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Scott Carlson

Washington, D.C.

I write about the business of colleges, sustainability, ideas, etc., at the Chronicle of Higher Ed. Also a biker, judo fighter, beer drinker, gardener.

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  • 2 weeks ago | chronicle.com | Scott Carlson

    How Colleges Have Gone From Mission-Driven to Margin-Obsessed I’m Scott Carlson, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering higher ed and where it’s going. This week, I interview an author about his new book, which identifies four strategies eight colleges have used to try to stay afloat.

  • 4 weeks ago | parkbugle.org | Scott Carlson

    By Scott CarlsonKristin Anderson, professor emerita of Art & Design at Augsburg University, planned this past month to give her final free St. Anthony Park neighborhood history talk. Anderson’s talk in May marked her 28th presentation over the past three years. “We’ve also had eight different walking tours” during that time, she also noted. Perhaps then to no surprise, Kristin announced at her May talk: She will hold another nine months of history talks starting in September.

  • 1 month ago | chronicle.com | Scott Carlson

    How Cuts to the Federal Workforce Are Compounding a Brutal Job Market for College Grads I’m Scott Carlson, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering higher ed and where it’s going. This week, I look at how recent cuts to the federal work force are having downstream effects on their regions and on the job plans of recent college graduates.

  • 1 month ago | chronicle.com | Scott Carlson

    What One University Means to Its City I’m Scott Carlson, a senior writer at The Chronicle covering higher ed and where it’s going. This week, I look at the complicated relationship that the Johns Hopkins University has with Baltimore, and what the university means to the future of that city and to American research. A Study in ContrastsIn many ways, Baltimore is a city of contrasts: Black and white, wealthy and poor, highly educated and underserved.

  • 1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Scott Carlson

    Share A Study in Contrasts In many ways, Baltimore is a city of contrasts: Black and white, wealthy and poor, highly educated and underserved. An early proving ground for redlining and segregation, Baltimore has carved its socioeconomic contrasts into the design of the city.

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27 Jun 24

RT @obalilassoc: The latest article by @Carlsonics is a must read if you care about higher ed in this country. We are quickly losing the di…