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Joshua Hatch

Senior Director, Digital
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Joshua Hatch is the Senior Director of Digital. He started at the Chronicle in 2012 as Senior Editor for Data and Interactives. From 2010-2018 he served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Online News Association (including two years as board president). And in 2017, he was named a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.

Before joining the Chronicle, Joshua worked at the Sunlight Foundation as the Online Content Manager and was the Interactives Director at USA Today. He teaches online journalism at American University as an adjunct lecturer.

Stories by This Author

State-By-State Graduation Rates
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State-by-State Breakdown of Graduation Rates
By Brian O’Leary, Joshua Hatch March 15, 2019
This newly updated interactive graphic charts the six-year graduation rates for various student demographics across four-year public, four-year private nonprofit, and two-year public institutions.
Washington U. in St. Louis proposed charging fees to researchers supported by nonprofit sources. It then put the fees “on hold, pending review.”
Research
Why a Federal Rule Change Has Some Scholars Worried They’ll Be Priced Out of Their Own Research
By Joshua Hatch August 23, 2018
Institutional review boards, which act as checks on research that involves human subjects, don’t come free. And now the cost might be passed on to researchers.
Faculty
Gender Pay Gap Persists Across Faculty Ranks
By Joshua Hatch March 22, 2017
Although women’s salaries have grown at a slightly higher rate than men’s, the latest figures show that academe still hasn’t remedied a perpetual problem.
News
177 Private Colleges Fail Education Dept.’s Financial-Responsibility Test
By Chris Quintana, Joshua Hatch March 8, 2017
The number — for the 2014-15 academic year, the latest available — reflects a rise of 18 since the previous year.
students
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50 Years of Students
By Ben Myers, Joshua Hatch December 21, 2016
This interactive feature depicts a half-century of changes in the race, gender, politics, and educational aspirations of the freshman class.
Promo art for student diversity, 2016
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Student Diversity at More Than 4,600 Institutions
By Brian O’Leary, Joshua Hatch September 18, 2016
Explore data on the race, ethnicity, and gender of students at 4,605 colleges and universities in the fall of 2014.
Freshmen Migration
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Where Does Your Freshman Class Come From?
By Joshua Hatch, Brian O’Leary August 16, 2016
On the subject of the migration of college freshmen, two things are clear: Most stay within their home state’s borders, and the rest tend to go to private colleges in neighboring states.
Government
158 Private Colleges Fail Government’s Financial-Responsibility Test
By Goldie Blumenstyk, Joshua Hatch March 6, 2015
The latest figures, for the 2012-13 academic year, show an improvement from the previous year, when 168 institutions had scores below passing on the controversial test.
Mellon Grants
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Database: Explore All of Mellon’s Grants Since 2000
By Joshua Hatch, Brian O’Leary June 29, 2014
Over 13 years, the Mellon Foundation awarded $2.9-billion in grants, more than 40 percent of which supported projects in higher education.
Nonexempt Pay
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Median Salaries of Nonexempt University Employees, 2013-14
By Brian O’Leary, Joshua Hatch April 21, 2014
The highest-paid hourly workers at colleges and universities are electrician supervisors and firefighters. The lowest-paid nonexempt employees are food servers and custodians/housekeepers.
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