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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 inCommunity Colleges, Higher Education, Math Achievement, News

Many college students could skip remedial classes, studies find

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus February 29, 2012January 27, 2023
Posted inHigher Education, Learn and Earn, Lessons From Abroad, News, Special Reports

Canadian two-year colleges show path to jobs

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 30, 2012March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News

Free courses may shake universities’ monopoly on credit

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus January 23, 2012March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, Lessons From Abroad, News, Special Reports

A new approach, imported from England, to getting students through college

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 26, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News

Budget cuts, other obstacles threaten Obama’s American Graduation Initiative

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus December 8, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News

Financial aid not always going to neediest college students

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus November 25, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News

Education experts defend price of college degree

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus October 31, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News

Keeping day-to-day problems from derailing college students

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 27, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News, Student Veterans

The new G.I. Bill: Big money, big challenges

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus September 13, 2011March 30, 2020
Posted inHigher Education, News

New efforts to raise U.S. college graduation rates

Avatar photo by Jon Marcus July 11, 2011March 30, 2020

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