Ep. 218: Google, Brought to You by the Bayh-Dole Act
The history behind tech transfer in the U.S. and why it could be under threat.
“Learning loss” – the idea that students failed to stay on their previous trajectory – has been much discussed in K-12 education during the pandemic. We hear far less about it in higher education, even though students and faculty members alike consistently say they believe students have learned less in the last year than they usually do.
In this week’s episode of The Key, we discuss what colleges and universities will be facing as most prepare to welcome students back to their physical classrooms this fall, and how professors and staff members who work with students might go about understanding which students have been set back and in what ways, and how to get them back on track.
We talk with Natasha Jankowski, former executive director of the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment who is now a consultant on student learning and a lecturer at New England College, and Ereka R. Williams, associate provost for academic strategy and institutional effectiveness at Winston-Salem State University, in North Carolina.
Hosted by Inside Higher Ed Co-founder and Editor Doug Lederman.
This episode of The Key is sponsored by Blackboard.

The history behind tech transfer in the U.S. and why it could be under threat.
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses the importance of embedding career readiness throughout college.
Inside Higher Ed’s Voices of Student Success discusses how the entire college experience shapes student well-being and what it takes to build a culture of care.
Cathy Davidson and Jody Greene discuss their new book and how academics can lead their institutions through crisis.
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