Media
Essays
$15 Billion is Enough to Fight a President. New York Times. March 25, 2025.
The Government Gave Out Bad Loans. Students Deserve a Bailout (with Fred Wherry and Amber Villalobos). New York Times. May 17, 2022.
How the pandemic unfairly saddled low-income California college students with debt (with Jonathan Glater and Laura Hamilton). Los Angeles Times. March 31, 2022.
Elite private universities got much wealthier while most schools fell behind. My research found out why. Washington Post. Nov. 4, 2021.
How Elite Colleges Hide Their Cash. New York Times. Nov. 10, 2017.
Podcasts
The Financialization of Higher Education. KPFA’s Against the Grain. Oct. 27, 2025
Elite Embeddedness. Behind the News. April 14, 2025.
The Power of College Endowments. NPR Marketplace. May 7, 2024.
Bankers in the Ivory Tower. New Books Network. May 31, 2022.