Senior Writer
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Expertise: College sports | Athlete Welfare | the NCAA | The Business of College Athletics
Background: Brad Wolverton is business editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Since joining The Chronicle in 2002, Brad Wolverton has written about university leadership, college finances, and intercollegiate athletics, among other topics. He has overseen The Chronicle's athletics coverage since 2005, focusing on the confluence of money and sports on campus.
In 2007, he examined the increasing influence of booster clubs in college sports, finding that growth in athletics donations has cut into academic gifts at many universities. He has also reported on issues of academic and management malfeasance, and the consequences of a rapid rise in spending on sports.
Before joining The Chronicle, he wrote about sports business for BusinessWeek, and has published articles in Men's Journal, USA Today, and The Washington Post, among other publications. He is a graduate of Indiana University at Bloomington, where he majored in journalism.
Honors: Dick Schaap Excellence in Sports Journalism award from Sport in Society, 2008
Media appearances: Wolverton has appeared on national television shows such as ESPN’s Outside the Lines, NBC Nightly News, CBS's Sunday Morning, and numerous national and local radio programs.
