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Chris Burt

Chris is a reporter and associate editor for University Business and District Administration magazines, covering the entirety of higher education and K-12 schools. Prior to coming to LRP, Chris had a distinguished career as a multifaceted editor, designer and reporter for some of the top newspapers and media outlets in the country, including the Palm Beach Post, Sun-Sentinel, Albany Times-Union and The Boston Globe. He is a graduate of Northeastern University.

Enrollments tumble 1.1% in early fall reporting, but is a recovery on the way?

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Two key indicators that appeared to point to a turnaround in higher education enrollments simply may have been mirages. With 63% of colleges and universities...

Thanks to key partnerships, the sky’s the limit for this N.C. graduate program

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It has embraced “hybrid learning and turned it on its ears.” And it is incredibly open-minded when it comes to collaboration, something that can be a lesson for other institutions and programs struggling to make headway.

President Series: No loans, no debt and no doubt about Grinnell College’s success

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Rising from the prairies in the middle of Iowa lies one of the mightiest small private institutions in the nation, Grinnell College. An education...

The Basic Needs Hub: DePaul’s special mission to serve students

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In February of 2020, DePaul University opened a pantry out of a storage closet on the third floor of its Lincoln Park campus. Primarily...

ED warns colleges to work in ‘best interests’ of students when partnering with financial institutions

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A lack of transparency, promotion of poor products prompts watchdogs to monitor agreements more closely.

In ranking the best colleges for 2023, are Ivy schools really a good value?

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WalletHub’s new report showcases the top institutions and those that provide better ROI than others.

Are Gen Z’s complaints about college workload warranted, or are they just ‘entitled’?

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At present, there are hundreds of different petitions on the website Change.org that call for the removal of professors at colleges and universities across...

Reparations for HBCUs? The disparities in 16 states that led to billions in underfunding

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Over a period of 23 years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, Historically Black Colleges and Universities were given $12.8 billion less in funding...

The rises and falls of one state’s college enrollments the past 3 years

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The outlook might not be the same in 49 other states, but Virginia’s higher education system did better than most during the COVID pandemic...

Reaching alumni: 5 ways to boost engagement and investment in your college or university

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In June, education provider Anthology conducted a survey and received more than 2,300 responses from college graduates. The mission, and the title of its...

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