Episode 78: Intellectual Curiosity

David discussed the concept of intellectual curiosity and its role in US college admissions with Matthew Jaskol and Brett Fuller from Pioneer Academics.

From the conversation, the following weblinks were referenced:

• Oberlin recently doubling the credit it awards to Pioneer Academics research scholars is explained on Oberlin’s website about the collaboration and the post about the doubling of credit here. 
• The push to publish been broadly publicized as being a ploy for wealthy students to make them look good is explored in this co-published article in the Chronicle of Higher Ed and ProPublica.