A weekly podcast where two professors and a high school teacher talk about how their jobs are different and what that means for students making their way through college.
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In the Life After College Works Podcast, Jason Reid interviews past College Works alumni to pick their brains about what makes them such successful entrepreneurs. This is the perfect podcast for anyone between the ages of 18-25 to learn more about how to be successful after they graduate from college.
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How College Works Ep 92: AVID Coordinator
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We talk with a coordinator for the AVID program about what AVID is, how it works, and why it is such a successful program for getting students ready for college. You can find their webpage at https://www.avid.org/Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 91: The Point of College
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We use a the themes of Rich Dad, Poor Dad (a book Drew read some years ago) as a starting point to discuss why you may or may not want to go to college, what our motivations were when we started, and how some of those didn't really pan out the way we expected.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 90: Autocomplete Interview
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We have a little fun using Google's autocomplete to answer common questions in the form of "How does college. . ."Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 89: Reunion and Check-In
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We're back and spend our time checking in on how our academic years have been going with Covid and other struggles.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 88: Gap Year/Semester and Possible Outcomes
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We discuss why students might take a gap year or gap semester and speculate about effects that could have on colleges with the worst case possibility of many student taking gap because of Covid. We are particularly speculative on these issues and not predictive.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 87: A Junior Gives Advice
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We talk with a college junior who has words of wisdom and advice (new to us) on how to make the transition to college smoother and to thrive at college.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 86: Office Hours
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We talk about what office hours are, how we hope students will think of them, what we do, and what we'd like students to do.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 85: Parent and Rising College Student
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We talk with a High School senior who will be on her way to college in the age of Covid and her mother about their concerns and questions, and we, of course, give advice.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 84: Covid Check In
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We check in with each other about how the online classes are going. We talk about how our daily/class routines have changed (or not), what we hope and expect going forward, Zoom etiquette, and how working remotely has helped expose inefficiencies and forced some better practices for us.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 83: Covid Madness
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We talk about what it's like working to get classes converted to distance learning on the instruction and technology sides.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 82: Spring Break
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How College Works Ep 81: Review - 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before College
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How College Works Ep 80: How to Study Aborad
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How College Works Ep 79: Going Slow
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How College Works Ep 78: How to be Productive on Your Day Off
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How College Works Ep 77: Learning is Uncomfortable
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How College Works Ep 76: First Day of Class and Prepping for that
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How College Works Ep 75: What are Liberal Arts?
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We discuss the differences between a liberal arts education and other forms or philosophies of education, its history, what it means, what we think the point of it is, and why we think it is important.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 74: Course Evaluations
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We talk about the end of semester feedback that students give college professors, similar feedback that high school teachers might get, who reads the feedback, what purpose it has, and some tips for making sure that your professor will take what you have to say seriously.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 73: Motivation
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We talk about the myth that motivation as important to get things done, the difference between motivation and will power, some ways we think about getting things done, and some pitfalls we try to avoid.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 72: Student Emplyment/Workstudy
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We discuss our experiences with working in high school and college including some different types of work and what those mean for a student. We also break down what workstudy is, who funds it, as well as some things to look out for while working on workstudy.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 71: Mindfulness & College
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We talk about how stress affects out thinking and how mindfulness combats that. We also discuss the difference between mindfulness and "checking out" and areas in our lives where we find mindfulness.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 70: Failing the First Exam
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We (with a guest!) talk through a reddit post about failing the first Bio exam. https://www.reddit.com/r/college/comments/dbbxxi/got_a_46100_on_my_first_exam_thats_related_to_my/We talk about the advice that was given, give some of our own, and discuss some strategies if you are in this situation.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 69: Finding Meaning in Your Work
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We talk about an episode of The Hidden Brain on finding meaning in work and relate that to finding meaning in the classes we took in college. It turns out that meaning doesn't need to be stumbled upon and that we can create meaning for ourselves. We see echoes of this in courses we took at undergraduates in both major and non-major classes. Hidden …
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How College Works Ep 68: Student Advising and Support
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We talk about how students that need help are identified in high school and college, what information a high school teachers and professors might have, what actions we could take, and the philosophy behind these.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 67: Managing Work Loads
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We talk about our work loads at the start of the semester, how we organize our work, and some advice for students coming to college.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 66: 1st Year Student
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We talk with a student finishing her first year about her successes and difficulties and how college matched up with her expectations.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 65: Exams!
