Is California Saving Higher Education?
Single Topic News (Midsize Newsroom)
Entry Credit
- Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
- Felicia Mello, CalMatters
About the Entry
Jon Marcus and Felicia Mello produced a comprehensive and sharply analytical story about the various approaches to higher education’s most challenging problems that are working – and not working – in California.
Comments from the Judges
“This story is incredibly well-written.The reporters took on a daunting task: Capture dozens of higher education policies the state of California is experimenting with, weigh each of them with data, personal stories and research, and then … hold the readers’ attention for 3,600 words.”
“This is a powerful, original and important story. Jon Marcus has used his expertise and knowledge of deep problems in higher education to bring a solutions-based approach to reporting on some of the biggest educational crises the nation faces.”
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EWA is grateful to the College Board for its generous support of the 2019 National Awards for Education Reporting.
