges that announced decreased enrollment last week Stories and comme…

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Ricardo Azziz: The M&A Economics of Higher Education- SPH Consulting Group (August 2025) 24:06

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Here are the questions Dr. Azziz answered during the podcast 1. You are in the middle of a research project to determine the seating capacity of the entire higher education market. Talk about that project. 2. When we look at higher education, it is clear that there are too many colleges and too many colleges seats. How did we get to this point? 3. …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for August 18, 2025 29:34

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TWICV News and Commentary for August 18 2024 I had a higher ed friend send me a story on Sunday about an Iowa private college. The spin was silly and obvious. A look at their financials suggests this college is a likely closure candidate when the Higher Education tipping point hits. I could have pulled a half-dozen of these type of stories in just …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) with Shellee Howard of College Ready 23:13

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Shellee Howard is the founder and CEO of College Ready, a college graduate, and a Certified Educational Planner. Her son graduated from Harvard in the spring of 2016 debt free! Her daughter attended the University of Alabama and completed the Nursing program at CBU, also debt free! Her passion is helping students all over the world get into the bes…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 11, 2025 21:24

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This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else. This podcast is the alternative media source for colleges, students, families, and communities. I work every week to expose the spin, the stalls, and the silliness that pervades Higher Educ…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for August 4, 2025 28:31

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This Week in College Viability is the alternative higher education media source for college stakeholders. This was a big weekend here at College Viability. We released our first fully automated College Viability report for student and families The free and paid versions are similar to the Kelly Blue Book for cars. KBB kicks the tires on cares. Our …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 28, 2025 20:19

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For the July 28th This Week in College Viability podcast, I have: + A college president who must be dizzy with the spin she is trying to impart on a very difficult financial situation. + Technical and trade schools are not sitting waiting for students. They are marketing to them aggressively. I have a story and a point to make on that. + College bu…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 21, 2025 15:52

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Here are the headlines from today's podcast + Vague layoffs and a merger + Maine university system approves accelerated degree programs to address workforce gaps + Are there really positive perceptions developing around higher education.By Gary Stocker

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 14, 2025 23:41

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This is the podcast that talks about the financial health and viability of public and private colleges with data, details and perspectives offered nowhere else. + More layoffs and cutbacks. + Look at 2 colleges with accreditation updates. + Pennsylvania’s 14-campus higher education system is piloting plans to allow students to access courses beyond…

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TWICV Special Episode: Closing College Teach-Outs with Dr. Paula Langteau 24:53

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Dr. Paula Langteau experienced a college closure first hand as President of Presentation College. Her efforts provide a positive example on how to provide guidance and support to students and their familes at the time of closure. She joins me on this special podcast episode of 'This Week' to share guidance for college leaders, students, their famil…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 7, 2025 19:31

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Here are some of the news and commentary stories for July 7, 2025 + Siena Heights University announces closure + Indiana colleges cut hundreds of low-enrollment degree programs ahead of state mandate + Southwestern Seminary placed on 12-month probation, keeps accreditation + La Salle University warned accreditation could be in jeopardy + A set of p…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 30, 2025 27:49

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TWICV News and Commentary for June 30, 2025 + Many layoff and cutback announcements last week. + Cornell College (IA) steers away from financial health toward marketing hail mary. + My alma mater: typical of the plight of public And private colleges. + Tuition discount rate continues to move upward. Good for the students. Not so much for the colleg…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 23 2025 30:19

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Much thanks to the many, many listeners to the podcast. This past week we hit 10,000 downloads. If you would, make sure to share the podcast link with your colleagues. We don’t want them to miss out on the perspectives we offer here at College Viability. This week we have layoffs, cutbacks, and lots of tuition increases. It is also silly season for…

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Elliot Felix -The Connected College Jun 19, 2025b 25:40

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 16 2025 23:52

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News stories and commentary this week: + ‘Lives will be impacted’: TSU proposes staffing, scholarship cuts to stay open + Shuttered Michigan House GOP's higher ed budget includes huge cuts for UM, MSU + NY College Has Alumni Fighting Over Its Future (Wells College) shows emotional and maybe irrational attachment to our colleges + Inside Silicon Val…

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Requiem for a College (2nd Edition) Part 2/3 35:14

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With the second edition of 'Requiem for a College' due out on July 8th, I asked author Jon Nichols and publisher Kate Colbert to join me again to talk about the book. It has been more than 8 years since St. Joseph College (IN) closed. In the interim, scores of additional collleges have closed their doors. Public college closures are now joining the…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 9 2025 37:09

