The Rant Podcast
The Rant Podcast
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
If Learning Is A Commodity, What Makes College Worth It
14 minutes Posted Nov 11, 2025 at 9:00 am.
Setting The Stakes
What Surveys Say About Trust
Cost, Debt, And Unequal Value
Designing Around Today’s Learner
From Blunt Metrics To Better Measures
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Send us Fan Mail Trust in college is slipping, yet the desire for opportunity is stronger than ever. We dig into that tension and lay out a clearer path forward: build programs around working learners, publish honest numbers, and align skills with jobs so students see—and feel—real value. We unpack fresh survey findings showing that Americans still view higher education as a path to mobility, but frustration with cost, debt, and opaque outcomes is eroding confidence. From soaring living expe...