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Rick Seltzer

Rick Seltzer

What I Cover

I write the Daily Briefing newsletter, a look at the most important higher-ed news from The Chronicle and across the country, plus major trends to keep an eye on, developing questions, notable job changes, and a little bit of fun to start your day — all delivered to your inbox every morning.

My Background

I’ve covered college presidents, banking, health care, local government, and everything in between.

Before joining The Chronicle in 2023, I was senior editor at Higher Ed Dive. I started covering the sector at Inside Higher Ed, first as a reporter and later as projects editor. I’ve also been a reporter at the Baltimore Business Journal, The Bloomington Herald-Times in Bloomington, Ind., The Central New York Business Journal, and The Harrisburg Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa.

Connect

Email me directly at rick.seltzer@chronicle.com, call me at 202-630-1573, or reach me via Signal at rseltzer.42.

Highlights

Daily Briefing: Florida’s no good, very bad, land-grant summer
Wear a mask, show ID at Va. Commonwealth. Another start-of-term delay at Saint Augustine’s. Columbia’s interim chief appeals for tolerance, and more.
By Rick Seltzer August 16, 2024
Daily Briefing: Questions for the fall
Temple won’t acquire U. of the Arts. Board backs embattled Commonwealth U. president. All the insight you can buy for $4.6 million, and more.
By Rick Seltzer September 3, 2024

Recent Newsletters

Daily Briefing
July 14: The quest to avert research cuts
Harvard makes changes favored by Trump. College NIL deals are dealt a blow. And more.
Daily Briefing
July 11: Another president in the feds’ pressure cooker
No more education benefits for undocumented students. Baylor U. returns grant for LGBTQ+ research. AI goes to law school. And more.
Daily Briefing
July 10: Get ahead in high school, arrive behind in college?
More pressure on Harvard. Bob Jones bungles tax exemption. No public money, no problem for out-of-state incentive. And more.
Daily Briefing
July 9: Who owns your syllabus?
Barnard College settles lawsuit. NIH moves to limit author fees. The decline of U.S. research prominence, and more.
Daily Briefing
July 8: Accreditation in the crosshairs
Harvard faculty wants no deal with Trump; NC Gov. vetoes DEI ban; a new hack to get in-state tuition at the U. of Texas; and more.
Daily Briefing
July 7: ‘A Higher Education Act reauthorization in all but name’
Harvard’s worst-case budget scenario. AI sure seems to write a lot of research. Was a campus anti-marijuana campaign prejudiced? And more.
Daily Briefing
July 3: Who needs federal funding, anyway?
Army cuts campus ROTC units. Who judges whether Ohio colleges comply with new law? U. of Michigan leaders get around-the-clock security. And more.
Daily Briefing
July 2: The Senate’s bitter pills aren’t quite poison pills
The hits keep coming for Columbia. Could athletics warm to collective bargaining? A CFO says a college should have raised tuition. And more.
'A Lot of Concerns'
What Republicans’ Sprawling Policy Bill Means for Higher Ed
Trump’s signature legislation hikes some endowment taxes, remakes student aid, and introduces a new accountability standard for colleges.
Daily Briefing
July 1: Is Jim Ryan a martyr?
Antisemitism investigation threatens Harvard’s federal student aid. Publish or perish in your free time. And more.