Emma Folts, Author at PublicSource

Author Archives: Emma Folts

Emma is a higher education reporter for PublicSource. In her role, she collaborates with Open Campus, a nonprofit newsroom focused on strengthening higher education coverage in local communities. Emma is particularly interested in reporting on issues of equity and accessibility in higher education. She first joined PublicSource as a reporting intern in summer 2020, and she was an editorial intern for the Los Angeles Business Journal in 2021. She graduated from Syracuse University in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in newspaper and online journalism.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning, as seen beyond the William Pitt Union on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Oakland. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

EDUCATION

Pitt has launched a program to support students in crisis. It’s unclear how well it’s working.

by Emma Folts March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

Alex Tabor sits in a chair, looking out the window.

EDUCATION

At Pitt, CMU, ‘We’re workers when they want us to be, but then we’re graduate students when they don’t want to pay us’

by Emma Folts March 2, 2023March 6, 2023

Sister Janet Folkl talks in the toiletries section of the La Roche Providence Pantry, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023, at La Roche University in McCandless. The pantry was accessed by students from 37 countries including the U.S. last year. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/PublicSource)

EDUCATION

One in three students experience food insecurity nationwide. With state funding, local universities are ramping up efforts to tackle it.

by Emma Folts February 13, 2023February 14, 2023

EDUCATION

Author Archives: Emma Folts

Pitt has launched a program to support students in crisis. It’s unclear how well it’s working.

At Pitt, CMU, ‘We’re workers when they want us to be, but then we’re graduate students when they don’t want to pay us’

One in three students experience food insecurity nationwide. With state funding, local universities are ramping up efforts to tackle it.

‘We were the guinea pig generation’: How the pandemic shaped this year’s college freshmen

ChatGPT could turn writing into ‘technical Mad Libs.’ But could it also spark needed change in higher ed?

What’s driving shifts in higher ed leadership? Social pressures, pandemic exhaustion and declining enrollment

Pitt’s handling of Dior Johnson domestic violence case sends mixed messages about sport and survivor support

College students and professors contend with hangover from virtual high school

Pittsburgh is reeling from gun violence. A CCAC program aims to break the cycle and create ‘a path of prosperity’

CMU students call on campus police to improve transparency, disarm officers in some situations