Doug Lederman was editor and co-founder of Inside Higher Ed from 2004 through 2024. He is now principal of Lederman Advisory Services, where he works with Ithaka S+R and other organizations to try to make higher education better. He also writes a column, Tough Love, for Inside Higher Ed. Before helping to found IHE, Doug worked at The Chronicle of Higher Education from 1986 to 2003. He has won three National Awards for Education Reporting from the Education Writers Association, and he speaks widely about higher education. He began his career as a news clerk at The New York Times. He grew up in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and graduated in 1984 from Princeton University. Doug lives with his wife, Kate Scharff, in Bethesda, Md.