Scott Jaschik

editor, Inside Higher Ed

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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.

Scott Jaschik on KCRW

"Will they lose a few [students]? Perhaps. But this shouldn't affect the overall decisions to go. I think USC may pay more of a price in faculty than in students," says Scott Jaschik.

How might USC’s scandals affect its reputation and people’s decisions to study or work there?

"Will they lose a few [students]? Perhaps. But this shouldn't affect the overall decisions to go. I think USC may pay more of a price in faculty than in students," says Scott Jaschik.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

UC Berkeley is usually one of the highest ranked universities in the country.

Berkeley becomes 'unranked' on top colleges list. Do these listings matter to high school grads?

UC Berkeley is usually one of the highest ranked universities in the country.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Federal prosecutors announced charges today in what they call the “largest college admissions scam” they’ve ever prosecuted.

Justice Department charges rich parents bribing and cheating to get their kids into top universities

Federal prosecutors announced charges today in what they call the “largest college admissions scam” they’ve ever prosecuted.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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