The Freshman Experience

By Brian Ellison,

Published September 14, 2016 at 11:46 AM CDT

Colleges are attracting more students than ever before. And when they get there from rural or urban settings, from diverse backgrounds, they have to figure out — some for the first time — how to deal with difference.

Guests:

Katherine Mangan, Senior Reporter, Chronicle of Higher Education
Charles Patrick Burke, Year 2 student, UMKC School of Medicine
CJ Pulluaim, senior at UMKC
Xiaochan Wang, senior at KU

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Matthew Long-Middleton

Matthew Long-Middleton has been a talk-show producer, community producer, Media Training Manager and now the Community Engagement Manager at KCUR. You can reach him at Matthew@kcur.org, or on Twitter @MLMIndustries.

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