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Jennifer Ruark

Deputy Managing Editor

What I Do

As a Deputy Managing Editor, I direct a team of editors and reporters who provide expert analysis of news and trends in higher ed, stories that capture the lived experience of people in the sector, and solutions journalism that empowers them and their institutions.

My Background

I’ve held various roles at The Chronicle, including as an editor of commentaries, features, and research coverage. Before my career here, I worked as an acquisitions editor at Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, covered environmental policy as a reporter, and taught English in public schools in Iwata, Japan. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Swarthmore College and a master’s degree in English from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Connect

Email: jennifer.ruark@chronicle.com
Signal: jennyruark.70

Highlights

From the Archives
An oral history by Jennifer Ruark January 1, 2017
News
July 14, 2013
Chronicle Review
By Jennifer Ruark August 3, 2009

Recent Stories

Daily Briefing
By Jennifer Ruark June 24, 2024
Lafayette College settles with DOE. Prof won’t be disciplined for Hamas remarks. Trump on green cards.
Live Coronavirus Updates
By Jennifer Ruark March 6, 2021
After student tests positive, college institutes stricter quarantine measures
News
By Jennifer Ruark December 6, 2018
Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist at Texas Tech University, relies on her religious faith, as well as her work, to hope that climate change will be acknowledged and dealt with.
The Review
By Jennifer Ruark May 14, 2017
The urbanist who urged struggling cities to lure artists, scientists, and technology workers confronts the pitfalls of that approach.
On Leadership
By Jennifer Ruark February 3, 2017
Eboo Patel, author of a new book, Interfaith Leadership: A Primer, says religion — and the contributions of believers — should be an integral part of diversity efforts.
On Leadership
By Jennifer Ruark December 19, 2016
Lynn Pasquerella, the new president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, stopped by The Chronicle’s offices to talk about the best way to make the case for liberal education.
The Ticker
By Jennifer Ruark July 5, 2014
The University of Texas at Austin’s president, William C. Powers Jr., has been told he must resign or be fired when the university system’s Board of Regents holds a scheduled meeting on Thursday, according to several Texas news outlets.
Faculty
By Jennifer Ruark May 12, 2014
At a gathering in Philadelphia, a panel confronted hard truths about how to defend the disciplines’ value to a world impatient for results.
The Ticker
By Jennifer Ruark February 15, 2014
Take heart: New research shows that scholars who earn Ph.D.'s during a recession are more productive in the long run—at least in the field of economics. Source: Timeshighereducation Read more at: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk
The Ticker
By Jennifer Ruark January 5, 2014
U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has decided that a disputed fine against Virginia Tech—one of two levied for safety violations during the 2007 shooting rampage on the Blacksburg, Va., campus—should be $5,000, not a higher amount sought by an office within the Education Department, according to…