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Andy Thomason

Assistant Managing Editor

What I Do

As assistant managing editor, I supervise The Chronicle’s news and accountability coverage. I also edit articles of all types, including lengthy features and investigations and short daily-news coverage.

My Background

I came to The Chronicle in 2014 as a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 2021, my narrative-nonfiction account of my alma mater’s notorious fake-classes scandal — Discredited: The UNC Scandal and College Athletics’ Amateur Ideal — was published by the University of Michigan Press.

Connect

Email: andy.thomason@chronicle.com
Contact me securely with sensitive story tips on Signal: andyandy.60

Recent Stories

Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Van Andel Arena on November 05, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Decision 2024
Trump Retakes the Presidency. Here’s How Election Day Played Out on Campuses.
By Declan Bradley, Sarah Brown, Amanda Friedman, and others November 6, 2024
The former president has promised to wield the executive branch more aggressively, including scrutinizing colleges.
Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, testifies during the House Education and the Workforce Committee hearing titled "Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism," in Rayburn building on Wednesday, April 17, 2024.
A Lightning Rod
Columbia’s President, Whose Response to Protests Ignited Encampments Nationwide, Resigns Suddenly
By Sarah Brown, Andy Thomason August 14, 2024
Nemat (Minouche) Shafik’s controversial presidency ended quickly and unexpectedly on Wednesday.
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Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: More DEI laws, more questions
By Andy Thomason, Amanda Friedman, Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez July 2, 2024
Ex-Northeastern U. employee convicted. North Dakota chancellor to step down. West Virginia adds gun-storage room in dorm, and more.
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Daily Briefing
Daily Briefing: FAFSA fallout isn’t over
By Andy Thomason, Fernanda Zamudio-Suarez May 21, 2024
One state wants the Ten Commandments displayed in public-college classrooms. We update our interactive on peer institutions, and more.
Members of the Asian American Coalition for Education and the DC chapter of the Asian American Political Action Committee celebrates the US Supreme Court ruling that universities may not consider race in admissions, effectively ending affirmative action. The pair of cases brought by Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC) claim that race was the deciding factor in rejecting their applications for admission.
Breaking News
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions Nationwide
By Andy Thomason, Sarah Brown June 29, 2023
The conservative majority declared the practice discriminatory and illegal, effectively forcing colleges to stop using race as a factor in admissions.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves to the crowd during his inauguration ceremony at the Florida State Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2022, in Tallahassee, Florida.
Ideologies
Florida’s State Colleges Say They’ll Ban Promotion of Critical Race Theory
By Andy Thomason January 18, 2023
That remarkable statement comes as the state’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, has opened a new offensive against what he describes as “trendy ideology” in higher education.
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Election 2022
What the Election Results Mean for Higher Ed
By Sarah Brown, Andy Thomason November 9, 2022
If Republicans maintain their slight edge in the race for the House of Representatives, look for an uptick in scrutiny of student-debt relief, Title IX, and other higher-ed issues.
Kent Fuchs, the president of The University of Florida, delivers comments during a ceremony for the unveiling of a new historical marker for the first Black students to attend and graduate from the UF, on campus, in Gainesville, Fla. Sept. 15, 2021.
Academic Freedom
U. of Florida Stops 3 Professors From Taking Part in Voting-Rights Suit, Raising Cries of Censorship
By Andy Thomason October 31, 2021
The university called the faculty members’ proposed work “adverse to the university’s interests.” A national faculty leader called the prohibition an “attempt to muzzle” the professors.
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The Review
The Confounding Case of Jan Boxill
By Andy Thomason September 7, 2021
The Chapel Hill professor was implicated in an infamous scandal. To focus on her culpability is to miss a disturbing truth about higher education in America.
Participants at <i>The Chronicle</i>'s 2019 Fall Reporting Workshop
Emerging Reporters
Student Journalists, Register for Our 2021 Virtual Reporting Workshop
By Andy Thomason August 31, 2021
Participants, who can register and attend free, will have the opportunity to take part in several sessions on reporting strategies, finding troves of data, and the writing craft.
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