Episodes

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – AFL called it a “historic victory” in the fight to hold school districts accountable to parents. America First Legal (AFL), attorneys on behalf of the mother, said the district school’s policy had required schools to address students by their preferred pronouns, name, and gender; permit them to use whichever bathroom they wanted; and allow them to...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – In a razor thin 9–8 vote, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit confirmed Texas Senate Bill 10, overturning the lower-court injunctions that had barred the 2025 law from taking effect. The ACLU lamented the decision. “We are extremely disappointed in today’s decision. The Court’s ruling goes against fundamental First Amendment principles and...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – Ranking as Gen Z's 5th most common scholarship discovery source, TikTok has become part of many students' regular college financial planning routine. TikTok even ranked as Gen Z's 5th most common source for scholarship discovery. The report also discovered that not everything on TikTok is all it's cracked up to be...

The Dean’s List with Host Dean Bowen – A published study found that individuals who “ruminated on anger-inducing events experienced stronger and longer-lasting anger, more negative thoughts, and heightened stress responses.” Rumination can prolong the body’s stress response, “keeping cortisol levels elevated for longer periods and increasing inflammatory markers.” Over time, this...