American Campus Podcast
on the social and political history of higher education
Podcasting since 2024 • 50 episodes
American Campus Podcast
Latest Episodes
Eugenics and the creation of statistics with Akira O’Connor and Erin Robbins
On the creation of the statistical tests we often use in human behavioral research, especially in the fields of psychology, education, economics, and political science.References mentioned this episode:Akira O’Connor and Erin...
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17:05
The “rise and fall” of prison education with Reiko Hillyer
From Johnson’s Great Society to Clinton’s crime bill, Reiko Hillyer discusses the “rise and fall” of higher education in US prisons. Plus, she shares her experience as a professor who teaches in prisons.References mentioned this episode:...
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Angola prison: a college with Piper Hutchinson
Louisiana State Penitentiary, a former plantation known simply as “Angola," is a site of higher education. Journalist Piper Hutchinson explains. References mentioned this episode:Piper Hutchinson. May 2, 2025. “
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20:15
History of federal student loans with Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
In 2025, 45 million Americans owe more than $1.7 trillion in college debt. Ellie Shermer explains: “the story of skyrocketing college debt is not merely one of good intentions gone wrong. In fact, the federal student loan program was never supp...
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