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.
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Student Activism
Rallies and demonstrations are again testing administrators’ ability to decipher between antisemitism and free speech. A new guide developed by scholars aims to help.
Gaza Activism
Student protesters are deploying new tactics to press administrators to meet their demands.
Campus Activism
A Republican congresswoman had choice words for what she said were Columbia’s failures to discipline activists, while the UC system president said its campuses would tighten their protocols.
Campus Unrest
The university must allow the students equal access to the entire campus, the federal judge said in a preliminary injunction. An expert said it could have implications for other colleges.
Procedural Morass
Campuses are stressed as student-conduct hearings drag into the summer.
Dismantling Diversity
The 49 staffers thought their jobs were safe. Then they were summoned to a Zoom call.
'You Drop Out, You Lose Everything'
Alums of a summer boot camp created to nurture Black Ph.D.s say it’s both transformative and traumatic.
Campus Activism
Several have escorted students inside the protest zones for lessons, drawing the ire of some administrators.
Diversity Disconnected
Members say the organizations helped them navigate work, celebrate their culture, and feel as if they’re not alone.
A Law's Impact
The firings came one week after the Republican sponsor of Texas’ anti-DEI law told public colleges they had to submit statements about what they were doing to comply with it.