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[mlb317]

I am a current graduate student looking to graduate in May 2011. I am very interested in writing/sharing my opinions and ideas for the Chronicle, but I am unaware of what I would need to do to get an article published here on the website. Would anyone happen to have any suggestions about how I might be able to get something posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education?

[larryc]

Use lots of anecdotes but no actual data.

More seriously, you should sketch out your ideas and email the editors.

[corvus_caurinus]

...but I am unaware of what I would need to do to get an article published here on the website. Would anyone happen to have any suggestions about how I might be able to get something posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education?

If you've got something to say, contact the editors.
If you don't, get an agent.

[fiona]

Write out concisely what you want to say, and e-mail the editors.

Don't say, "I want to write an article about education." Say, "I want to write an article about [this specific subject that I know a lot about] and I want to show that . . ."

Your e-mailed query should also be well-written, since it tells the Chronicle whether you write well or not.

The Fiona

[david_perlmutter]

It would be good to outline in detail your main points in your intro email to an editor. You also want to find out who is the editor of the section you think your piece would fit best in.

[catalyzer]

http://chronicle.com/section/Submissions/157/

Read the submissions guidelines here. In addition to what has been said above (sending a letter of inquiry), if you've already written something suitable, you could send that for the appropriate editor to look at.

Good luck!

[untenured]

I am a current graduate student looking to graduate in May 2011. I am very interested in writing/sharing my opinions and ideas for the Chronicle, but I am unaware of what I would need to do to get an article published here on the website. Would anyone happen to have any suggestions about how I might be able to get something posted on the Chronicle of Higher Education?

This is not what you came here for, but why?  This is not optimal time spent furthering your academic career.  Schools will think it a waste of time if you write something for CHE.  Research is what counts.  I assume you know all this already.