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Jamaal Abdul-Alim

Education Editor

Education Editor Jamaal Abdul-Alim is an award-winning journalist who hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He broke into the news business as a crime reporter at the old Milwaukee Sentinel during his undergraduate years at the University of Wisconsin — Milwaukee ('96). He covered higher education for more than a decade, mostly as a freelancer in Washington, D.C., during the Obama administration. His articles have appeared in publications that range from "The Wall Street Journal" to "US News & World Report."