Four in ten students who start college don't finish — and it's usually not about grades. Elliot Felix explains what separates the colleges that set students up to thrive from the ones that don't, and how families can tell the difference before they ever enroll.

Elliot Felix trained as a designer at UVA and MIT and has spent 20 years helping more than 100 colleges — from MIT and Cornell to NYU and UVA — redesign the spaces, services, and systems students rely on. He's the author of two books: How to Get the Most Out of College and, most recently, The Connected College: Leadership Strategies for Student Success.

This episode will be the season finale. See you again in the fall.

What we cover:

Elliot starts with why students leave — about half for financial reasons, and a lo ...