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
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Collateral damageWhen Your Professor Disappears and No One Will Tell You Why
For three UCLA doctoral students, the punishment imposed on their mentor set them back, too. -
A Leaky Pipeline
Why Fixing the Transfer Process Is an Equity Issue for Colleges
Most community-college students plan to complete a four-year degree, but only a small share actually does so. The problem is worse for Black and Hispanic students. -
Race on Campus
Four Ways Colleges Can Help Minority Applicants
Colleges can no longer consider race as a factor in admissions. But they can change some of their admissions practices to take into account the experiences of marginalized students. -
Student Housing
Is ‘Dormzilla’ Dead? UC-Santa Barbara Won’t Confirm but Says It’s Seeking Alternatives.
The University of California campus has requested new designs for a major student-housing complex, sparking speculation that it’s abandoned plans for a massive, mostly windowless dormitory. -
Admissions
The U.S. Education Department Could Force Harvard to End Legacy Preferences. But Will It?
A complaint arguing Harvard’s use of legacy admissions violates Title VI and creates an “unfair barrier” for minority applicants has prompted a federal investigation. -
The Funding Gap
Black Land-Grant Universities Are Being Starved While White Ones Flourish, Report Finds
A policy loophole has allowed states to deprive 19 Black institutions of hundreds of millions of dollars. -
Race on Campus
What We Learned About One of Higher Education’s Most Ambitious DEI Efforts
The University of Michigan’s DEI program cost more than $85 million to start up. Despite successes, Black enrollment has barely budged. -
Diversity Programs
Where DEI Efforts Are Ambitious, Well Funded, and Taking Fire From All Sides
The University of Michigan has one of the largest DEI operations in the country. Yet Black enrollment has barely budged, and students still feel isolated. -
Duck and Cover
‘More Cowardly Than Cautious’: Faculty Decry College Leaders’ Silence on DEI Attacks
When speaking out carries political risks, but staying quiet seems like complicity, the leaders are caught in a bind. -
Race on Campus
What Does a Majority-White University Owe the Majority-Black City It Calls Home?
How we reported a story about Tulane’s $135-million effort to revitalize a behemoth building in downtown New Orleans.
