Rachel Cieri Mull
Senior Editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Rachel Cieri Mull is a senior editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education whose work focuses on the changing lives of students and faculty members.
Before joining The Chronicle in January 2020, Mull was senior content editor for features at The Baltimore Sun, where she led the newsroom’s entertainment and lifestyle coverage. Her portfolio included special sections and magazines, which earned national awards from the Society for Features Journalism.
Mull cut her teeth at SmartCEO Media, a regional business magazine, where she worked her way up to managing editor. She graduated from Elon University with a degree in journalism.
Stories by this Author
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Daily BriefingControversy Surrounds a Prominent Scholar’s Firing
Why resident advisers are unionizing; President Biden criticizes U. of Idaho; and more. -
Daily Briefing
A New Era for Title IX
What to know about Biden’s proposed rule, Ohio State’s unusual trademark, and a sunnier forecast for international enrollment. -
Live Coronavirus Updates
Some Colleges Are Loosening Their Mask Mandates: Here’s a List
As Covid-case counts drop and more people are vaccinated, a growing number of colleges are relaxing their requirements to wear masks. -
Live Coronavirus Updates
Hundreds of Illinois Higher-Ed Workers Got Covid-19 Vaccine Out of Turn
Thanks to ambiguity in state guidelines, some college employees were vaccinated before they were eligible. -
Live Coronavirus Updates
Iowa Bill Would Force Public Universities to Hold Graduations in Person
The legislation, proposed by a Republican lawmaker, would reverse plans for virtual graduations already announced by two of the colleges. -
Live Coronavirus Updates
U. of Wisconsin at Madison Reports Reinfections
The University of Wisconsin at Madison told the campus newspaper that “a small number” of people in the campus community had been reinfected with Covid-19, a growing concern at many colleges as new strains of the virus spread in the United States. -
Higher Ed Under Biden-Harris
What Colleges Should Know About Biden’s Executive Order on Reopening
President Biden on Thursday issued an executive order directing federal agencies to support the safe reopening of schools and colleges, and equal access to online education, as the pandemic rages on. -
Colleges Are in for a Racial Reckoning
Five years later, it was happening again.
