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Carmichael is the higher education reporter. She previously worked as an award-winning senior writer at Newsweek and has also written for The Economist, Nature, Scientific American, and others. She was a 2010-2011 Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.
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Filings add to questions on Warren’s ethnic claims
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Staff
Documents suggest that Elizabeth Warren was repeatedly classified as Native American in a way that apparently did not adhere to federal diversity guidelines.
Study suggests online courses as good as classroom
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Staff
The only difference between the two groups in the study was that the online students appeared to learn faster.
MIT taps provost Reif as university president
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Staff
L. Rafael Reif, the school’s provost, takes over from Susan Hockfield, who announced three months ago that she would step down.
More college presidents hail from outside academia
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Staff
Twenty percent of college presidents in the US now come from fields outside academia, a sharp increase from 13 percent just six years ago, according to a survey.