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Higher Ed

In their lively and entertaining weekly discussion of issues related to higher education, KUT’s Jennifer Stayton and Southwestern University President Dr. Ed Burger explore the topics of higher education, lifelong learning, and exercising the brain. Ed and Jennifer practice what they preach, too, by introducing math puzzlers and brain teasers to keep listeners on their toes.

Best of Higher Ed: Teaching Happiness

KUT 90.5 | By Jennifer Stayton

Published July 26, 2015 at 2:00 PM CDT

This summer, KUT is revisiting episodes of the podcast "Higher Ed." This episode was originally posted on March 8, 2015.

Each week, KUT's Jennifer Stayton talks with Dr. Ed Burger, President of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, about higher education, lifelong learning, and exercising the brain. This week, Ed and Jennifer discuss the intriguing idea of teaching happiness in the classroom. Not as a separate subject, but as part of just about all subjects students already study. Could that work? How would it work?

What does happiness even mean? Ed and Jennifer explore that and reveal the solution to the math puzzler about buying and selling items and making a profit. Can money buy happiness? Listen on to find out!

For all of the Higher Ed episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on itunes here!