Audrey Williams June
Audrey Williams June is the news-data manager at The Chronicle. She explores and analyzes data sets, databases, and records to uncover higher-education trends, insights, and stories.
She has built several areas of expertise since arriving at The Chronicle, in 2001, including the academic job market, faculty pay, and efforts to diversify the faculty.
Before coming to The Chronicle, Audrey was a business reporter for The Charlotte Observer, in North Carolina. While there, she wrote about the ups and downs of being an entrepreneur and the city’s banking industry. She has also worked for The Telegraph, in Macon, Ga., as an environmental reporter.
Audrey earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in economics at Florida A&M University. When she’s not wrangling data, you’ll find her browsing the stacks at her local public library.
Stories by this Author
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Community CollegesEnrollment at Community Colleges Is Stabilizing. The Growing Presence of High-School Students Is Why.
Nearly one in five community-college students in the fall of 2021 was a dual-enrollee. -
Data
Higher Ed’s Research Footprint Is Growing
Colleges and universities increased the amount of space they’ve dedicated to research by 17 percent over a decade. -
Politics and Race
DEI Legislation Tracker
Legislators, mostly Republicans, want to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices; end anti-bias trainings; and banish diversity statements. -
Data
These 3 Colleges Are Closing. They Share Some Key Traits.
When Finlandia University recently announced it would shut down, the reasons it gave echoed those of other small, less-selective colleges that have closed. -
Data
A Rocky Stock Market Sent the Value of College Endowments Tumbling Last Year
The average one-year return for endowments in the 2022 fiscal year was -8 percent, down from a 30.6-percent return the year before. -
Data
Big Drops in Enrollment Hit Colleges in the First Fall of the Pandemic. Who Was Able to Bounce Back?
Search our database to see whose enrollments recovered, whose started clawing their way back, and whose kept falling. -
Data
After Years of Drops, Undergraduate Enrollment Shows ‘Signs of Recovery’
Freshman enrollment, up 4.3 percent, is a big reason why. -
Admissions & Enrollment
Where Applications to College Have Swelled During the Past Decade
Submissions to public and private nonprofit four-year colleges grew 46 percent from 2011 to 2021, according to a Chronicle analysis. -
Data
Which Universities Spend the Most Money on Research?
Most institutions in the top 30 spent $1 billion or more on research in the 2021 fiscal year. -
Data
The State With Too Many Campuses
Pennsylvania’s higher-ed landscape faces steep challenges. Its large number of colleges relative to its traditional-age student population is a big reason.
