Jon Marcus

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Jon Marcus writes and edits stories about, and helps plan coverage of, higher education. A former magazine editor, he has written for The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wired, Medium.com and the Times (U.K.) Higher Education magazine, among others. His work has been honored by the National Headliner Awards, Mirror Awards, National Awards for Education Reporting, City and Regional Magazine Association, Deadline Club of New York City and others. Marcus holds a bachelor’s degree from Bates College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, attended Oxford University, and teaches journalism at Boston College and Northeastern University.

The University of Maine granite stone sign at the entrance of the Orono campus.

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Maine offers lessons in how to cope with the national college enrollment crisis

Maine has been dealing for a decade with the student decline now happening everywhere.

ByJon Marcus

August 28, 2022