Eric Kelderman
Senior Reporter
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Eric Kelderman has been a reporter at The Chronicle since 2008, covering a wide range of subjects, including money and accountability in higher education, state policy, accreditation, and legal affairs. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland at College Park, a master’s degree in music theory and composition from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and a bachelor’s degree in music from Luther College, in Decorah, Iowa. You can find him on Twitter @etkeld, or email him at eric.kelderman@chronicle.com.
Stories by this Author
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Daily BriefingDaily Briefing: Free speech vs. student safety at MIT
Grappling with censorship in research, UCLA offers a disability-studies major, an academic nightmare, and more. -
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Daily Briefing: Who values what about higher ed
Palestinian students shot in Vermont, cuts at U. of Nebraska, what college means to a former inmate, higher-ed dreams, and more. -
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Daily Briefing: Leadership shakeup at UNC is already filled with controversy
Presidential debates on campus, pardoned turkeys, and more. -
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Daily Briefing: Can Texas colleges celebrate Pride?
Purdue pays a hefty research-fraud fine, why college is valuable to one graduate, and more. -
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Daily Briefing: Students behaving badly
The latest campus conflicts over Israel-Hamas; GAO slams Biden’s loan forgiveness; Va. AG threatens NACC suit -
Leadership and Governance
President of Struggling Majority-White HBCU Quits After Battling Faculty
Amid an attempt to restore its finances and bring Black students back to the campus, Robin Capehart publicly berated faculty members at Bluefield State University. -
No-Cost College
A Free, Online National University Is Trump’s Latest Higher-Ed Idea. Here’s What Experts Think.
The front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination wants to create a federally funded “American Academy,” paid for by taxing the richest colleges. -
Public Perception
What the Public Really Thinks About Higher Education
Americans still believe in the value of a college credential, but they aren’t convinced higher education is fulfilling its promise to society, The Chronicle’s national survey shows. -
Hostile Obstacle Course
‘Sexism, Even Misogyny’: 3 Female Leaders Explain Why Higher Ed’s Glass Ceiling Hasn’t Cracked
The small share of college presidents who are women isn’t a supply problem; according to some of them, it’s bias. -
'He Was Singling Us Out'
As Tensions With the Faculty Mounted, This College President Blogged His Grievances
Robin Capehart’s relationship with professors at West Virginia’s Bluefield State University was already strained. Then he publicly insulted them.
