Katherine Mangan covers issues of community colleges, college completion, and student success as a senior writer for The Chronicle of Higher Education. In more than 30 years there, she has written extensively about developmental education, dual enrollment, transfer, and access, as well as about sexual assault, campus protests, hazing, and free-speech concerns. She has been a frequent presenter at national higher-education conferences and a guest on numerous radio programs. She was on a Chronicle team honored with an Education Writers Association award for investigative reporting for “The Gates Effect.” She is the author of “Improving The Transfer Handoff,” a special Chronicle report. Follow her on Twitter @KatherineMangan, or email her at katherine.mangan@chronicle.com.
Stories by This Author
Diversity Efforts
A vice president warned at the tense meeting that the incoming Congress will “use whatever tools they have” to eliminate identity-conscious diversity initiatives: “We may have to trim sails.”
Overzealous Intrusions?
Officials say they’re protecting free speech. But are they undermining it?
'Impending Threats'
In the aftermath of a critical New York Times story, faculty leaders fear regents are considering cuts to one of the nation’s most unapologetically ambitious models.
'It Speaks Volumes'
The leaders were elected last spring on a pro-Palestinian platform called Shut It Down, which promised to withhold funding for student groups in a bid to force the university to divest from Israel.
Drawn Out
An award-winning scientist was accused by her colleagues two years ago of violating the faculty code of conduct. The university’s inability to make a ruling, she says, cost her a federal grant.
Campus Unrest
A vote to restore funding to student groups, which had been denied under a campaign promise from the student government’s president and vice president in a bid to force the university to divest from Israel, has been at the center of simmering tensions on campus.
Campus Activism
In a series of recorded interactions posted on social media, Shai Davidai accused administrators of being “spineless,” “useless,” and “indifferent.” He’s been banned from campus until he completes training about appropriate behavior.
Admissions & Recruitment
A Chronicle analysis shows their numbers are dropping faster than any other group’s.
Survey Says ...
A recent survey shows Republican and Democratic voters alike want politicians to establish alternative pathways to the middle class. It’s harder than it looks.
Diversity Defense
Amid widening disparities and under political siege, advocates urge administrators to start collecting data to figure out which DEI strategies do and don’t work.