Daniel Golden
Daniel Golden is a senior editor at ProPublica. He is the author of Spy Schools: How the CIA, FBI, and Foreign Intelligence Secretly Exploit America’s Universities (Henry Holt, 2017) and The Price of Admission: How America’s Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges — and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates (Crown, 2006).
Stories by this Author
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InvestigationThe Newest Way to Buy an Advantage in College Admissions
Why some parents are paying to make their teen a “peer reviewed” author. -
Under Pressure
The Red State University Blues
When elected officials impose their political views, how should a public college respond? -
An Investigation
A Scientist Without a Country
Joe Tsien was on the faculty at Princeton and the cover of Time magazine. Then he landed under federal investigation. He says he’s a victim of anti-Asian discrimination, but his story doesn’t add up. -
The Review
Hounded Out of U.S., Scientist Invents Fast Coronavirus Test in China
A crackdown on scholars with ties to China has triggered a reverse brain drain. -
The Review
How a Rotten System Enabled Rick Singer’s Fraud
Colleges have portrayed themselves as helpless victims of his scheme, unmasked by the Operation Varsity Blues investigation. In reality, they have no one to blame but themselves. -
The Chronicle Review
The CIA’s Favorite College President
Graham Spanier rolled out the red carpet for the intelligence services to conduct covert operations involving colleges.
