Doug Lederman

Biography

: Doug Lederman is editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed. He helps lead the news organization's editorial operations, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Doug speaks widely about higher education, including on C-Span and National Public Radio and at meetings and on campuses around the country, and his work has appeared in The New York Times and USA Today, among other publications. Doug was managing editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003. Before that, Doug had worked at The Chronicle since 1986 in a variety of roles, first as an athletics reporter and editor. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, including one in 2009 for a series of Inside Higher Ed articles he co-wrote on college rankings. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. Doug lives with his wife, Kate Scharff, in Bethesda, Md.

EDUCAUSE Publications

  • Presidential Perspectives
    • Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
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    In Inside Higher Ed's first Survey of College and University Presidents findings include "three quarters of public college presidents believe online learning can help their institutions increase both enrollments and net tuition revenue.

  • Assessment Disconnect
    • Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
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    Annual gatherings of student learning experts and accrediting officials reveal lots of assessment activity on campuses.

  • True Costs of Student Success
    • Briefs, Case Studies, Papers, Reports
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    Report finds that many colleges judge retention programs based purely on outcomes, not cost, providing incomplete picture of their effectiveness; it offers method for doing both.

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