Beth McMurtrie is a senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education, where she focuses on the future of learning and technology’s influence on teaching. In addition to her reported stories, she is a co-author of the weekly Teaching newsletter about what works in and around the classroom. She has been with The Chronicle since 1999 and has written about many facets of higher education, including religious colleges, international education, and campus culture. She spent eight years as The Chronicle’s international editor.
McMurtrie has been a finalist in (2015) and a winner of (2009) the Education Writers Association’s National Awards for Education Reporting. She is the author of The Future of Learning: How Colleges Can Transform the Educational Experience (2018) and co-author of The Future of Advising (2022).
She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Wellesley College and a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.
Email her at beth.mcmurtrie@chronicle.com and follow her on LinkedIn.
