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Jon Marcus

Jon Marcus writes and edits stories about, and helps plan coverage of, higher education. A former magazine editor, he has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wired, Medium.com and the Times (U.K.) Higher Education magazine, among others. His work has been honored by the National Headliner Awards, Mirror Awards, National Awards for Education Reporting, City and Regional Magazine Association, Deadline Club of New York City and others. Marcus holds a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, attended Oxford University, and teaches journalism at Boston College and Northeastern University.

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Posted inGuidance Gap

The newest benefit at top companies: Private college admissions counseling

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 5, 2023September 8, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this story, by Kirk Carapezza of GBH Boston. NEWTON, Mass. — Shannon Vasconcelos fired up her laptop in a sterile conference room in a suburban office park, and right on schedule a mother and her daughter popped onto her screen. This story also appeared in GBH News and National […]

Posted inHigher Education

‘Praying that my health holds out’: Many senior citizens expect to die with college loan debts

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 1, 2023August 30, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

Spending summer in class means these college students will be done in three years

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 22, 2023August 22, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

‘August surprise’: That college scholarship you earned might not count

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus August 2, 2023August 18, 2023
Posted inFuture of Learning

What’s in a word? A way to help impatient college students better connect to jobs

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus July 21, 2023July 24, 2023
Posted inSolutions

One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus July 20, 2023July 26, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

With new ‘talent visas,’ other countries lure workers trained at U.S. universities

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus June 17, 2023June 20, 2023
Posted inDivided We Learn

The college degree gap between Black and white Americans was always bad. It’s getting worse

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus May 15, 2023May 26, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

The shuttering of a rural university reveals a surprising source of its financing

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 27, 2023May 17, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

In Japan, plummeting university enrollment forecasts what’s ahead for the U.S.

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 18, 2023April 21, 2023

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