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Here are the stories and links for this week's podcast. Harrisburg University to Close Philadelphia Campus Guilford College Considers Formal Step Toward Possible Faculty Layoffs Facing declining enrollment, Clark University to reduce faculty by as much as 30 percent over next three years As UConn enrollment spikes, a housing squeeze tightens. What’…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 2. 2025 22:38

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On the June 2, 2025 'This Week in College Viability' podcast, Gary looks at: + Can you really ‘grow’ out of financial challenges? + Notre Dame College (closed) is sued by Bank of America. The reason is a big deal. + Education news reporters have a really tough job. Show notes and links: Peninsula College closing Fort Worden campus Ivy Tech CC (IN) …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 27 2025 15:54

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I didn’t broadcast on Memorial Day. I spent much of the day reading military histories. I was in the Army Reserves for 8 years, but I cannot imagine the challenges and bravery of those who have fought in military battles. I did not. But back to my role as Your College Financial Quality Control Advocate This week on 'This Week' + Buffalo State Unive…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 19, 2025 24:44

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In an era of DEI cutbacks, we have a diverse set of stories this week. + 7 public colleges in PA proposed to close. + KS is fretting over tuition increases, but the real issues is they can’t graduate students in 4 years. + A college closure prediction story from 2019 + Regulators remove Antioch College's financial distress designation + States Are …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 12 2025 24:45

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Lots of cutback and layoff stories this week. With most commencement events taking place, I continue to look for stories where colleges proudly announce their sub-50% graduation rates. Hasn’t happened yet. Here are the top stories beyond cutbacks and layoffs + Arkansas Baptist College employees go weeks without pay + Not All Colleges Are Worth Savi…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for May 5, 2025 34:13

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Here are some of the stories I cover on the May 5th TWICV. 1. Limestone University holds graduation after faculty votes to ban President, VP, Board of Trustees. As you might guess, I have some thoughts on that. 2. Closed college students” Be wary the college ambulance chasers 3. Education Dept. Moves to Make It Easier for Colleges to Switch Accredi…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 28, 2025 29:14

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It looks like it is accreditor justification week at College Viability. Many of the stories in this week's podcast deal with the chronic inability of accrediting agencies to use graduation rate and financial data to monitor collleges. Show notes: Trump’s Executive Order Bashes Accreditors, Blames DEI for Low Standards and Poor Outcomes St. Andrews …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special Eric Kelderman from The Chronicle of Higher Education: "‘We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans’" 23:43

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Eric Kelderman is a Senior Writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Our podcast topic is based on Eric's March 2025 article entitled: ‘We Have More Athletes Than We Have Fans’ Many small colleges have invested in sports to boost enrollment. What happens when it doesn’t work? Eric adds some depth to the developing concerns that adding college s…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 21, 2025 24:46

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Springtime in higher education is bringing more and more stories of individual college financial trauma and industry-wide trends that almost always are negative. + Limestone College (S C) nears what may be its final days of existence. + Jacksonville University faculty issues ‘no confidence’ vote in President Cost after decision on cuts + Ryan Craig…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 14 2025 28:51

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There is much to catch up on in this week's podcast episode. Highlights include: + Two Mass. colleges in financial ‘danger,’ accreditation agency finds – Belatedly so. + Our College Closed: Advice for Navigating Professional Deaths and Rebirths + The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump) + Shock: A polit…

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The Real Story Behind College Closures - Requiem for a College - 2nd edition (April 2025) 29:49

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Jonathan Nichols self-published the first edition of Requiem for a College in 2022. Here is the Amazon description of the book from 2022. On February 3rd, 2017, Saint Joseph’s College, a small college in Rensselaer, Indiana, announced it would “suspend operations,” effectively ending an over 100 year history as a four-year college. While most of th…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Apr 7, 2025 26:18

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Here are the big headlines for This Week in College Viability. + Free-Falls: Stocks and Colleges + Do strategic alliances yield significant financial results? + 2 colleges cut ALL NCAA sports programs + ‘Requiem for a College’ 2nd edition is out in 2025 + Lower stock market returns to impact college endowments. For private demos of the College Viab…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) For March 31, 2025 15:50

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I saw the value of the college experience up close this past weekend. I attended a fundraising benefit for a local private college. 20 college athletes. (still student-athletes – although I may change my mind on that) They put on their best clothes, were introduced to the 800 people in attendance, ate a really nice chef-prepared meal, and helped ex…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 17, 2025 26:46

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Best wishes to all of my Irish friends on this St. Patrick’s day 2025. I looks like the jacket I am wearing is green. So, I should be good to go. An ugly weather weekend in the eastern half of the country. It looks like a tornado might have hit within a mile of our St. Louis suburban home Friday night. An economic tornado continues in Higher Educat…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 10, 2025 19:36

