Dan Berrett is a senior editor for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Previously, he reported on teaching and learning for The Chronicle, faculty issues for Inside Higher Ed, and K-12 and higher education for the Pocono Record. His work has also appeared in Newsweek and The New York Times. Before he was a journalist, Berrett worked in the nonprofit sector and co-founded a sketch comedy troupe that appeared on television and performed internationally. He received his undergraduate degree in English from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Follow him on Twitter @danberrett, or write to him at dan.berrett@chronicle.com.
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Daily Briefing
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Live Coronavirus Updates
The Pennsylvania university said 56 students had tested positive for the coronavirus in one week, much higher than any previous week.
Live Coronavirus Updates
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Higher Ed Under Biden-Harris
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Fresh Data
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News
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Business
The deal between land-grant and for-profit institutions would result in a new nonprofit entity called University of Arizona Global Campus.
News
The New Yorker detailed a deeper relationship than the director, Joi Ito, had previously acknowledged.
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Students
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