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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.
Latest stories
Pine Manor searches for new president
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Correspondent
The college will not reinstate Alane Shanks, who was put on leave last fall after investigations of her previous employer, Roxbury Community College.
Harvard e-mail searches broader than first described
By Mary Carmichael and Peter Schworm , Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff
Top administrators disclosed that covert searches of e-mail accounts regarding a massive cheating scandal were more extensive than previously acknowledged.
Harvard e-mail searches broader than first described
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Correspondent
The university searched e-mails last fall in an effort to find the source of a leaked message regarding a cheating scandal.
Report details pattern of lapses by Roxbury Community College administrators
By Mary Carmichael , Globe Correspondent
Roxbury Community College released a troubling report today chronicling systemic lapses that caused the school to violate federal campus safety laws.