Chris Quintana
Staff Reporter (former)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Chris Quintana was a breaking-news reporter for The Chronicle. Before working at The Chronicle, he covered higher education for The Albuquerque Journal. He has also worked for The Santa Fe New Mexican. He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in creative writing.
Stories by this Author
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NewsOn Campuses, Electric Scooters Meet Speed Bumps
Eager students have seized the chance to zip around campus quickly and cheaply. And frustrated college officials have seized piles and piles of scooters. -
The Review
Can This Man Change How Elite Colleges Treat Low-Income Students?
Anthony Jack beat the odds. His research focuses on those who don’t. -
Admissions
Why Colleges May Be Chasing the Wrong Numbers to Enroll More Low-Income Students
A new paper by two well-known researchers argues that colleges are oversimplifying the quest to add needier students to their enrollments. -
News
No, Rate My Professors Probably Won’t Remove Your Profile
Spurred by a tweet, faculty members have tried recently to get their profiles dropped from the controversial website. But they found that there is no easy escape from it. -
Admissions
How U. of Michigan Appealed to Low-Income Students With a Colorful Invitation — and a Promise of Aid
In an experiment described in a new working paper, the university made a letter promising financial aid seem like a golden ticket. -
Crit Lit
You’ve Heard the Conservative Case Against Higher Ed. But Have You Read the Novel?
If you were to build a religion around the most extreme higher-ed stereotypes peddled by the likes of Breitbart and Campus Reform, Trigger Warning would be its sacred text. -
Pulling Rank
In Unusual Letter, Democratic Senators Ask ‘U.S. News’ to Change Emphasis of College Rankings
The six lawmakers called on the magazine to give more weight to how colleges improve their students’ social mobility. -
Leadership
A Chancellor, a Porn Star, and $5,000: Did a Wisconsin Campus Find the Limit to Free Speech?
Just a year after the state’s university system hailed new rules to ensure freedom of speech, it seems that a recent appearance at UW-La Crosse by an adult-film performer did not qualify. -
Financial Aid
DeVos Says Student Loans Have Created a Crisis. Hold On, Researchers Say.
The education secretary blamed the government’s shift to direct loans and cited with approval the “Bennett hypothesis,” in which federal aid purportedly leads colleges to raise their prices. -
News
Davidson Says 2 Students Outed for Online Racist Language Are No Longer Enrolled
The North Carolina college did not say if they had been expelled or chosen to leave. The incident is part of a wider national trend of anti-Semitic messages on campuses.
