Ep 31. Jumping Asteroid Clouds: Supporting Vulnerable Learners in Educational Achievement

Last November, Dr. Cat Hicks wrote an essay on Medium called "Reading vulnerable learners' applications to grad school: we need to stop failing them." In this episode of the podcast, University of Minnesota graduate student Becky Rodriguez interviews Dr. Hicks about her essay, her educational and career path, and how our educational system can be stacked against vulnerable learners. She offers some advice for applicants, those who review applications, and others who may just want to help. "A truly inclusive and diverse future will produce way better work, and you only get there by saying, 'we have to be comfortable with letting people be different.'" Our conversation is especially relevant given recent news and discussion about unfairness and fraud in U.S. college admissions. (And if you want to know what any of this has to do with asteroid fields, you'll just have to listen to the episode.) Dr. Cat Hicks (left, photo courtesy of Dr. Hicks) and a tweet about her Medium essay on helping students with grad school applications Want more podcast episodes? You can find them all on our podcast page , or you can

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Ep 31. Jumping Asteroid Clouds: Supporting Vulnerable Learners in Educational Achievement is an episode from Sustainable Nano by Miriam Krause.

This episode is 00:48:12 long.

This episode was published on Mar 22, 2019.

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