Eric Waldo's guest appearances

Eric Waldo

The Harvard EdCast

The Crush

Reinventing U

Donald Trump

Mister Rogers

Oprah Winfrey

Noam Chomsky

Rainn Wilson

Ron Lieber

Temple Grandin

Sam Schreiber

Aunt Becky

Julie Lythcott-Haims

Taye Diggs

Denise Pope

Jim Henson

Wendy Kopp

Beverly Daniel Tatum

OwlTail

In episode 7, we talk with Eric Waldo, Executive Director of Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative and Chief Access and Equity Officer at The Common Application. Before joining the White House, Waldo was Deputy Chief and Staff at the Department of Education, where he helped lead the initiatives for The Recovery Act under former president Barack Obama. Waldo also helped manage the Department of Defense global K-12 school system as the co-chair for the Advisory Council for Dependence Education and served as Deputy Staff Council for Obama’s presidential campaign. Through policy, advocacy, and community engagement, Waldo encourages all students to strive for a post-secondary education. Topics discussed include A Student’s Guide To Your First Year of College, the importance for colleges to be student-ready, the key to success is being a lifelong learner, higher education credentialing, making education the great equalizer, the role of socioeconomic status in equity and diversity, democratizing education, bettering teacher compensation, fixing a broken accrediting system in higher education, and popping the bubble of elitism. You can listen to Waldo’s educational podcast, SwampED, or follow him on twitter @ewwaldo or @swampEDpod

In episode 7, we talk with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwaldo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Waldo</a>, Executive Director of Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative and Chief Access and Equity Officer at The Common Application. Before joining the White House, Waldo was Deputy Chief and Staff at the Department of Education, where he helped lead the initiatives for <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/recovery" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Recovery Act</a> under former president Barack Obama. Waldo also helped manage the Department of Defense global K-12 school system as the co-chair for the Advisory Council for Dependence Education and served as Deputy Staff Council for Obama’s presidential campaign. Through policy, advocacy, and community engagement, Waldo encourages all students to strive for a post-secondary education. Topics discussed include <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVix8d69sPe4PZ5M0YCmgdqIcFmvGuMZ0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Student’s Guide To Your First Year of College</a>, the importance for colleges to be student-ready, the key to success is being a lifelong learner, higher education credentialing, making education the great equalizer, the role of socioeconomic status in equity and diversity, democratizing education, bettering teacher compensation, fixing a broken accrediting system in higher education, and popping the bubble of elitism. You can listen to Waldo’s educational podcast, <a href="https://swamped.libsyn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SwampED</a>, or follow him on twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ewwaldo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@ewwaldo</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/swampEDpod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@swampEDpod</a>

Episode 7: The Great Equalizer: Cultivating the Growth of Lifelong Learners with Eric Waldo

http://www.crushpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Eric-Waldo.mp3  Reach Higher is former First Lady Michelle Obama’s college access initiative, operating under the leadership of my guest this episode, Eric Waldo.  He’s hard at work countering the systematic efforts to dismantle the education policies of his old bosses, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan and John King. Reach Higher is responsible – and perhaps best known – for College Signing Day, but also for recognizing the School Counselor of the Year, for their Beating the Odds Summit to control “summer melt” and make sure students who enroll in college actually show up there in the fall, and UpNext, an innovative texting platform to deliver important college admissions information to students’ cell phones. Eric and I spoke from the annual NACAC conference in Salt Lake City, UT. Articles referenced at the end of this episode: College Scorecard Cuts the Context DeVos Ends Obama-Era Safeguards Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges 8 Facts That Will Make You Think Twice Before Enrolling at For-Profit College The post Episode 27: Eric Waldo of Reach Higher appeared first on The Crush.

<a href="http://www.crushpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Eric-Waldo.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.crushpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Eric-Waldo.mp3</a> <a href="http://www.reachhigher.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reach Higher</a> is former First Lady Michelle Obama’s college access initiative, operating under the leadership of my guest this episode, Eric Waldo.  He’s hard at work countering the systematic efforts to dismantle the education policies of his old bosses, Barack Obama, Arne Duncan and John King. Reach Higher is responsible – and perhaps best known – for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXbYr4W-lJA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">College Signing Day</a>, but also for recognizing the School Counselor of the Year, for their Beating the Odds Summit to control “summer melt” and make sure students who enroll in college actually show up there in the fall, and <a href="https://www.bettermakeroom.org/upnext/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">UpNext</a>, an innovative texting platform to deliver important college admissions information to students’ cell phones. Eric and I spoke from the annual <a href="http://www.nacac.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NACAC</a> conference in Salt Lake City, UT. Articles referenced at the end of this episode: <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/college-scorecard-cuts-context/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">College Scorecard Cuts the Context</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/10/us/politics/betsy-devos-for-profit-colleges.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DeVos Ends Obama-Era Safeguards Aimed at Abuses by For-Profit Colleges</a> <a href="https://tcf.org/content/facts/8-facts-will-make-think-twice-enrolling-profit-college" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">8 Facts That Will Make You Think Twice Before Enrolling at For-Profit College</a> The post <a href="https://www.crushpodcast.com/eric-waldo/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode 27: Eric Waldo of Reach Higher</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.crushpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Crush</a>.

Episode 27: Eric Waldo of Reach Higher

Eric Waldo, executive director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative, reflects on the origins and goals of the HGSE/White House co-sponsored event, "College Opportunity Agenda: Strengthening School Counseling and College Advising."

Eric Waldo, executive director of First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative, reflects on the origins and goals of the HGSE/White House co-sponsored event, "College Opportunity Agenda: Strengthening School Counseling and College Advising."

A Conversation w/Eric Waldo: Reaching Higher