Deirdre Fernandes (@fernandesglobe) 's Twitter Profile
Deirdre Fernandes

@fernandesglobe

Covering the higher education business and student loans for the Boston Globe. Contact me at [email protected].

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Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and physical toll of pregnancy in a foreign land with no place to call home. trib.al/IHLsoPw

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NEW: Immigration has seeped into day-to-day consciousness in a way that would have been unthinkable a few years ago, when the issue felt thousands of miles away. Matt Stout + I dig into how immigration has scrambled the political picture in deep-blue Mass.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/17/met…

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NEW: The The Boston Globe, through a massive records request, obtained hundreds of never-before-seen special education settlements from across Mass. Together, they tell a disturbing tale of secrecy and inequity. W/ the herculean efforts of Neena Hagen: bostonglobe.com/2024/11/12/met…

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Governor Maura Healey signed legislation that would shield a Boston nonprofit battling accusations of predatory lending from lawsuits, and, critics say, exempt it from the state’s consumer protection laws. trib.al/VSFOz7R

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Social workers are quitting Massachusetts DCF in droves, costing children stability and delaying family reunifications bostonglobe.com/2024/11/19/met… via @jasmlaughlin The Boston Globe

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Governor Maura Healey said she will seek to limit homeless and migrant families to six-month stays in Massachusetts’ strained emergency shelter system. trib.al/gnCibue

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Penn among elite universities accused of forming ā€˜cartel’ to avoid paying aid. Ex-dean testified that applicants connected to big donors were ā€˜untouchable.’ inquirer.com/education/penn…

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ā€œWe think we have a plan…and then you are free at last and can take a well-deserved distributionā€: MPT’s CFO to Steward CEO. Steward Health a cautionary tale in private equity's push into health care ⁦Boston Globe Spotlight Team⁩ apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/investig…

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What’s happening in state migrant shelters? A lot, according to public records the Globe requested nine months ago and Gov. Healey’s administration just recently released. bostonglobe.com/2025/01/08/met…

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NEW: Governor Maura Healey’s administration acknowledged Thursday that it has not been conducting full criminal background checks on people staying in emergency shelters, despite repeated assurances that the state’s vetting process was thorough. bostonglobe.com/2025/01/09/met… via The Boston Globe

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NEW: Governor Maura Healey says the state will perform criminal background checks on each of the thousands of people staying in its emergency shelter system, saying she ordered checks "last spring" but they weren't performed for unknown reasons. bostonglobe.com/2025/01/10/met… w/ Samantha J. Gross

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1/ New The Boston Globe project: The Green Book's legacy in New England. Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. We mapped the listings, highlighting places such as Western Lunch Box, Slade's, and The Pates Hotel. apps.bostonglobe.com/metro/2025/01/…

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Boston Globe Media and NESN have canceled the Globe's weekday TV show, which it launched in 2023, and the Globe laid off four employees. They will continue to partner on a weekly sports show, and the Globe plans to invest more in video across platforms. bostonglobe.com/2025/03/06/bus…

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Per Aidan's story, one departing employee from Globe Today had initially been hired as by the Globe to work on a weekly podcast that it later scrapped. The employee's messages in some newsroom Slack channels were deleted and access to posting in them were temporarily disabled.

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Campus activists, misidentified students, a jaywalker. Is this the deportation list the Trump administration is using? āœļø Stephanie Ebbert & Deirdre Fernandes bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/met…

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Campus activists, misidentified students, a jaywalker. Is this the deportation list the Trump administration is using? bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/met… (via Deirdre Fernandes Stephanie Ebbert)