
Goldie Blumenstyk
Goldie Blumenstyk joined The Chronicle of Higher Education, where she is a senior writer, in 1988. A nationally known expert on the business of higher education, she has won multiple awards from the Education Writers Association; reported for The Chronicle from China, Europe, Israel, and Peru; and also contributed to The New York Times and USA Today.
A frequent speaker at conferences and guest on public-radio shows and C-SPAN, she is the author of the Washington Post best-selling book American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2015).
At The Chronicle she writes The Edge, a weekly newsletter on the ideas, people, and trends that are changing the higher-education landscape. She is also the author of two in-depth Chronicle reports, “The Adult Student” and “Career-Ready Education,” and co-author of “The Innovation Imperative.” Previously she covered City Hall for The Orlando Sentinel. She is a graduate of Colgate University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
Stories by this Author
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The Edge
Adult-Student Organizations’ Merger Aims to Expand Reach
The Graduate Network and the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning are teaming up to support “comebackers.” -
The Edge
A University System Bets Big by Embracing Microcredentials
The University of Texas System aims to bolster the value of its degrees — and to develop new educational options for those who may never enroll. -
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An Aging State Looks to Colleges to Keep Its Economy Humming
In Maine, the community-college system’s “real skills for real jobs” push is fostering new partnerships with employers. But what comes next? -
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Revenue Worries Drive Continuing Interest in Partnerships
But interest falls in outsourcing online programs. Also: How new teaching apprenticeships could expand pathways to the profession. -
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Building Credentials That Actually Pay Off
Guaranteed interviews and other employer involvement may help new credentials deliver value to learners. -
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The Interim Got the Gig. What’s Next?
A year as acting head of a regional public university convinced this former wonk that rural higher-ed infrastructure needs broader policy attention. -
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Ready or Not, AI Is Here
Among the key concerns of experts pondering the impact of the technology: trying to ensure it “does not deepen the digital divide.” -
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Microcredentials Explained
A pair of primers offers guidelines for awarding them and evaluating them in hiring. -
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How to Make a Campus a Living Laboratory to Study Learning
Researchers at the University of California at Irvine are mining several sources of data to better understand student experiences — and improve them. -
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Online College for Working Adults Gains Momentum
After a slow start, California’s Calbright College recalibrates on preparing students for today’s labor market.