Chronicle of Higher Education Audio: Interviews

Gordon Gee's Guidelines for a Successful Presidency

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Ohio State University's president, E. Gordon Gee, is one of the nation's most veteran university chiefs. He describes how to weather challenges as a president, including how to deal with hostility from Capitol Hill.

Student Loan Companies Seeking Federal Help

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Carl C. Dalstrom, president and chief executive of USA Funds, the nation's largest guarantee agency, describes why companies involved in federally subsidized student lending need even more government assistance before they can continue making loans for this coming academic year.

How International Outreach Helps Undergraduates

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EDT

David W. Leebron, president of Rice University, describes why his institution is focusing on "the foreign experience" and why he'll appear next month at a U.S. Department of State summit about globalization.

Is the Internet Stifling Innovation?

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Jonathan Zittrain, a professor of Internet governance and regulation at Oxford University, argues in a new book that people's growing intolerance for viruses, spam, and other computer maladies will end up crippling technological advancement.

Preparing for the Pope

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EDT

The Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, president of the Catholic University of America, describes how his institution is getting ready to welcome Pope Benedict XVI, who has planned a visit this month.

Imagining Our World as a Virtual Reality

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Brian Whitworth, a researcher at the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, talks about his recent research paper that poses the question: What if the physical world we live in is a virtual-reality construct inside a giant computer?

Keeping Researchers and Undergraduates Happy

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Mark A. Emmert, president of the University of Washington, describes how his institution balances research priorities with the experience it offers undergraduates.

Google Sees College Audience as Ideal Focus Group for Its Products

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Marissa Mayer, vice president for search products and user experience at Google, talks about the company's efforts to get colleges to adopt its e-mail service and responds to critics of the company's partnership with college libraries.

Educating for Profits

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:00:00 EDT

Robert Silberman, chief executive officer of Strayer Education Inc., and Sondra Stallard, president of Strayer University, discuss how their for-profit institution works to grow and be profitable without compromising on quality.

How the Internet Is Changing Education, One 'Tinkerer' at a Time

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:48:00 EDT

John Seely Brown, a computing pioneer who focuses on learning, the social role of information, and innovation, argues that in the Internet age, tinkering is back, and that's good for education.

Examining Ph.D. Completion Rates

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EDT

Debra W. Stewart, president of the Council of Graduate Schools, discusses its report on Ph.D. completion rates and the National Research Council's forthcoming rankings of graduate programs.