Francie Diep
Senior Reporter
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Francie Diep is a senior reporter covering money in higher education. She joined The Chronicle in 2019. Previously, she spent a decade covering health and science, including funding for academic labs, for publications including Pacific Standard, Popular Science, Scientific American, and The New York Times. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of California at Los Angeles and her master’s in journalism from New York University. Email her at francie.diep@chronicle.com.
Stories by this Author
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The Unchillest Rankings ResponseVanderbilt’s Chancellor Defends His Takedown of the Revamped ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
The university, which dropped five spots on the 2023 list, said on Monday that the publication’s new emphasis on certain measures of social mobility was “deeply misleading.” -
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
The ‘U.S. News’ Rankings Are Here, With an Altered Formula and Few Defectors
After months of agitation from law and medical schools, the vast majority of colleges seem to have cooperated with U.S. News for its undergraduate-program rankings. -
Strategy Shift
‘Ding Dong, the Witch Is Dead’: Change in ‘U.S. News’ Metrics Prompts a Rethinking of Alumni Giving
The magazine is dropping alumni-giving rates from its rankings formula, which had encouraged lots of small-dollar donations. What will fund raisers focus on now? -
Leadership
Stanford’s President Steps Down After Investigation Finds He ‘Failed’ to Correct Mistakes in Papers
Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s dramatic announcement came as the university released the inquiry’s results, and after months of reporting by the student newspaper about alleged misconduct. -
Other Pecking Orders
‘U.S. News’ Took a Hit on Rankings. Its Competitors Say They’re Doing Just Fine.
Five college rankers The Chronicle contacted say they have no plans to change in response to colleges’ boycotts of U.S. News & World Report. -
A New Approach
This Year, One Major College Ranker Is Turning From Rankings to Ratings
Colleges can get anything from two-and-a-half to five stars. -
Graduate Studies
Here’s the Full Story of the Panda Express Postdoc
It’s not so different from a “Richie Rockefeller IV Postdoc” after all. -
Rankings Rejection
Columbia U. Withdraws From ‘U.S. News’ Undergraduate Rankings
With weeks left for colleges to submit their data to U.S. News & World Report for the undergraduate-program rankings, the university says it won’t play ball. It is the first highly ranked national institution to do so this season. -
The Pecking Order
What the New ‘U.S. News’ Law-School Rankings Reveal About the Rankings Enterprise
Top-ranked institutions can afford to take risks that others can’t. -
Leadership
Fears of Politicization Dog Another Florida Public University’s Presidential Search
Florida Gulf Coast University is on the brink of choosing a new president, amid fears that one of the candidates is a political addition to the finalist pool.