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We talk about exams, how high school and college teachers think about what exams are for and what types of questions should be on them. We also discuss accommodations for exams and how we approach writing exams.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 64: High School Councelors
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We talk with two high school councelors about what their job entails, how it differs from a college academic adviser, and how expectations and responsibilities change as students move into college.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 63: College Coach
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We talk about what college sports are like and how they differ from high school sports. We also cover differences in expectations in academics, athletics, and communication.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 62: What Kinds of Cars Do the Administrators Drive?
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We go through a slate article on what to ask about during a campus visit and give our take on each of the questions.https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/03/best-questions-college-tour.htmlVon Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 61: What to do When Tragedy Strikes
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We talk about what might constitute a tragedy and what steps students should take. We also discuss how we might handle a personal tragedy as professors.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 60: Recent-ish Graduate
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We talk with someone who graduated more recently than us (9 years ago) about what was most difficult about the transition from high school to college and how he navigated that.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 59: What Would Get a Professor to Change?
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We discuss how we think about who needs to change (professor, teacher, student) and why. We also talk about how a student could approach a professor with the best chance of seeing a change.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 58: College Snow Days?
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We talk about some differences in how high schools and college handle their schedules, how that affects classes when the school is closed for weather, and how that affects our planning for our classes.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 57: How was your day?
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We talk about what's been going on and the everyday trials and tribulations of the college professor.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 56: Complaints and the Education Industry
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We talk about some recent complaints from our students and try to reframe them and their expectations as well as talk about the education industry some and what that means for our teaching.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 55: A Faculty Start to the Semester
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We talk about the start to our semester, what our challenges are, how those relate to students, and how you can help . . . if you're inclined to.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 54: What Students Stress About
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We go through a list of things that stress student out from www.theodysseyonline.com and provide some comments and perspective.https://www.theodysseyonline.com/what-college-consists-2017-studentsVon Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 53: Mentoring Students
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We talk about what it means to us to mentor students, some things that help that to go smoothly, and some things to avoid.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 52: Expectations for Student Research
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We talk about what undergraduate research looks like for each of our majors and what students can expect if they are get involved. We also offer some advice on how to do that.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 51: 10 Ways That College Classes Differ from High School
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We go through a listicle from CollegeVine and break down how much we agree, or disagree, with their list of differences. https://blog.collegevine.com/10-ways-that-college-classes-differ-from-high-school/@alicekeelerVon Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 50: Midterms
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We discuss the differences between High School and College midterm grades, what to do if you get lower grades than you want, and give some perspective about what grades mean to us.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 49: Vice President of Institutional Advancement
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We talk with our Vice President of Institutional Advancement about what that even is, what they do, and how it affects students.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 48: Coordinator of Counseling
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We talk with one of our counselors about what going to counseling is like, what to expect, and why you might want to.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 47: Vice President for Student Life
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We talk with our Vice President for Student Life about what her job entails (basically everything) and what students should know when dealing with representatives from Student Life.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 46: High School You is College You
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We talk about our own transitions from high school to college and how the habits we developed helped or hindered our first year in college.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 45: Registrar
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We talk with our school's Registrar about what he does and what he can do for students.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 44: R1 Professor
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We talk to Peter's PhD thesis adviser about what his job at a big school looks like and he offers some advice to college students.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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How College Works Ep 43: What goes into picking a college?
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We try to dig a little deeper into what different types of colleges have to offer and what went into our decisions when picking a college.Von Peter Hyland, Melody Denny, and Andrew Hyland
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