Jacquelyn Elias
Jacquelyn Elias has been a news applications developer for The Chronicle of Higher Education since 2018. She splits her time between wrestling with messy data and building data visualizations and news applications.
Born and raised in Dallas, Jacquelyn graduated from Southern Methodist University in 2018 with a B.A. in computer science, journalism, and creative computation. What started as indecisiveness in choosing between coding and journalism turned into a career pursuing storytelling with data, code, and graphics. She learned to put those skills to use through data internships at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The Dallas Morning News.
She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. When not talking data, she can also regularly be found with homemade baked goods to share (or not).
Stories by this Author
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DataFor These Colleges, Covid-Relief Money Was a Lifeline
More than $76 billion in federal aid during the Covid-19 pandemic helped keep many colleges afloat. But which institutions relied on these funds the most? -
Politics and Race
DEI Legislation Tracker
Legislators, mostly Republicans, want to get rid of diversity, equity, and inclusion offices; end anti-bias trainings; and banish diversity statements. -
Covid's Costs
Tuition Revenue Has Fallen at 61% of Colleges During the Pandemic
Search our database to see how this critical source of money changed at individual institutions between 2019 and 2021. -
College Admissions
Test-Optional Policies Now Dominate Higher Ed
Over 800 colleges shifted to test-optional policies between the fall of 2019 and the fall of 2021. -
Data
What Would the End of Race-Conscious Admissions Mean for Minority Enrollment?
Several states already ban affirmative action. Here’s what’s happened. -
Data
Why Tribal Colleges Struggle to Get Reliable Internet Service
Often located on far-flung tribal lands, their campuses are overwhelmingly in areas with few broadband service providers, sometimes leaving them with slow speeds and spotty coverage. -
Data
Who Does Your College Think Its Peers Are?
The Chronicle compiled the peer institutions for nearly 1,500 institutions from the 2020-21 year. -
Data
How the Onset of the Pandemic Affected the 2020 Admissions Season
Colleges accepted far more students in 2020 than they did the year before. Meanwhile, the yield went down. -
Covid-19's Effects
What the Pandemic Did to Enrollments at Regional Public Colleges
Many of them already faced daunting challenges in funding and demographic trends. Then came Covid. -
Admissions and Enrollment
These Were Last Fall’s Winners and Losers in Undergraduate Enrollment
How did different states, regions, locales, and institutions fare in 2020?
