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Danielle McLean

Staff Reporter (former)
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Danielle McLean was a staff reporter writing about the real-world impact of state and federal higher-education policies. Before joining The Chronicle, Danielle worked as an investigative reporter at the Bangor Daily News and later ThinkProgress, writing about voter suppression, corruption, poverty, and the impacts of federal and state policies, among a host of other issues.

After attending Hofstra University with a focus on journalism and English, Danielle covered a number of Massachusetts city halls for several newspapers near her hometown, including the Somerville Journal, The Milford Daily News, and The Boston Globe’s website, Boston.com. She has won the Maine Press Association’s political-reporting award, as well as the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s government, transportation, business and economic, and courts and crime reporting awards.

Danielle is a former chairperson of the Society of Professional Journalists’ Freedom of Information Committee. You can find her at ice-hockey rinks throughout the DMV or on Twitter. Follow her at @DanielleBMcLean.

Stories by This Author

Auburn University's student government hosts a voter-registration table
Voter Registration
How to Get Students to Vote in a Pandemic? Get Creative
By Danielle McLean October 6, 2020
Student organizers and administrators have hosted Zoom events, blasted out emails, and held social-distancing dance parties in an effort to boost the student vote.
HOUSTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 03: Evacuee Anne Stokes works on her tablet computer at the NRG Center evacuation center on September 3, 2017 in Houston, Texas. A week after Hurricane Harvey hit Southern Texas, residents are beginning the long process of recovering from the storm. Credit: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images
Federal Policy
Student-Loan Borrowers Now Have More Breathing Room. It Won’t Last Forever.
By Danielle McLean August 11, 2020
When borrowers are forced back into repayment, things could get messy. For a possible preview, look to the natural disasters of 2017.
The University of Akron on Wednesday announced layoffs of more than 100 faculty and staff.
News
With Latest Layoffs, U. of Akron Has Lost Almost a Quarter of Its Faculty Since Pandemic Began
By Danielle McLean July 15, 2020
The university’s president said the new cuts, of 96 unionized faculty, were necessary because earlier ones “were insufficient to design a budget that will sustain” the institution.
Jessica Antonio, a student at Arizona State University, said the university should have used money from the Cares Act to help its low-income students.
News
This University Was Allotted More Cares Act Money Than Any Other. Why Didn’t These Students Get Any?
By Danielle McLean July 10, 2020
While other colleges acted to get funds to students, Arizona State University is saving its more than $30 million for the coming months. Some struggling students say they were left to fend for themselves.
Protesters march in Berkeley, Calif. on June 13, 2020.
News
As Protests Raged, These Colleges Wrote Strong Words. But Will They Act?
By Danielle McLean June 16, 2020
The Chronicle asked 30 institutions whether they would embrace popular demands already being made by student activists. Their answers suggested reluctance.
Esosa Ruffin, a new graduate of Monmouth U., received her Cares Act relief funds only on Monday.
News
Months After Congress Sent Emergency Aid to College Students, Distribution Remains Spotty
By Danielle McLean June 11, 2020
Some colleges have distributed a lot of Cares Act funds; others very little. Experts point to unclear — and changing — federal guidance as one factor in the delays.
The U.S. Capitol Building
News
Higher-Ed Lobbying Group, Eyeing an In-Person Fall, Asks Congress for Liability Shields
By Danielle McLean May 28, 2020
The American Council on Education says liability protections are needed to “blunt the chilling effect” lawsuits would have on colleges seeking to safely reopen their campuses this fall.
Many students left their campuses just as the once-a-decade count began, threatening to upend the influential tally. One city that could be affected is Ithaca, N.Y.
News
The Covid-19 Census Could Cost College Towns Millions
By Danielle McLean May 27, 2020
Many students left their campuses just as the once-a-decade count began, threatening to upend the influential tally.
The School of Architecture at Taliesin, with about 30 students, is in line to receive $500,000 in coronavirus-stimulus funds from the federal government.
News
‘I’m Bewildered’: For Tiny Colleges, Federal Covid-19 Stimulus Is a Windfall
By Danielle McLean May 5, 2020
The Education Department is using a discretionary fund to give even small institutions a shot at $500,000 in Cares Act money. “I don’t know what we would do with $500,000, to be honest with you,” one official says.
The campus of Eastern Michigan U.
News
How to Get Emergency Coronavirus Aid at One University: Sign Up for Summer School
By Eric Kelderman, Danielle McLean April 30, 2020
About half of colleges’ Cares Act aid is meant to go directly to students. Eastern Michigan University may be violating the spirit of the law.
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