ClassCast Podcast Ep.032 features college admissions expert and Princeton College Consulting co-founder Benjamin Caldarelli speaking with host Ryan Tibbens about higher education, helping students prepare for the admissions process, improving schools, and how to better serve both students and our communities. As a former English professor and current admissions advisor/entrepreneur, Benjamin offers insights into the "education space" that few students, parents, teachers, or professors fully understand because most people don't see the many angles that he has experienced. This episode includes discussions about adjunct faculty and tenure, developing the "whole student," cultural support of public education, and more. Enjoy this episode, learn from Mr. Caldarelli's insights, and think about how his ideas could improve the schools around you.
Be sure to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 032.1 -- College Admissions: Test Optional & Holistic Evaluations
This clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.032 features host and tutor Ryan Tibbens speaking with college admissions expert and Princeton College Consulting co-founder Benjamin Caldarelli about the college application process, the significance of good essays and letters of recommendation, holistic evaluations, and pandemic-related changes in the process, including schools going "test optional." This highlight offers both insights into the admissions process itself AND useful advice and ideas to help students who will be applying to college soon.
As always, don't forget to like, follow, subscribe, share, and leave a comment! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 032.2 -- Better Schools & Pandemic-Related Changes
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.032, college admissions expert Benjamin Caldarelli describes his ideal school, how to create a better school environment, and how pandemic-related pressures might ultimately change higher education. "What's your ideal school?" is a standard question included in all ClassCast Podcasts, but it only occasionally generates a highlight clip; in this case, Benjamin addresses students' needs before school design, offers concrete examples of his vision, and then transitions into how COVID-19 might force higher education to evolve in the coming years. For those interested in how higher education could better serve students or what the future may hold, this clip is not to be missed.
Be sure to like, share, follow, subscribe, and leave a comment! Support the show (http://paypal.me/TibbensEST)! Clip 032.3 -- Under Pressure: Grades, Admissions, & Learning
In this clip from ClassCast Podcast Ep.032, co-founder of Princeton College Consulting Benjamin Caldarelli and host Ryan Tibbens discuss the pressures that students face, pressures from grades and college admissions, and how those feelings can inhibit learning and derail education. Both speakers agree that many people's grades-above-all mentality is counterproductive -- it does not increase learning, personal development, nor chances college acceptance. Listen to this clip and learn more about how grading could change in ways that would ultimately improve students' learning, intrinsic motivation, and purpose.
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