Chronicle of Higher Education Audio: Interviews

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Jack Hart

Goldie Blumenstyk, a senior writer at The Chronicle, talks about Eboo Patel, a speaker and consultant whose mission is to get colleges to lead smarter conversations about religious pluralism.

Martin Lopez was born in Mexico and came to the United States as a young child. Now, at 21, he's taking weekend classes at Freedom University, a program serving undocumented immigrants in Georgia.

It's been quite a summer for Ms. Sullivan, who was forced out as president of the University of Virginia, only to return 18 days later. She talks with The Chronicle's Jack Stripling about why, despite the groundswell of support that brought her back to the presidency.

As the founder and president of Second Nature, Anthony D. Cortese has been one of the strongest voices for sustainability causes in academe. He tells us why he's decided to hand over the reins.

Kristen Luevanos, a 47-year-old mother of three who served 22 years in the Army, is about to begin her second year at the Women's College of the University of Denver.

Michael Haggans, a visiting scholar at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, is wading into a contentious topic: What is the value of a physical campus?

Does gas driling bring money to rural, often economically distressed areas, or does it bring more woes? Susan Cristopherson, an economic geographer at Cornell University, describes her research into the topic.

Sandford Shugart: Pinning Down Higher Education's New Culture

Robert Brodnick: How 'Design Thinking' Can Help Colleges

Ira Fink: The Time Value of Campus Space

Matthew Pittinsky, CEO of Parchment Inc.

Dean of The Rossier School of Education

Sean Devine, CEO of Coursesmart