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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.

jmarcus@hechingerreport.org
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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, 2023October 16, 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
Posted inHigher Education

‘The reckoning is here’: More than a third of community college students have vanished

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus April 3, 2023May 8, 2023
Posted inHigher Education

Why are prices rising more for lower-income college students than their higher-income peers?

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Jon Marcus and Fazil Khan March 27, 2023April 17, 2023
Posted inUniversities, Inc.

Rankings exodus raises the question: How should consumers pick a college?

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

Some people going into the trades wonder why their classmates stick with college

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus February 14, 2023February 16, 2023

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