Andrew Mytelka
Articles Editor
The Chronicle of Higher Education
202-466-1052
Andrew Mytelka is an articles editor at The Chronicle of Higher Education. He was hired by The Chronicle in 1994 to help plan the chronicle.com website and since then has served in a variety of newsroom roles, including news editor. He previously worked as a scholarly-book editor and as managing editor of an alumni magazine. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history in 1985 at Princeton University.
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U. of Southern California Rejects $5-Million Pledge From Harvey Weinstein
The widespread allegations of sexual misconduct against the Hollywood mogul apparently made his donation too toxic to accept. -
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U. of Southern California Removes Medical-School Dean as Newspaper Reports Sexual-Misconduct Claim
The ousted official, Rohit Varma, was accused of harassing a young woman he supervised. He later succeeded Carmen Puliafito, described by the Los Angeles Times as a drug-fueled partyer. -
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David Boren Will Retire as U. of Oklahoma’s President
His long presidency was noted for the university’s many improvements, as well as for his blunt response to an ugly racial incident in 2015. -
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Boston-Area Professors Are Arrested in Protest of Trump’s Move Against DACA
The faculty members were detained after they blocked a street in Cambridge, Mass., to signal their support of undocumented students who might now be subject to deportation. -
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U. of Illinois Ex-Grad Student Is Arrested in Disappearance of Chinese Scholar
Law-enforcement authorities in Urbana-Champaign say they believe Yingying Zhang, missing since June 9, was kidnapped and is now dead. -
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Trinity Professor Whose Comments Drew Threats Is Put on Leave
The Connecticut college’s president, Joanne Berger-Sweeney, wrote that “a leave is in the best interest” of both the institution and the faculty member. -
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Jury Convicts 3rd Former Vanderbilt U. Athlete in 2013 Gang Rape
Two members of the university’s football team are already serving long prison terms for their roles in the attack, and their video of the incident helped convict them. -
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New Mexico’s Public Colleges Breathe Easier, as Governor Signs Budget Bill
Nearly two months after she vetoed all spending on higher education, Gov. Susana Martinez endorsed legislation to provide nearly $745 million in the next fiscal year. -
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Trump Administration Is Expected to Propose 18% Cut in NIH Budget
In a document posted online and then removed, funding for the National Institutes of Health would drop from $31.8 billion to $26 billion. But Congress may ignore the plan. -
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Hoax Article in Social-Science Journal Gets a Rise Out of Some Scholars
“The Conceptual Penis as a Social Construct” takes aim at the “fashionable nonsense” of the field as well as “pay-to-publish journals with lax standards.”