Goldie Blumenstyk joined The Chronicle of Higher Education, where she is a senior writer, in 1988. A nationally known expert on the business of higher education, she has won multiple awards from the Education Writers Association; reported for The Chronicle from China, Europe, Israel, and Peru; and also contributed to The New York Times and USA Today. A frequent speaker at conferences and guest on public-radio shows and C-SPAN, she is the author of the Washington Post best-selling book American Higher Education in Crisis? What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2015). She writes “The Edge,” a fortnightly newsletter for The Chronicle on the ideas, people, and trends that are changing the higher-education landscape. She is also the author of two in-depth Chronicle reports, The Adult Student and Career-Ready Education and co-author of The Innovation Imperative.