In July the Board of Regents at the University of Wisconsin convened to finalize the budget for the 2021-22 academic year. The Covid-19 pandemic had walloped the system, leading to a net loss of nearly $170 million as of spring 2021. Weeks before, a new state budget had freed the regents to let tuition rise […]
Author Archives: Pete D'Amato
Pete D’Amato designs and produces interactive digital tools and stories with a focus on data and statistics. He also creates graphics for The Hechinger Report. He started his journalism career as a writer and photographer in Latin America, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Americas Quarterly, Vice and SI.com. Before joining Hechinger, Pete was the deputy web editor at Crain’s New York Business. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree in Journalism and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from New York University.
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