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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Book-centered interviews make the incentives, funding choices, and operating logic of higher education unusually legible.
New Books in Education turns book-centered interviews into close examinations of how colleges operate, whom they serve, and what their systems reward.
A workshop needs listening; a degree needs skills you can name when someone asks what you've learned.
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A careful look at how censorship pressures can shape what universities are willing to say aloud.
The episode stays with a hard question: how censorship can move through higher education when universities are weighing speaker disinvitation fights, student sensitivities, and pressure on scholars.
A clear look at how study abroad becomes a constrained institutional choice.
Stephanie K. Kim's book treats student mobility as an institutionally shaped decision, not a clean break into adventure. It is most convincing when it stays with Jihoon and Taeho, because their paths make the argument feel lived in rather than abstract.
A measured case for designing workshops around active listening, empathy, and the people they are meant to serve.
An episode like this treats workshop design in higher education as a matter of attention more than technique. It follows the path from listening tours, surveys, and casual instructor conversations to a plain but important question: whether design choices help people trust, use,…
A steady guide to how college can surface mental health issues and where to start looking for help.
Chris Willard frames college as a stretch when mental health issues can surface or get worse, and the book keeps its focus on students, parents, and professionals who need something practical rather than abstract.
A clear argument for making learning legible beyond the diploma.
Who Needs College Anymore? makes a steady case for asking higher education to prove its value in clearer, more portable terms. Christina Gessler and Kathleen Delaskey move through credentials, visible skills, and the appeal of shorter milestones that show progress sooner.
A patient history of the Indian university as a site of public money, caste anxiety, and publicness.
The review presents the Indian university as a history of publicness: who higher education was for, who feared it, and how colonial policy shaped the institution across colonial and postcolonial time.
A serious look at liberation, ethics, and thriving in higher education.
This episode treats higher education less as a credential factory and more as a question of what institutions are for. It moves through liberation, Latin America, and Jesuit universities in El Salvador, with the University of Central America in San Salvador giving the discussion…
Odd questions, followed patiently down to the incentives.
Family grief, public questions, and the responsibilities of care.
College or bust is the problem.
Chris Willard discusses his book 'College Mental Health 101,' exploring mental health challenges in college, including personal experiences, therapy options, medication, and resilience building.
Sarah McLaughlin discusses her book on how authoritarian regimes, particularly China, threaten free speech on U.S.
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An interview with Emily Rumble about her book on bibliotherapy, part of the New Books in Education series.
This episode is a promotional segment for the New Books Network audience survey, embedded within a podcast that typically features scholars discussing their recently published research.
This episode is a promotional segment for the New Books Network audience survey, followed by the show's introduction.
This episode features an interview with a scholar discussing their recently published research, part of the New Books Network's education channel.
This episode is a promotional segment for the New Books Network audience survey, followed by the show's introduction.
An interview with Flower Darby about her book 'The Joyful Online Teacher' on the New Books Network.
A podcast channel featuring scholars discussing their recently published research with experts, part of the New Books Network.
This episode features an interview with a scholar discussing their recently published research in education.
An interview with an author discussing his book on paraprofessional educators in U.S.
An interview with an author about a new book on supporting children with autism in early childhood education.