Doug Lederman

Doug Lederman

Doug Lederman is editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed. He helps lead the news organization's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Doug speaks widely about higher education, including on C-Span and National Public Radio and at meetings and on campuses around the country, and his work has appeared in The New York Times and USA Today, among other publications. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003. Before that, Doug had worked at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles, first as an athletics reporter and editor. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one in 2009 for a series of Inside Higher Ed articles he co-wrote on college rankings. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. Doug lives with his wife, Kate Scharff, in Bethesda, Md.

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April 4, 2023
The COVID lockdowns may have had unintended benefits. In today’s Academic Minute, Yale University’s Dawn Brancati looks into one.
April 4, 2023
Today on the Academic Minute: Dawn Brancati, senior lecturer in the political science department at Yale University, examines one unintended benefit of the COVID lockdowns. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
April 3, 2023
There are still stories from World War II that need to be told. In today’s Academic Minute, Sarah Abreveya Stein of the University of California, Los Angeles, takes us to the Algerian Sahara to listen to voices of the past.
April 3, 2023
Today on the Academic Minute: Sarah Abreveya Stein, professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, takes us to the Algerian Sahara to share compelling stories from World War II. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
April 3, 2023
All age groups are more likely to disagree than agree that getting a four-year degree is worth the cost, citing debt and doubts about skill development.

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August 26, 2022
White House mandates free, immediate public access to government-funded research. Many open-access advocates celebrate the decision, but some scholars wonder who will fund the policy.
August 2, 2022
University buys assets of publicly traded Zovio to bring management of its roughly 28,000 online students in-house, citing online program management’s “inherent conflict.” Glad you finally noticed, critics say.
July 7, 2022
President of four years departs with no notice at Roman Catholic university that has endured failed merger and seen enrollment drop by more than a third since 2015.
January 10, 2022
Our editors Scott Jaschik and Doug Lederman explain how this combination of publishing companies will improve global coverage of postsecondary education and better serve the higher ed community.
July 6, 2021
Our website’s free and expanded registration program is now live. Here’s why we’re making the change.

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