Melissa Korn is a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and LiveMint, with a focus on national news in the United States. Her articles cover a range of topics including higher education, university governance, and campus controversies. Melissa's work has also been featured in Yahoo Finance and MarketWatch.
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Melissa Korn focuses on higher education, particularly college controversies and campus activism. Her coverage also includes legal policy regulation and government announcements related to the higher education sector.
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By: Melissa Korn
Gay will update her Ph.D. dissertation, but school calls newest claims meritless
By: Melissa Korn
Claudine Gay faced calls to step down as governing board stood by her
By: Melissa Korn
University must find a new president and address deep rifts among faculty, students and donors
Harvard, Yale, Stanford and other elite schools are looking to fill top positions that are more challenging than ever.
By: Melissa Korn, Christian Monterrosa
When Alabama’s legislative session opens next month, the president of Birmingham-Southern College has one goal: persuade lawmakers to keep its doors open. Again.
By: Melissa Korn
The donation from Ruth Gottesman, chair of the medical school's board of trustees, addresses the high costs of a degree in medicine.
By: Melissa Korn
The donation from Ruth Gottesman, chair of the medical school's board of trustees, addresses the high costs of a degree in medicine.
Oyin Adedoyin & Melissa Korn Wall Street Journal March 27, 2024
Schools are scrambling to minimize disruption of commencement celebrations as Israel-Hamas conflict stokes tensions.
Education-tech company 2U, once worth more than $5 billion, is fighting for its life after a series of missteps in a difficult marketplace.
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