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Nell Gluckman

Senior reporter

What I Cover

Since January 2024, I’ve covered college athletics for The Chronicle of Higher Education. My focus has been on stories that illustrate how the paradigm shift taking place in sports has and will affect the rest of higher education. I’ve written about how athletics intersects with enrollment, the many legal battles threatening to reshape the sector, and the people on campus trying to keep up with the changes and execute them.

Before I took on the athletics beat, I covered faculty issues, investigations into sexual harassment and abuse, research ethics, and admissions, among other topics. I still write about these topics often and contribute to our breaking-news coverage.

My Background

Before joining The Chronicle I wrote about the finances of large corporate-law firms for The American Lawyer. Before that, I covered education and politics for the Bangor Daily News, in Maine. In 2018 I won an award from the Society for Professional Journalists for an investigation into sexual harassment at Harvard University that I wrote with Tom Barlett.

Connect

Email: nell.gluckman@chronicle.com
Phone: (917) 371-3083
X: @nellgluckman

Highlights

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Burgeoning Bureaucracy
Athlete Transfers Are on the Rise. So Is the ‘Grueling’ Work That Makes Them Possible.
By Nell Gluckman May 2, 2024
Professor Ted Roberts is photographed at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas on Monday, June 17, 2024. Roberts, an instructor of history complained earlier in the year about the rise of parking fees on campus to the president in a faculty meeting and soon after, Roberts’ contract was not renewed. (Andrew Hancock for The Chronicle)
Parking Dispute
A History Instructor Complained About Parking Fees. It Cost Him His Job.
By Nell Gluckman June 21, 2024

Recent Stories

Saint Francis guard Juan Cranford Jr. (4) shoots against Alabama State forward Jasteven Walker (25) during a First Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Athletics
Why This University Is Taking a Step Back in Sports
By Nell Gluckman March 25, 2025
The financial headwinds facing Division I institutions have pushed Saint Francis University to move to Division III.
Columbia University students participate in a protest in support of Palestine on the Columbia University campus on November 14, 2023 in New York City.
'An Unfortunate Precedent'
Why Hasn’t Columbia U. Sued to Protect Itself?
By Nell Gluckman March 20, 2025
Legal scholars say the university would have a strong case to make if it wanted to use the courts to fight for its funding to be restored.
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'Absolutely bizarre'
The Trump Administration Told Columbia to Put a Department in ‘Academic Receivership.’ What Is That?
By Nell Gluckman March 14, 2025
It’s an administrative last resort typically used to soothe department tensions that have reached a boiling point.
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Making the Podium
These Colleges Produced Individual Olympic Medalists. Is Yours on the List?
By Amelia Benavides-Colón, Nell Gluckman August 12, 2024
The Chronicle tracked which campuses helped train the most medalists at this year’s Games. Here’s who made it onto the podium.
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Medal-Winning Shift
Colleges Make Olympic Athletes. Is That About to Change?
By Nell Gluckman July 10, 2024
The financial upheaval in big-time sports may threaten the system that has churned out top talent in Olympic sports for decades. Here’s what might replace it.
Professor Ted Roberts is photographed at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas on Monday, June 17, 2024. Roberts, an instructor of history complained earlier in the year about the rise of parking fees on campus to the president in a faculty meeting and soon after, Roberts’ contract was not renewed.
A Reversal
He Lost His Job After Complaining to the President About Parking. Now He’s Been Reinstated.
By Nell Gluckman July 3, 2024
Ted Roberts, a history instructor at Tarleton State University, was rehired after The Chronicle reported on his case, which drew outrage on the Texas campus.
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Outside the Power Conferences
These College Leaders Have a Plan to ‘Not Be Sued All the Time’ Over Sports
By Nell Gluckman June 7, 2024
Most of Division I lacks the money to weather possible consequences of nonstop litigation. One group is proposing de-emphasis as a solution.
The Michigan Wolverines team walks to the locker room before the CFP Semifinal Rose Bowl Game against the Alabama Crimson Tide at Rose Bowl Stadium on January 1, 2024 in Pasadena, California.
A Sea Change
Colleges Have Agreed to Pay Athletes. What’s Next?
By Nell Gluckman May 24, 2024
The agreement, by the NCAA and the nation’s most high-powered athletic conferences, is part of a historic settlement that still faces review by a judge.
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Looming Liabilities
A Major Sports Settlement Is Poised to Cost Colleges Billions. How Would They Pay for It?
By Nell Gluckman May 22, 2024
Hundreds of universities are hammering out a historic deal, the consequences of which could touch every part of campus.
Noelle McAfee was preparing for the Emory University philosophy department’s 10-year review when she wandered into the quad to get a look at the student encampment. Before she knew it, she was arrested.
Faculty Q&A
‘Call the Philosophy Department Office and Tell Them I Have Been Arrested’
By Nell Gluckman May 7, 2024
An Emory professor who was arrested when the police broke up an encampment spoke to The Chronicle about what happened, and what it says about the state of higher education.
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