Higher Education Reporter

The Boston Globe is hiring a reporter to cover higher education in Boston and the greater New England region. For a reporter eager to be on the front page and helping to drive the conversation on higher education, a better beat is hard to come by. Our region boasts some of the most elite institutions in the country, which frequently makes it ground zero for the biggest national trends in higher education. At the same time, the state is rich with public institutions and community colleges that serve a significant share of local residents, many with lesser means, who cannot be ignored. There could not be a better time to be covering higher ed in New England. The pandemic has upended this industry and shifting demographics promise only more upheaval in the coming decade. And the debates that bubble up on college campuses around race, class, equity and free speech, often have wider societal implications. This beat is sprawling and nationally competitive, with a need for a reporter who can break news and chase stories on deadline, but also pitch and deliver ambitious, thoughtful, and provocative enterprise. Data and statistics are easy to come by in the education world, but they are incomplete without human stories that illuminate the faces behind the trends. The selected reporter should expect to write a mix of spot news, accountability stories, and ambitious enterprise.