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Forest Hunt

Reporting Intern
The Chronicle Of Higher Education

Forest Hunt is a reporting intern with The Chronicle focused on student housing, college governance, and discrimination on campus. Have a story? Drop them a line on Signal, text at (971) 666-5771, or email forest.hunt@chronicle.com.

Forest is a graduate of Evergreen State College with a degree in political economy of media and journalism. They have previously covered state politics as an intern for Politico California, in Sacramento, fact-checked and copy-edited as an intern for the media watchdog FAIR.org, in New York City, and covered the local police as a reporter for The Cooper Point Journal, in Olympia, Wash. Forest also covers the podcast industry as a freelancer and loves good audio journalism.

Stories by This Author

Pro-union students at Berea College in Berea, Kent., organized a rally in front of Fairchild Hall on campus in April 2024. (Shepherd Snyder, WEKU)
Campus Labor
On This Campus, Every Student Could Join a Union. The College Calls It an ‘Existential Threat.’
By Forest Hunt May 14, 2024
The National Labor Relations Board will soon determine if students at Berea College have the right to hold a union election. It’s the latest chapter in a continuing wave of undergraduate organizing.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at an encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), on Friday, April 26, 2024, in Los Angeles. The protesters were protesting on campuses across the country, demanding colleges cut investments supporting Israel. (Ringo Chiu, SOPA, Sipa USA, AP)
Contrasting Tactics
We Looked at 50 Colleges to See How They Handled Student Encampments. Here’s What We Found.
By Sonel Cutler, Forest Hunt, Alecia Taylor May 1, 2024
Nearly half of the protests have led to arrests. Around a dozen have faced no consequences.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at a street intersection at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Monday, April 22, 2024. Demonstrators were arrested at Yale University on Monday morning after setting up an encampment that they said was in support of Columbia University protesters.
Campus Unrest
Dozens of Students Arrested at Yale as Administrators Clear Encampment
By Forest Hunt April 22, 2024
Echoing mass arrests last week at Columbia University, campus police officers on Monday detained 47 Yale students who were protesting the university’s ties to weapons manufacturers.
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Different definitions
‘First-Generation Students’ Can Be a Limiting Category, New Report Says
By Forest Hunt April 5, 2024
Colleges must pay attention to subtle differences in students’ parental backgrounds and how that might affect their academic preparation, according to researchers at the Common App.
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College Access
New Mexico Is Trying to Make Tuition-Free College Stick. Here’s How.
By Forest Hunt March 12, 2024
The state’s nearly $1-billion push to sustain its expansive program is the latest development in a wave of investments in free tuition.
A rally held at the CSU Board of Trustees on Sept. 12, 2023. (California State University Employees Union)
Gaining Steam
Colleges Contend With a Tidal Wave of New Undergrad Unions
By Forest Hunt March 7, 2024
About 20,000 nonacademic student workers across the California State University system voted to unionize last week. There are now 22 such groups around the country representing undergraduates.
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Enrollment
A Potential Shakeup Looms in Admissions as Movement Grows Against Legacy Preferences
By Forest Hunt February 8, 2024
Lawmakers in Massachusetts advanced a bill on Wednesday that would ban the practice at public and private colleges. Connecticut and Virginia are considering bans, too.
Northridge, CA: Nicolette Parra, a university student, supports her faculty during the first of an alleged five-day strike over pay at California State University Northridge on Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 in Northridge, CA. The strike is across all of the system's 23 campuses and is the largest ever faculty strike in the system's history. (Dania Maxwell, Los Angeles Times, Getty Images)
Academic Labor
How a Fight for Faculty Raises Sparked a Debate Over Cal State’s Financial Health
By Forest Hunt February 7, 2024
As a vote looms next week on the faculty union’s tentative agreement — with a smaller pay raise than desired — questions swirl over whether the university system could afford more.
Long Beach, CA - January 22: Members of the California Faculty Association, which represents 29,000 faculty members across the 23-campus CSU system, began its weeklong strike on Monday, Jan. 22. Despite the wet and soggy day, the striking faculty was in good spirits at Cal State Long Beach, in Long Beach on Monday, January 22, 2024. (Brittany Murray, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Getty Images)
'A Decent Outcome'
After One Day of Striking, Faculty Members Make a Deal With Cal State System
By Forest Hunt January 23, 2024
The 23-campus system agreed to raises for instructors, among other things, after faculty walked off the job Monday.
Pomona, CA - December 04: Supporters for the Cal Poly Pomona faculty union show their support as they hold a rally on campus while staging a one-day strike on the Pomona campus on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. The California Faculty Association says it is fighting for 12% wage hikes this academic year plus other concessions, including better parental leave, workload support and health and safety rights. The union said that one-day strikes are also planned for Tuesday at San Francisco State, Wednesday at CSU Los Angeles and Thursday at Sacramento State. Over 300 faculty members attended the rally.
Labor
America’s Largest University System Is Headed for a Faculty Strike. Here’s a Primer.
By Forest Hunt January 16, 2024
The faculty union for the California State University system wants a 12-percent salary bump. Cal State officials say they can’t afford it.