Scott Jaschik

Scott Jaschik, editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington.

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June 7, 2006
Quick Takes: Harvard Moves Ahead on Stem Cells, Hobart Drops SAT, NYU Will Return Gift, Court Rejects Challenge to Medical Residency System, American U. Responds to Senator, Stanford Revamps MBA, Next Step in Open Access, End to British Pay Dispute
June 5, 2006
Quick Takes: Decline in Black Freshmen Stuns UCLA, Taylor U. Defends Role in Post-Crash Error, Court Upholds Knight Firing, Basic Research Funds Drop, Turnover in Texas, Scrutiny for Pittsburgh Community College, Capital President Out, G8 on Education
June 5, 2006
Blackballed at Yale
Juan Cole's appointment in Middle Eastern studies apparently killed -- despite backing at departmental level and following intense media campaign.
June 5, 2006
Shilling for Dictators?
Noted expert on Eurasia, accused of being apologist for tyrants, sees McCarthy-like attack on his views.
June 2, 2006
Moving Up by Moving Down
Many colleges seek to gain stature through sports. Birmingham-Southern switches from Division I to III and eliminates sports scholarships.
June 2, 2006
Quick Takes: Foundation Reveals Secret Scholarships, Education Statistics, Sallie Mae Buys Upromise, Fraudulent Grant Applications, More Scrutiny for Career Education, Biblical Literacy Urged, Who Should Run Oxford?
June 1, 2006
Losing Their Edge?
Study suggests that Internet may have eliminated link between working at an elite university and doing the best research.
May 31, 2006
New Approaches to Faculty Hiring
Community colleges urged to rethink how they find professors -- and how they structure search committees.
May 31, 2006
What Really Counts in Getting In
Study finds surprising correlations between certain extracurricular activities and college admissions -- and Bourdieu may have provided explanations.
May 30, 2006
British Professors Seek to Cut Ties to Israeli Scholars
Union vote proceeds despite intense lobbying from American faculty groups, who see a serious violation of academic freedom.

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