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This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Ryan Hofer and Bex Groebner on Alternative Medicine Schools
This episode of This Week in College Viability examines a corner of higher education that may serve as a warning sign for broader problems across the industry: naturo...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 24, 2026
In this episode of This Week in College Viability, I take on what I call college “spin season”—the annual flood of upbeat enrollment announcements, welcome-back videos...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 17, 2026
In this week's episode of This Week in College Viability News and Commentary, I start with a personal observation—watching parents take their children to the first day...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Aug 10, 2026
In the August 10th episode, I continue to examine the financial health of higher education and argue that the warning signs facing many colleges are becoming impossib...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV)for July 27, 2026
This week we look at: + Summer ‘Spin’ Award Winner - so far + Howard University can’t catch a break + Perfect finances and a WASC Warning? + The market will dictate ac...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 20, 2026
In this podcast episode, I examine several important developments that illustrate the growing financial pressures facing higher education. I begin by discussing three...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Michael Hromadka from Tenonprep.com
Michael Hromadka is deeply interested in the connections between work, education, opportunities, and options - and the systems that control those things. He says: "At...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 13, 2026
In this episode, I discuss the growing financial pressures facing colleges and universities across the country, highlighting another week filled with layoffs, hiring f...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for July 6, 2026
As a tie-in to the World Cup, if you want to appeal anything in today’s podcast show, send me 2 red cards and a yellow card. + Mary Baldwin University on probation f...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) with Beth Wilner College Counselor
This episode of This Week in College Viability features a conversation between Gary Stocker and college admissions consultant Beth Wilner, founder of Rose Cliff Colleg...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 29, 2026
This week on ‘This week’. + Johns Hopkins University laying off 110 workers + Massachusetts higher education is a mess. Same story different year. + Someone new to t...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 22, 2026
This Week: A small college all but closes What’s the matter with chemistry degrees? Wheeling U sends out board chair to spin Another college complains about its Forb...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 15, 2026
This week: + University of Denver to close departments, merge schools as part of academic restructuring. (This is a good story. I will tell you why.) + A Regional C...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 8, 2026
In this episode of This Week in College Viability, He highlights a growing wave of layoffs, academic cuts, hiring freezes, and financial distress across higher educati...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) Special with Greg Chick from NILnomics.com
In this special episode of This Week in College Viability, Gary Stocker interviews NILnomics founder Greg Chick about the rapidly changing financial landscape of coll...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for June 1, 2026
"We are #3. We are #3. Feedspot has 'This Week in College Viability' as the #3 podcast for college students and families. College Viability, LLC continues to develop ...
This Week In College Viability (TWICV) for Memorial Day 2026
While I published a podcast episode today, the day is in honor of those who gave their last full measure of devotion in service to you, me and this country. As the hig...