Testing Ground: How Florida Schools and Colleges Are Using a New Assessment to Increase College Readiness, Jobs for the Future, September 2011
Does California's Master Plan Still Work?, Change, July/August 2009
Legislators Slash Budgets, Cal State System Bleeds, KCRW's Which Way, LA?, radio appearance, July 16, 2009
The Student Debt Dilemma: Debt Aversion as a Barrier to College Access, The Institute for College Access and Success, discussion paper, October 2005
A Quiet Revolt Puts Costly Journals on Web, New York Times, June 26, 2004
Shut Out of the System, Black Issues in Higher Education, June 3, 2004
Higher ed and low-income students – Budget cuts are forcing the state’s universities to pare enrollments while raising fees and tuition. How does this affect low-income students?, California Journal, June 2004
Has the State Become an Albatross? Some of Virginia’s public universities are seeking greater freedom, National Crosstalk, Spring 2004
Best of the College Rankings, Princeton Alumni Weekly, October 8, 2003
Colorado’s Grand Experiment – Voucher program could give the state’s colleges a new lease on life, National Crosstalk, Spring 2003
Dollars & Sense -- Princeton’s ambitious financial aid program is changing the makeup of the student body, but is it good for higher education? Princeton Alumni Weekly, April 23, 2003
Extra Credit, Extra Criticism, Black Issues in Higher Education, October 26, 2000.
UC Professors Cleared After Federal Probe Into Grants, San Francisco Chronicle, May 2, 1999
Overbooked – State Universities Unready for Sea of Students, San Francisco Chronicle, March 30, 1999
Part-Time Instructors Busy Working Overtime, San Francisco Chronicle, May 1, 1998
Scandal at Monterey Naval School, San Francisco Chronicle, January 16, 1998
UC Berkeley Cuts Back on Library Book-Buying – Emphasis on Computers Worries Some, San Francisco Chronicle, December 9, 1997
Worth of SAT Exam Questioned, San Francisco Chronicle, November 11, 1997
Brave New Campus – Cal State Monterey Bay, San Francisco Chronicle, October 7, 1997
The Long Goodbye, Lingua Franca, June/July 1997
Scholars Gather in Berkeley to Talk About Whiteness, San Francisco Chronicle, April 12, 1997
Privatization Tugs at Public Universities – Competition for cash brings profound change, San Francisco Chronicle, August 5, 1996