Lindsay Ellis
Lindsay Ellis, a reporter at The Wall Street Journal, was previously a senior reporter for The Chronicle, covering research universities, crisis management, political polarization, and workplace issues, among other topics. Before that, she covered higher education for the Houston Chronicle, where she was part of a team that won an APME Grand Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for breaking-news coverage of Hurricane Harvey. She also covered business at the Times Union, in Albany, N.Y.
Stories by this Author
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The Future of WorkThe ‘Productivity Poison’ Higher Ed Doesn’t Know It’s Ingesting
Cal Newport on why email makes you worse at your job, the future of remote work, and the efficiency of office hours. -
Academic Workplace
A Hybrid-Work Semester Is Wrapping Up. Here Are Some Emerging Best Practices.
These five tips can help leaders and employees navigate the gray areas of in-person and remote work. -
Academic Freedom
After Controversy, U. of Florida Has a New Policy on Faculty Testimony. Here’s What It Says.
The policy carries a “strong presumption” that the university will approve requests by professors and staff to testify in cases involving the State of Florida. -
Faculty Autonomy
After Scathing Criticism, U. of Florida Will Let Professors Testify Against the State
The reversal followed a week of turmoil on the campus spurred by administrators’ decision to bar faculty members from serving as expert witnesses. Hours later, three professors announced a lawsuit. -
Academic freedom
‘I’m Speechless’: What Prompted the U. of Florida to Tell Professors Not to Testify?
At least four professors have said their requests to participate in lawsuits challenging state policy were rejected. Faculty members say the stakes are sky-high. -
Academic Freedom
U. of Florida Doctor Says Administrators Blocked Him From Participating in Lawsuits About Masking
The revelation means that the university’s denial of three faculty members’ requests to testify in voting-rights litigation was not an isolated incident. -
Academic Freedom
U. of Florida’s Accreditor Will Investigate Denial of Professors’ Voting-Rights Testimony
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges said it would look into whether the flagship had violated policies when it denied the faculty members’ requests to be expert witnesses. -
The Work Force
Michigan State Needed Dining-Hall Workers. So It Asked the Faculty and Staff to Volunteer.
The request followed widespread worker shortages. On campus it also followed rounds of furloughs and retirements, and a steep drop in student employees. -
Emerging From the Pandemic
Higher Ed’s Rocky Reboot
Stretched supply chains and short-staffed campuses have left students hungry and parents angry. -
Off the Grid
He Survived ‘Survivor.’ What About the Academic Workplace?
An assistant professor reflects on how his career has been shaped by a stint on reality TV, and what it can teach his colleagues about taking time to follow their passions.
