Francie Diep

I'm a senior reporter at ​The Chronicle of Higher Education.

I cover money in higher education: how the need for, and pursuit of, funding affect those who work and study in colleges and universities. Relatedly, I also cover rankings, image, prestige, and colleges' public-health decisions regarding Covid-19. Before the Chronicle, I spent nearly a decade as a science and health reporter.

Contact me at fcdiep // at // gmail or @franciediep on Twitter

Clips

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A Student on the Edge

The Chronicle of Higher Education
Covid jeopardized her shot at graduation. Would she make it?

Other coronavirus coverage:
​​• A Covid 'New Normal' Is Coming. Here's What That Could Look Like. (Jan. 2022)
• The College Where 1 in 4 Students Got Coronavirus (Feb. 2021)​
• The 5 Biggest Lessons We've Learned About How Coronavirus Spreads on Campus (Dec. 2020)​


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Where the Rankers Meet the Ranked

The Chronicle of Higher Education
An annual conference illustrates college rankings' enduring dominance.


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Welcome to the Sponsored Campus

The Chronicle of Higher Education
More parts of the college experience are up for sale than ever before, experts say.

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The Rules of the Game

The Chronicle of Higher Education
How U.S. News rankings helped reshape one state's public colleges.


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A Brown U. Professor Took On Big Pharma. His University Pulled Him From the Classroom.​

The Chronicle of Higher Education
The case "opens the door to the perception of corporate influence," a faculty committee wrote.


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The Sacklers Gave Millions to Higher Ed. Here’s How Scholars on One Campus Feel About Taking the Money.

The Chronicle of Higher Education
The University of Connecticut has received millions from the family foundation of an opioid manufacturer. Faculty members are wrestling with the moral calculus.

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There's a Gold-Standard Treatment for Opioid Addiction. What Keeps Treatment Centers from Using It?

Pacific Standard  
A quest through California to find which addiction and recovery centers aren't using medication-assisted treatment—our country's best bet for beating the opioid crisis.


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Confronting My Cyberbully, 13 Years Later

The Atlantic
Between ages 13 and 16, she sent me emails, from my own account, "reminding" me to kill myself. Well, I didn't—I grew up, and so did she.


See my past work in...

​• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Pacific Standard

• Popular Science
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 About Me 

Photo of Francie Diep standing in a pool of water at the Ein Gedi oasis in Israel
I'm a senior reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, based in Washington, D.C. I cover money in higher ed. You can find my resume here.

Before the Chronicle, I covered science and health, including funding for academic science. I'm passionate about getting complex ideas right, making them fun and approachable, and uncovering information that helps communities and policymakers to make decisions. My work has been supported by the University of Southern California's Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, and cited in policy proposals by the Drug Policy Alliance and Senator Elizabeth Warren. My stories have appeared in The New York Times, Scientific American, Pacific Standard, and more. 

Contact me at fcdiep // at // gmail or @franciediep on Twitter

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Photo Credits

If you're looking at this page on a large enough screen, you'll see a grainy grayscale image at the top. That's an electron micrograph of the interior of a cell, made by members of this National Institutes of Health lab. The favicon is an illustration of changes that the uterine lining undergoes during a menstrual cycle, which I had taken from an NIH site years ago. Credits for the rest of the photos are as follows: Michelle Mishina Kunz for The Chronicle, Jess Sutner for The Chronicle​, Noah Berger for The Chronicle, Chronicle illustration with photos by Alamy and AP Images, Ken Richardson, Chris C Chen/Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0), Salgu Wissmath, bobistraveling/Flickr (CC BY 2.0).
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