{"podcast":{"title":"The College Investor Audio Show","slug":"the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","podcast_index_feed_id":414113,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-college-investor/","website_url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f3c20c77-1ea5-4d2e-a65a-e87b0a5c9f68/college-investor-podcast-cover-c1.png","author":"The College Investor","episode_count":1036,"summary":"The College Investor podcast is a daily audio show that's dedicated to bringing you the best of TheCollegeInvestor.com. We discuss a variety of topics, all relating to millennial money - including student loan debt, investing, earning more money, and more! Robert Farrington, the founder of The College Investor and a Millennial Money Expert, shares how to get out of student loan debt so that you can start investing and building wealth for the future. Instead of cutting expenses and living a frugal life, he advocates side hustling and entrepreneurship to earn extra money to achieve your financial goals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T20:18:09.903988+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113"},"episode":{"title":"Education Department Stops Updating Key School Data After Cutting Research Arm","slug":"education-department-stops-updating-key-school-data-after-cutting-research-arm","published_at":"2026-05-21T10:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/education-department-stops-updating-key-school-data-after-cutting-research-arm","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113","url":"https://thecollegeinvestor.com/80363/education-department-stops-updating-key-school-data-after-cutting-research-arm/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/d8bef720-ddec-4ae4-9758-62564b65d007.mp3","summary":"Key federal databases that tracked American schools since 1962 is now running on outdated numbers. After Education Department gutted their research arm last year, large portions of the Digest of Education Statistics (covering per-student spending, teacher pay, enrollment, and student safety) have not been refreshed in more than a year. The Department says new contracts are coming, but the public (and researchers) are operating without current school data in the meantime.","meta_description":"Key federal databases that tracked American schools since 1962 is now running on outdated numbers. After Education Department gutted their research arm la…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":260,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/episodes/education-department-stops-updating-key-school-data-after-cutting-research-arm/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-college-investor-audio-show-414113/education-department-stops-updating-key-school-data-after-cutting-research-arm.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}