Eric Kelderman
Senior Reporter
The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Eric Kelderman has been a reporter at The Chronicle since 2008, covering a wide range of subjects, including money and accountability in higher education, state policy, accreditation, and legal affairs. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland at College Park, a master’s degree in music theory and composition from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and a bachelor’s degree in music from Luther College, in Decorah, Iowa. You can find him on Twitter @etkeld, or email him at eric.kelderman@chronicle.com.
Stories by this Author
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Debating PointsWhy Are Trump and DeSantis Talking About Accreditation?
The contenders for the Republican presidential nomination say they plan to harness the wonky process to set higher ed straight. Experts are skeptical. -
Regional Distress
University in Fiscal Trouble Had Designs on $14 Million in Federal Covid Aid, Official Says
The president of New Jersey City University planned to use the federal money to fill a budget hole rather than on pandemic-related expenses, the state’s comptroller found. -
Accreditation
How Accreditors Are Measuring Colleges’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts
Six out of the seven major institutional agencies are developing ways to assess how colleges serve historically underrepresented students. -
Race on Campus
College DEI Efforts Are Widespread, Poorly Funded, and Ineffective
A survey says colleges’ efforts to recruit and retain students and employees of color are mostly not working. Conservative lawmakers want to limit those efforts. -
Race and Politics
The Plan to Dismantle DEI
Model legislation lays out how legislatures could outlaw public colleges’ efforts to attract and retain people of color and other marginalized groups. -
Leadership
How Mitch Daniels Made Purdue a University Conservatives Can Love
Was his tenure a model for how to navigate the partisan divide over higher ed? -
Leadership Upheaval
Ohio State President Leaves Big Plans Unfinished as She Steps Down
Her planned resignation, “a difficult decision,” she said, comes less than three years into a five-year contract. -
Enrollment Plunge
In Wisconsin, a Merger Can’t Save a Community College
The demographic cliff has already arrived in some parts of the country, forcing administrators to make tough decisions. -
In the States
Can Public Regionals Grow Their Way Out of Financial Trouble?
New Jersey City University’s ambitious plan backfired. What went wrong? -
Students Are 'Underprepared, Unengaged, and Unmotivated'
Community-College Leaders Wrestle With an Uncertain Future
At a recent conference, trustees talked about overhauling recruitment to bring back disaffected students.
