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Brianna Hatch

Reporting Intern
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Brianna Hatch is a reporting intern for The Chronicle. She is a rising senior at Washington and Lee University, where she studies journalism and politics.

Hatch is also the editor-in-chief and a reporter for The Ring-tum Phi, Washington and Lee’s student-run newspaper. She has previously interned for The GroundTruth Project, and covered public schools and politics for the Rockbridge Report. Follow her on Twitter @BriHatch1 or email her at brianna.hatch@chronicle.com.

Stories by This Author

A student browses for groceries inside the Beach Pantry at California State U. at Long Beach.
Student Well-Being
Students Are Struggling With Basic Needs. So Colleges Are Tapping ‘Benefits Navigators.’
By Brianna Hatch August 19, 2022
The navigators are helping. But they don’t have the resources to do everything they can.
With an elaborately decorated mortarboard celebrating her many roles, graduate Ashley Stevens joins her classmates in the procession line for the Lane Community College Commencement 2022.
College Completion
Half of U.S. Adults Without Degrees Want More Education
By Brianna Hatch August 16, 2022
But they might not turn to only colleges for that education, according to a new survey.
Illustration showing melting composition books
The Search for Solutions
Food Pantries, Metamajors, and Sprint Football: How 3 Colleges Are Trying to Remedy Enrollment Woes
By Brianna Hatch, Wyatt Myskow, Isha Trivedi August 15, 2022
A community college, a public regional, and a small private institution try to innovate their way out of yearslong declines.
US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during a roundtable discussion on reproductive rights with US Vice President Kamala Harris and college presidents, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on August 8, 2022.
Federal Policy
College Rankings Are ‘a Joke,’ Education Secretary Says
By Brianna Hatch August 11, 2022
Miguel Cardona spoke during a Thursday summit focused on increasing college-graduation rates.
Steven Osuna.
Campus Policing
A Professor Alleged Racial Profiling by a Campus Police Officer. Then Things Escalated.
By Brianna Hatch August 6, 2022
More than 100 Cal State-Long Beach faculty members have signed a letter backing the professor, whose claims drew rebuke from the university’s police union.
Five white college-age students, two men and three women, are seen at dusk sitting on benches by a lit fire pit on a patio. Dressed in warm-weather clothes, they have sticks to cook smores.
Support Systems
Why One College Is Hiring a ‘Vibrant-Campus-Community Coordinator’
By Brianna Hatch August 2, 2022
The goal is to restore the vitality that was lost during the pandemic, says the dean of students at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.
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A Gift That Could Keep on Giving
A Priest, a Dress, a College — Oh My!
By Brianna Hatch July 22, 2022
Catholic University insists Judy Garland’s long-lost “Oz” frock was a donation. Can that be proved in court?
The U. of California at Berkeley has faced housing shortages for decades, and today. Students protest the lack of housing at Sather Gate.
Campus Crunch
Why This Fall’s Campus Housing Shortages Could Be Different
By Brianna Hatch July 20, 2022
Rising off-campus rents and a desire to get back to normal may supercharge the demand for college housing. At some institutions, dorms are already full.
Photograph of Dr. Larry Arnn, President, Hillsdale College, paired with quotes ""The teachers are trained in the dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges in the country." And "Now, because they are appointing all these diversity officers, what are their degrees in? Education. It’s easy. You don’t need to know anything."
In the States
‘Uninformed, Misguided, Irresponsible’: Hillsdale President’s Remarks Roil Tennessee Educators
By Brianna Hatch July 8, 2022
The president of the Michigan college, which has teamed up with Tennessee, said teachers “are trained in the dumbest parts of the dumbest colleges in the country.”
USC wide receiver Tahj Washington, right, UCLA defensive back Cameron Johnson deflect a pass in the first quarter at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021.
Sports and Money
‘There’s So Many Questions’: Sports-Realignment Shocker Could Mean a Sea Change for Higher Ed
By Brianna Hatch July 1, 2022
The sudden conference defections of the Universities of California at Los Angeles and Southern California could pose big questions for other colleges that play big-time sports.
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