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Jacquelyn Elias

News Applications Developer

What I Cover

As the news applications developer for The Chronicle for over half a decade, I work on stories that are at the intersection of higher ed and data. Some of my work includes projects on legislation that affect diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; race-conscious admissions; student-loan debt; and faculty pay.

I frequently collaborate with reporters and editors to offer data expertise for their reporting and to develop visualizations and interactives. You will frequently find me deep in my SQL queries as I dig into the most recent IPEDS data, or debugging my latest visualization.

My Background

I joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2018. Previously, I interned with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s data team, where I reported on topics such as the consolidation of voting precincts.

I graduated from Southern Methodist University, in my hometown of Dallas, where I studied computer science, journalism, and creative computation. While there, I got my start as a journalist at the student-run newspaper, The Daily Campus. What started as indecisiveness in choosing between coding and journalism turned into a career pursuing storytelling with data, code, and graphics.

I am a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. When I’m not talking about data, I can regularly be found with homemade baked goods to share (or not) and coffee.

Connect

Email: jacquelyn.elias@chronicle.com
X: @JacquelynRElias
LinkedIn: @JacquelynElias

Recent Stories

Data
By Jacquelyn Elias January 10, 2025
It’s one of four things revealed in federal data about admissions for the fall of 2023.
Data
By Jacquelyn Elias April 5, 2024
Most funds from the latest round of emergency grants went to students of color and recipients of Pell Grants.
Quiz
By Jacquelyn Elias February 2, 2024
Last summer The Chronicle polled the population about how colleges serve students and society, and more than 1,000 American adults answered. In this quiz, see if you can guess what they said.
America's Views on College
By Jacquelyn Elias, Brian O’Leary November 6, 2023
The Chronicle asked more than a thousand adults how well colleges serve students and society. Explore the data to find points of confidence and doubt, consensus and divergence.
Public Perception
By Eric Kelderman, with graphics by Jacqueline Elias and Brian O'Leary September 5, 2023
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.
Executive Exits
One certainty about the job of college president, known for its unpredictability, is that every one must eventually come to an end.
Data Visualization
Institutions selective enough to use race in admissions are influential, but most students never experience a process that considers race.
Data
By Jacquelyn Elias, Nick Perez June 22, 2023
Ten states enacted bans on colleges considering race in their admissions policies. Here’s what happened next.
Data
By Jacquelyn Elias May 30, 2023
More than $76 billion in federal aid during the Covid-19 pandemic helped keep many colleges afloat. But which institutions relied on these funds the most?
Covid's Costs
By Jacquelyn Elias February 9, 2023
Search our database to see how this critical source of money changed at individual institutions between 2019 and 2021.