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The lead this week is how do college athletics tie into Higher Education finances? Other news and commentary stories on: + University of Dayton cutting 65 faculty and staff positions. + An interesting public college merger in New Jersey + St. Augustine’s (NC) on its last appeal to maintain accreditation. + A PA politician wants to make it harder to…

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TWICV special with Matt Hendricks from Perspective Data Science 24:53

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Listen to the fascinating history behind the development of Dr. Matt Hendrick's Perspective Data Science (PDS) and its two major higher education financial comparison and analysis products. It started with announced program cutbacks at the University of Tulsa in 2018. It has evolved into a technology-based marvel that captures, analyzes and display…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for March 3, 2025 31:21

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Springtime is close. Spring training is underway in Florida and Arizona. Let’s do our own spring training and look at these stories. + 2 public colleges TSU and Penn State are in the college cutback news. TSU with staffing cuts, and Penn State will soon be looking at closing some regional public colleges. + Middle States hosted a webinar: How to cl…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special Episode: No Confidence - When College Faculty Turn Against Their Presidents', 30:39

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It is universally acknowledged that higher education is faced with a multitude of challenges. The working relationships between college faculty and their president is certainly high on the list of those challenges. The two authors of 'No Confidence - When College Faculty Turn Against Their Presidents', Chuck Ambrose and Mike Nietzel were gracious e…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 17, 2025 25:23

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In this episode of College Viability News, I discuss the growing concerns among college faculty regarding financial health and enrollment trends. I also share concerns about the financial struggles of another high-quality college, Franklin and Marshall College, the challenges faced by Wells College in selling its campus, and the financial distress …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 10, 2025 22:36

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The second Trump administration has given Higher Education a lot more than finances to worry about in the past few weeks. But, have no fear, I will continue to stay focused on the financial health and viability of public and private colleges. As I have shared regularly, the market always adjusts. This market adjustment is being driven by government…

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Special TWICV: 'Bankrupt U' - The Book: with Bill Quain and Joe Corabi 32:41

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From the Amazon book description: Bankrupt U – Students, Parents and Alumni Are Going Broke, & Colleges Don’t Give a C.R.A.P.is the ultimate insiders’ guide to college. The authors, both college professors,DO give a C.R.A.P. They want students to get the most from their college experience while paying the least amount possible. They also share cruc…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Feb 3, 2025 35:42

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I had my annual summit with a good Higher Education friend last week. He was one of my first virtual-only connections and always brings valuable perspective for me. He talked about restaurants. Over the course of time, many restaurants open and a certain percentage of them will close for a variety of reasons. Bad food, bad location, bad pricing, hi…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Jan 27, 2025 22:28

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Here are the lead news and commentary stories for January 27th + Big cuts at Sonoma State - including all athletics + Which media outlet might also be a college PR firm? + The ‘Dead Horse Theory’ applied to colleges + Media ‘regurgitation reporting’ runs amuck. Show notes and links: Commonwealth University to Close Clearfield Campus ‘Shock and grie…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Jan 20, 2025 26:42

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. I want to start off today’s podcast with a story about 2 college professors I met. I had the chance to meet and talk with these two kindred souls last week. These two released a book on Amazon in December. The title: Bankrupt U. The authors: college professors: Bill Quain and Joe Corabi. These two experienced and entertaining professors and autho…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 13 2024 30:29

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This Week in College Viability headlines for January 13, 2025 + Bacone College Accreditation Withdrawn – College Drivel for Bacone’s response + Guilford College risks losing accreditation, probation extended through 2025. Board pres is leading the college’s efforts. + Of course, the new ‘College Drivel’ section is on for today. + Which Colleges Alw…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for January 6, 2024 28:28

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Summary In this episode of 'This Week in College Viability,' Gary Stocker discusses the current challenges facing higher education, including leadership changes at Guilford College, the merger of Gannon and Ursuline, and the implications of declining enrollment numbers. He emphasizes the need for financial transparency in colleges and explores the …

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) with Special Guest: Sarah Clark 19:57

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The Kind Leadership Guild is a community for educational leaders striving to become more effective and humane with themselves, their team, and the people they serve, including a vibrant Facebook community, regular free zoom workshops, group coaching with fellow leaders, and more. Join me as Sarah Clark discusses higher education job loss, accredita…

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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for December 23, 2024 31:29

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This is the final show for 2024. I will be away with family next Monday. Here is some of what I have for this week's podcasts. + College viability is an alternative media source for higher education. + The College of St. Rose sells everything and still can't pay off creditors. + Spin. Spin. Spin at University of Arkansas Little Rock. + Too many col…