Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, and Sara Custer, Editor-in-Chief of Inside Higher Ed, speak with Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO of Lumina Foundation, on the Innovating Together Podcast. President Merisotis talks about Lumina’s new goal for a successful labor force, the value proposition of higher education, the importance of perceived equity, and the urgency for higher ed reform. Topics include:
 

• College degrees as benchmarks of success
• Calculating the long-term value of a higher ed degree or certification
• Shifting the public focus toward affordability and fairness
• Why redesigning higher ed can’t wait

 
Tune in for an insightful and necessary look at higher ed’s evolving role in the U.S economy.
 

Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, speaks with Raj Chetty, Director of Opportunity Insights at Harvard University, on the Innovating Together Podcast. Professor Chetty discusses the relationship between upward mobility and student success, the impact of first jobs after graduation, and the role of social connectedness in driving economic opportunity. Topics include:

• The decline of the American Dream and disparities in economic mobility
• How geography and race shape students’ opportunities
• The role of higher education institutions in improving social mobility
• The impact of first jobs on long-term career trajectories
• The power of social capital in shaping student success

Tune in to explore how data-driven insights can help universities create pathways to opportunity.
 

Bridget Burns, CEO of the University Innovation Alliance, speaks with Angela Duckworth, Co-director, Penn Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, on the Innovating Together Podcast. Professor Duckworth talks about the threshold for institutions joining the program, how it supports first-year and transfer students, pitching it to administrators, and using the resulting data. Topics include:

• Which institutions are the best fit for BCGI’s grit-based program
• How the program’s one-size-fits-all approach makes it more effective as a study
• Ease of implementation at the administrative level
• Bottom-line assessment about the value of the data collected