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Higher Education Editor

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.

Recent Stories

In one country, women now outnumber men in college by two to one

It’s only the most extreme example of a worldwide trend that includes the U.S.

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – October 27, 2019

Some colleges seek radical solutions to survive

Many schools are trying strategies from the business world to stay afloat

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – October 10, 2019

The students disappearing fastest from American campuses? Middle-class ones

Anxious about diversity and their bottom lines, more schools offer money to the middle

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – October 2, 2019

Colleges provide misleading information about their costs

In lieu of regulating universities, Trump administration encourages them to furnish students with information on expenses and results — but some of the data is inaccurate

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – September 16, 2019

Already stretched grad students rebel against rising and often surreptitious fees

Universities seeking revenue levy “academic excellence” and other non-tuition charges

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – August 2, 2019

Kristie Kolesnikov, in red, spent 10 years getting her bachelor’s degrees at six different institutions. The mother of two can’t even keep track of how many credits she lost every time she changed majors or transferred. Now she’s working toward a master’s degree.

Universities that are recruiting older students often leave them floundering

Students 25 and older juggle jobs, kids and bills without support many say they need

Divided We Learn

by  Jon Marcus  – May 29, 2019

In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

One big obstacle: a university entrance exam few mainland admission offices accept

Divided We Learn

by  Jon Marcus  – April 26, 2019

Universities increasingly turn to graduate programs to balance their books

The survival strategy is raising prices and increasing debt for graduate students

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – April 23, 2019

small private colleges

As small private colleges keep closing, some are fighting back

The first step to a survival strategy: acknowledging that there’s a problem

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – April 15, 2019

Americans don’t realize state funding for higher ed is falling, new poll finds

In fact, spending is down, driving tuition up and frustrating the search for skilled workers

Higher Education

by  Jon Marcus  – February 25, 2019

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