Nic Querolo

I wrote about a penalty in the bond market that costs predominantly Black cities and counties millions when they borrow on Wall St. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

New from me and @amanda_albright - an eye-popping loan is keeping Saint Augustine's, one of the oldest HBCU's in the country, afloat. For @business Gift link here: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Remarkable: Little-known US schools are offering degrees that function as work visas in disguise — exploiting a chaotic immigration system and making millions. By @zachmider and @nquerolo. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via @business

@zachmider We estimate about 24,000 foreign graduate students were enrolled in schools offering Day 1 CPT in fall 2022, generating roughly $240 million of tuition revenue.

@zachmider The programs and schools that offer them are well known to those who have confronted the increasingly long odds of winning the U.S. H1B lottery, but few outside those circles have ever heard of them.

Today @zachmider and I published our investigation into Day 1 CPT, a type of work authorization loophole that's essentially a two-year visa disguised as a degree. Gift link here: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

NEW: Little-known US schools are offering degrees that function as work visas in disguise — exploiting a chaotic immigration system and making millions. w/ @nquerolo Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Read The Big Take: Harvard’s vast wealth is getting attention from both politicians and local officials who are pushing for institutions to pay more. 🔗🎓: bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…

Every state we found that tracks teacher attendance in some way has seen it deteriorate in recent years

✏️ New story from me out today about why teachers are almost universally calling out sick more than they have in recent history, and what the cost is for students, and school finances. Edited by @elizabeth_news for @business. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

the piece about small colleges we worked on last year w/ @nquerolo, @danielle_moran, @andretartar and @rachaeldottle won the EWA award for data reporting and visualization - it took many people and pivot tables to get to the end result ewa.org/members-news/a…

Moody’s downgraded Rider University’s credit rating deeper into junk, citing the New Jersey private college’s struggling finances bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets by @nquerolo

Citigroup is shutting down its storied muni bond business. A huge deal in #muniland for US governments who consistently relied on the bank for financings both big and small. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… by @jennysurane @sridinats

Economic and demographic forces are stacked against small US colleges: read @nquerolo and @danielle_moran's detailed data dive, after months of reporting (gift link 🎁: shorturl.at/AJMNT)

everyone please appreciate these cubic trees @mariepastora made bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…

This data-driven story out today is a must-read to understand the stresses that smaller US colleges face amid dwindling enrollments and strained finances. A really impressive months-long reporting effort by @nquerolo @danielle_moran with super creative graphics by @mariepastora

When tiny Cazenovia College announced it was shutting its doors for good in late June, it became just the latest example of the mounting economic crisis facing countless private institutions in the US today. Story by @amanda_albright and me for @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Geoff Morrell, who reportedly was paid $120k/day by @Disney to run corporate affairs during a fraught 4-month stretch that included its fight with @RonDeSantis over the "Don't Say Gay" bill, has registered as a FOREIGN AGENT for the Saudis re: the @PGATour efile.fara.gov/docs/6698-Shor…

Affirmative action has hugely shaped corporate diversity programs -- and millions of peoples lives. What will happen when it (probably) goes away? Great story by @itskelseybutler w/ @clairesuddath and @nquerolo bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Huge news: In 2018, I published a @BW investigation into OneTaste, a sexual wellness company alleged to be a sex cult Today, federal prosecutors announced charges of forced labor against OneTaste founder Nicole Daedone & her deputy Rachel Cherwitz bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@A_Riley17 In Trust was very good!

Driving to Maine later this week sans kids. Podcast recommendations? Nothing bloody, please. Five minutes of Dr. Death almost had me fainting on the Taconic.