A podcast with Vice Provost Steven Brint on improving undergraduate education in research universities will be posted on the *Learning Matters* website this week. *Learning Matters* is an educational media organization led by John Merrow, one of the leading educational journalists in the country and chief educational reporter for the PBS New Hour with Jim Lehrer. *Learning Matters* podcasts reach approximately 10,000 subscribers. The podcast was stimulated by Brint's essay, "The Educational Lottery," which appeared in the *Los Angeles Review of Books* in November. In the podcast Brint discusses the evaluation of teaching in research universities, ways to integrate teaching and research, the need for more challenging instruction as well as greater participation in classrooms, and ways to increase student participation in large lecture classes. The Learning Matters website is: www.learningmatters.tv To listen to the podcast, click on higher education podcasts.

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