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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MarketingCan a National Marketing Campaign Change the Souring Conversation About College?
Higher ed has an image problem. -
A Growing Revolt
Is This the Beginning of the End of the ‘U.S. News’ Rankings’ Dominance?
High-ranking law schools have taken the abrupt step of disavowing the much-cited list. But don’t expect the magazine’s influence to wane anytime soon. -
'Now Is the Time'
A Third Top-10 Law School — Berkeley’s — Pulls Out of ‘U.S. News’ Rankings
The dean said the magazine’s formula discourages schools from admitting low-income students and supporting students interested in public service. -
'A Very Public Statement'
Yale and Harvard’s Law Schools Are Ditching the ‘U.S. News’ Rankings. Will Others Follow?
Yale’s dean argued that the ranking’s formula discourages institutions from admitting low-income students and supporting careers in public service. -
Campus Integrity
To Fight Misconduct, U. of Michigan Proposes an ‘Independent’ Ethics Team. Will It Work?
Experts weigh in on whether yet another office is the answer to the institution’s shortcomings. -
Booster Mandates
At One University, Resistance to a New Covid Policy Comes From Inside the House
A requirement at Fordham University that employees stay up to date on their Covid vaccinations, including the latest bivalent booster, has prompted a vocal backlash from some instructors. -
Faculty Speech
It’s Not Clear Whether Public-College Professors Have First Amendment Rights When They’re Teaching
“It remains more of an open question than those of us who are academics would like it to be,” one expert said. -
Money and Ethics
Multilevel Marketing Is Controversial. This Academic Fellowship Is Trying to Change That.
The industry association for multilevel marketers enlists professors to use its statistics and take its money. Some say it goes too far. -
Campus Health
Why Students Do — and Don’t — Get Covid Vaccines
A new survey finds that mandates have helped drive vaccinations — and that community-college students are being “left behind.” -
College Rankings
Columbia U. Gets a Lower ‘U.S. News’ Ranking After Scrutiny of Its Data
Officials didn’t submit data to be judged this year, citing a continuing internal investigation. The missing numbers appear to have hurt the university’s rank.
