Mitch Gerber, senior copy editor, joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 1995.
Gerber grew up in Buffalo, where for several summers he worked at the Courier-Express. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in American history from Columbia University, he worked at several jobs in New York for a couple of years, then traveled for a year, including six months spent picking apples and harvesting fish as a volunteer on a kibbutz in Israel.
Returning to Buffalo, he went back to the Courier-Express, where he served as assistant editor of the Sunday magazine for seven years. Gerber then worked at newspapers and magazines in Orlando, Fla., Long Island, N.Y., and Washington before landing at The Chronicle.
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Purdue’s Purchase of Kaplan Gets Go-Ahead From Education Dept.
The second of three regulatory hurdles is closer to being cleared, say the department and the university. -
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U. of Southern California Says It Will Fire Puliafito
The medical professor, a former dean of the medical school had led a secret life of illicit drug use, a newspaper reported earlier in the week. -
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Iran Sentences Princeton Ph.D. Student to 10 Years in Prison
The Iranian judiciary accused him of having connections with U.S. and British intelligence agencies. -
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Lawsuit Says Tale of Gang Rape at UVa Arose From ‘Catfishing’
The purported victim invented a false online persona to pursue a relationship with a classmate, according to documents filed in a defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone. -
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Elson S. Floyd, President of Washington State U., Dies
Elson S. Floyd, president of Washington State University, died of complications from colon cancer on Saturday, The Seattle Times reports. He was 59. -
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UCLA’s Faculty Senate Approves Requiring a Course on Diversity
A controversial requirement that undergraduates at the University of California at Los Angeles take a course on the value of ethnic, cultural, religious or gender diversity has been strongly approved by the Faculty Senate. The new policy will apply to most incoming freshmen this fall. Chancellor… -
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Expecting Budget Cut, U. of Wisconsin at Milwaukee Offers Buyouts
The University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has become the fifth, and largest, campus in the state system to offer early-retirement buyouts in response to a $300-million cut in funds proposed by Gov. Scott Walker. Several hundred employees, including tenured faculty, will be eligible for the voluntary… -
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Pennsylvania Governor Extracts Pledge of Tuition Freeze From State Board
Expressing some anger at Gov. Tom Wolf’s insistence that an extra $45.3 million for the state-university system was contingent on a tuition freeze, the governing board of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education narrowly accepted the deal in a nonbinding resolution. Board members said it… -
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Student Outcomes Will Determine Public Funding of Universities in Oregon
Oregon’s public universities will get state funds on the basis of student outcomes rather than enrollment, a state higher-education panel has decided. -
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Buyout at U. of Missouri Flagship Attracts 110 Faculty Members
A buyout offer by the University of Missouri at Columbia has been accepted by 110 faculty members, who will retire between December 31 and August 31, the Columbia Missourian reports.