Kelly Field
Senior Reporter (former)
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Kelly Field joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2004 and covered federal higher-education policy. She continues to write for The Chronicle on a freelance basis.
Before joining The Chronicle, she covered Congress’s education committees for Congressional Quarterly and local politics for the Brookline Tab, in Massachusetts. She also worked as a Washington correspondent for The Eagle-Tribune, in Lawrence, Mass. Field received a bachelor’s degree in Spanish and psychology from Colby College and a master’s in journalism from Boston University.
In her spare time, she teaches citizenship classes, coaches track, and competes in triathlons. In 2011, Field was named the fastest female journalist in Washington.
Stories by this Author
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Education Behind Bars, and BeyondWith Restoration of Pell, More Students Will Leave Prison With College Credit. Are Colleges Ready?
Critics say too many college programs end at the prison gate. -
'An Untapped Talent Pool'
Learning the ‘Unspoken Rules’
Colleges are enrolling more students on the autism spectrum, but a third of graduates with autism don’t find jobs. Here’s how one university is aiming to change that. -
Equity on Campus
Colleges Brace for More Pregnant and Parenting Students
New federal rules seek to support those students, but they may not be enough. -
Meeting Them Where They Are
Making a Home for Students With Autism
New programs meet a range of academic, social, and emotional needs for people on the spectrum. -
Higher Ed in the Political Cross Hairs
We Asked College Health Centers How They’ll Deal With Abortion Restrictions. They Aren’t Saying.
Making anything more than a generic statement is widely seen as too risky. -
Retention Matters
The Problem Nobody’s Talking About: The Male-Graduation Gap
Men have trailed women in degree completion for decades. Why aren’t colleges doing anything? -
Ports in a Storm
Colleges Turn to Students’ Peers for Mental-Health Support
Programs can be expensive and risky, but many students want them. -
In From the Margins
A U.S. Program for Migrant Students Is Unusually Successful. Now the Pandemic Threatens It.
They get academic, social, emotional, and financial support, and persist at rates typically seen only at highly selective institutions. But it’s an uphill battle to recruit them right now. -
Enrollment Challenges
How Colleges Can Reach the Lost Freshmen of 2020
Enrolling students whose plans were disrupted by Covid-19 is a matter of mission and a financial imperative — but it’s not easy. -
Parenting
The Pandemic Accelerates a Decline in Campus-Based Child Care
With the child-care sector already fragile, advocates for student parents worry that even fewer of them will graduate on time, if at all.
