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S5E12 Frankly Fraud | “The $175 Million Scam”
In 2022, famous young entrepreneur and founder of the student financial aid startup Frank was charged with fraud and conspiracy, facing up to a 100 years in prison. How did this wunderkind turn into…
S5E11 Contamination on Campus: What Did NC State Know About Poe Hall?
Poe Hall, an academic building on NC State’s campus, shut its doors abruptly. It later emerged that the building was contaminated with PCBs, a known carcinogen, and had been for decades. Faculty,…
S5E10 Upside Down Stanford | The University of Austin
For the last decade at least, the question of free speech has been the defining issue of American higher education. One school set out to tackle those problems head on, but appears to have lost its…
S5E9 The Cambridge Five: From Students to Soviet Spies
They were ambitious students at Cambridge University who went on to climb the ranks of British government and intelligence. But they had a secret. All the while, they were working for the Soviet…
S5E8 Hostile Takeover | The Dramatic Reshaping of New College of Florida
The story of the New College of Florida becoming a pawn in Ron Desantis' campaing for president, and what happens when a school is reshaped by force and against the will of students and faculty. For…
S5E7 Original Sin: The Rise and Fall of the CCNY Basketball Team
In 1950, the City College of New York pulled off one of the greatest Cinderella stories in sports history, winning both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same season. The team, made up largely of…
S5E6 Bloat@Brown: DOGE Comes to Brown University
In the first weeks of Donald Trumps second term, the Department of Government Efficiency ransacked the federal government. One student at Brown University decided to take the same approach and bring…
S5E5 "100% Preventable": The Death of Bucknell Football Player Calvin Dickey Jr.
What was supposed to be a light workout during football orientation ended in tragedy. Calvin Dickey, a freshman with sickle cell trait, collapsed and died days later. His parents say Bucknell failed…
S5E4 Assassination on Campus | Should UVU Memorialize Charlie Kirk?
The fight at Utah Valley University over whether or not to install a memorial to Charlie Kirk after his assassination on campusRead Matthew's work: https://www.uvureview.com/author/matthewfranke/For…
S5E3 Rush for Sale: The Business of Sorority Consulting
Sorority recruitment has grown increasingly competitive, with more applicants and the same limited number of spots. A new industry has emerged to meet the pressure: sorority rush consultants. For…
S5E2 A Tale of Two Presidencies | Texas A&M Caught Up In Culture Wars
The story of Mark Welsh III, the beloved president of Texas A&M who was dramatically forced out as part of a conservative backlash to academic freedom in higher ed. Read Kate and Nico's…
S5E1 Naked Orientation: When Yale Freshmen Were Photographed Nude
For decades, freshman orientation came with an unusual requirement: students had to pose for a photograph - completely naked.It wasn’t a fringe practice. Colleges across the country, including…
S5 Introducing Campus Files Season 2
Last season, we brought you 35 stories from American colleges. Stories of drug rings, fraternity hazing, stolen body parts, campus cults and more. And now, Campus Files is coming back for another…
S4E36 Epstein & MIT
In our last episode of the season (season 2 is in the works), we look at MIT's Media Lab, which long dazzled the public with its bold ideas and groundbreaking projects. But behind that reputation was…
S4E35 Cayuga's Waiters
Cornell's oldest and most historic a capella group was suddenly shut down in 2017 when allegations of severe hazing came to light. For a transcript of this…
S4E34 Espionage at Stanford
Most Chinese nationals at Stanford never intended to be intelligence assets. But under Chinese law, if the government demands information, they must comply. Two student journalists investigate the…
S4E33 Goodbye, DEI
Just a few years ago, colleges across the country were pouring resources into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs. Today, many of those same offices are being dismantled. In some states,…
S4E32 Harvard's Funding Freeze
Since World War II, America has led the world in science and medicine by making an unusual choice: instead of keeping research in government labs, it invested directly in universities. That…
S4E31 Presenting Gone South | Time of Death
From the Edward R. Murrow award-winning podcast Gone South: Mobile, Alabama’s biggest cold case reopens when Jim Barber, a police officer and adjunct professor, re-examines the 1980 murder of college…
S4E30 Breaking Deadlock
Lately you’ve probably been hearing about the Department of Education a lot as the Trump administration moves to dismantle it. For many, this move feels shocking and unprecedented. In reality, it's…
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