''The College Fix'' is an American

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news website focused on higher education. It was created in 2011 by journalist John J. Miller and is published by the non-profit Student Free Press Association (SFPA). The site features "right-minded news and commentary" and often reports on what it describes as " political correctness." ''The Fix'' features student and non-student writers. It is based in

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. Rick DeVos, the son of former

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, sits on the Fix’s board.

Model

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'' described ''The College Fix'' as a website designed to recruit "young conservatives for careers in the news media by placing college students in internships with right-leaning publications." Miller had long desired "to help other conservative and libertarian campus journalists" and ''The Fix'' gives them a platform where they will get "more attention than from just the campus level." As of 2015, ''The Fix'' had three full-time editors and one part-time editor who oversee a network of approximately 75 contributors.

Accuracy, funding and editorial stance

''The Chronicle of Higher Education'' reported in 2015 that some subjects covered by ''The Fix'' had accused the website of misreporting their stories. ''The Fix'' editor Jennifer Kabbany defended the site's coverage and said that the site offers those it covers an opportunity to comment. In addition, Kabbany told

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in April 2018 that the site "has publicly denounced any vile emails that a professor might get." In February 2017 '' Inside Higher Ed'' probed whether ''The Fix'' had failed to disclose its relationship to the son of

, weeks before her appointment as the US Secretary of Education. As early as 2015, Rick DeVos had served as a board member of

Student Free Press Association ''The College Fix'' is an American conservative news website focused on higher education. It was created in 2011 by journalist John J. Miller and is published by the non-profit Student Free Press Association (SFPA). The site features "right-minde ...

, though this relationship was not disclosed in the site's coverage of DeVos. Days after the report John Miller apologized and took blame for the oversight. The

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gave $365,600 to the Student Free Press Association from 2014 to 2015, before ceasing contributions. The site reported receiving $749,509 in contributions from various sources in 2018.

Staff

* John J. Miller, founder and executive director *Katherine Miller, founding editor-in-chief *Nathan Harden, editor-in-chief from 2012–2014 *Jennifer Kabbany, current editor-in-chief

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:College Fix, The American conservative websites American student news websites Internet properties established in 2011 2011 establishments in the United States

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Accuracy, funding and editorial stance

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