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Author Archives: Jon Marcus

Jon Marcus, higher-education editor, has written about higher education for the Washington Post, USA Today, Time, the Boston Globe, Washington Monthly, is North America higher-education correspondent for the Times (U.K.) Higher Education magazine, and contributed to the book Reinventing Higher Education. His Hechinger coverage has won national awards from the Education Writers Association and he was a finalist for an award for beat reporting from the New York chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. The former editor of Boston magazine, Marcus holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree from Bates College. A journalism instructor at Boston College, he says he ends up learning from his students far more than he teaches them.

jmarcus@hechingerreport.org
Posted inDivided We Learn

Colleges are withholding transcripts and degrees from millions over unpaid bills

by Jon Marcus March 22, 2021April 8, 2021

BOSTON — Gabriel Toro choked up behind his mask as he described the lengths it took him to complete his bachelor’s degree at the University of Massachusetts Boston.  This story also appeared in GBH News and National Public Radio Estranged from his parents and briefly homeless, he took out $50,000 in federal loans. He worked […]

Posted inHigher Education

Beer making for credit: Liberal arts colleges add career tech

by Jon Marcus March 19, 2021April 8, 2021
Posted inNews

How one small college exemplifies higher education’s problems and potential solutions

by Jon Marcus March 9, 2021March 11, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

How a decline in community college students is a big problem for the economy

by Jon Marcus March 5, 2021April 1, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

As admissions season descends, wealthier applicants once again have the advantage

by Jon Marcus February 19, 2021April 1, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

The pandemic is speeding up the mass disappearance of men from college

by Jon Marcus January 19, 2021April 1, 2021
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

More colleges and universities outsource services to for-profit companies

by Jon Marcus January 8, 2021January 8, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

While many colleges are making big cuts, a few opt for permanent transformation

by Jon Marcus December 29, 2020December 29, 2020
Posted inHigher Education

Shopping for a major? Detailed salary info shows which majors pay off

by Jon Marcus December 25, 2020April 1, 2021
Posted inHigher Education

Number of rural students planning on going to college plummets

by Jon Marcus December 18, 2020December 21, 2020

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