The future of higher education faces uncertainty as 2025 approaches, emphasizing the need for innovation, inclusivity, and economic mobility. The episode discusses the critical role of artificial intelligence, the challenges rejective institutions will face, and the ongoing fight for equity.
• Reflection on 2024 achievements and past guests
• Challenges and opportunities for higher education in 2025
• The role of AI in transforming learning experiences
• Economic mobility and value as guiding principles
• The defensive position of less inclusive institutions
• The importance of inclusivity in educational spaces
• Ongoing struggle for equity and its broader societal implications
• Call for listener engagement and active participation in educational reform
Episode Transcript
Hi, this is the lawyer, cheese Oakley, and
welcome back to the RENT podcast, the podcast where we pull back
the curtain and break down thepeople, the policies and the
politics of our higher educationsystem.
2025 is here.
Happy New Year.
Thank you to all of ourlisteners and our viewers.
You made 2024 a year toremember here on the Rant
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podcast.
We saw tremendous growth on thepodcast and it's thanks to all
of you.
I also want to thank our greatguests throughout the year,
everyone from US Secretary ofEducation Miguel Cardona to
motivational speaker Tim Storyand all of our great guests in
between.
We had some really amazingconversations with some
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interesting and impactful peoplefrom throughout the country.
I also want to thank oursponsors, who, without their
support, we wouldn't AlliantInternational University,
branded and, last but not least,college Futures.
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2025 will bring even more greatguests and I can't wait to sit
down with them here on the rant,because there will be no
shortage of issues to rant aboutin 2025.
There will be no shortage ofissues to rant about in 2025.
Speaking of 2025, I know thatthere is a lot of uncertainty in
the world of higher educationand while some of that
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uncertainty will be cause forconcern, there will be many more
issues that will take shape infavor of the learners that we
care about here on the Rant.
Innovation in education willcontinue to march forward and
take shape.
Ai will be embedded in everyaspect of learning and there
will be an ongoing, sometimesuneasy, partnership between the
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private, public and non-profitsectors in higher education.
Economic mobility and valuewill become the newest North
Stars and, at the same time,also become the most overused
terms in higher education.
The most rejective colleges anduniversities will be on the
defensive, while the mostinclusive institutions will be
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in the spotlight.
Humanity will be under attack,but the drive for equity will
overwhelm hate and the push todivide us along ethnic, racial
and economic lines will fail.
There will be many, many themesand headlines throughout the
year that turn our stomachs, butdemocracy will survive and,
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along the way, a greatpost-secondary experience will
continue to be a key lever toaccess economic mobility and the
American dream, no matter whereyou came from in this country.
I look forward to continuingthe conversation with all of you
in 2025 and to many, many, manymore rants throughout the year.
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website at wwwfourleggedmediacom.
I look forward to joining youhere on the Wren and engaging
with you throughout the year.
Let us know how we're doing,suggest great guests and I look
forward to seeing you all againshortly on the next episode of
the Rant podcast.
Take care, everyone, and HappyNew Year.
Thank you.
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