TBF these publications could also try putting someone on the higher ed beat who has … literally any relevant knowledge or experience of higher ed.
Megan Non Brevis
We cannot expect accurate renderings of education from a magazine owned by a media conglomerate owned by a private equity firm deeply invested in EdTech.
That is, The New Yorker.
Nor from a magazine owned by a venture capital fund deeply invested in EdTech.
That is, The Atlantic.