Sarah Brown joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2015. In 2022, she became news editor, where she helps oversee daily news coverage and coordinates the reporting internship program.
In more than six years as a reporter, Sarah wrote about Title IX and colleges’ handling of sexual assault and harassment, whether higher ed is really committed to racial equity, and how mental-health struggles are derailing students, academically and otherwise. In addition to campus culture, she covered enrollment challenges, financial turmoil, leadership controversies, and the connection between education and health.
Sarah’s bylines have appeared in The New York Times and other newspapers, and she makes regular broadcast-media appearances for The Chronicle, including on C-SPAN, St. Louis Public Radio, Wisconsin Public Radio, WBUR (Boston), and KUOW (Seattle).
Sarah studied journalism and political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but she likes to say that she really graduated from The Daily Tar Heel, where she was a reporter and editor all four years.
Stories by this Author
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Legal Jeopardy2 Former Students Face Defamation Lawsuits for Talking About Sexual Assault
In one case, a former vice president for student affairs at St. Norbert College alleged that a recent graduate had made false statements accusing him of silencing sexual-assault victims. -
Campus Health
How Are Colleges Planning to Manage Covid This Fall?
A survey by the American College Health Association says a majority of respondents are recommending that students be vaccinated, even as the federal public-health emergency has ended. -
Debt Relief Denied
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Student-Loan Cancellation for Millions of Borrowers
The plan, which had been a priority for President Biden, would have forgiven up to $20,000 in student debt. -
Breaking News
U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Conscious Admissions Nationwide
The conservative majority declared the practice discriminatory and illegal, effectively forcing colleges to stop using race as a factor in admissions. -
A Blow to Faculty Rights
Ban on Tenure for New Faculty Hires Passes Texas Senate
Lawmakers’ campaign to reshape public higher education in the state reached a rare milestone: A tenure ban won approval in a legislative chamber. -
'Systemic Issues'
U. of Arizona Admits Failures Leading Up to Professor’s Death
The university’s president accepted responsibility for a series of institutional mistakes, shortly after the professor’s family filed a $9-million claim. -
Daily Briefing
A Leadership Crisis Festers at New Mexico State U.
Stanford’s president apologizes to speaker after students disrupt his talk; the latest take on Penn law school’s Amy Wax; and more. -
Race on Campus
This Conservative Activist Wants to Eliminate Public Colleges’ DEI Initiatives. We Asked Why.
In higher ed, inclusion “often means excluding anyone who doesn’t kowtow to prevailing orthodoxy,” says Ilya Shapiro of the Manhattan Institute. -
Republican Scrutiny
Public Colleges in Oklahoma Must Account for ‘Every Dollar’ Spent on Diversity Over the Past 10 Years
The action is the latest example of heightened interest by a Republican state official in documenting, and potentially curbing, colleges’ efforts to promote equity and inclusion. -
Race on Campus
A High-Demand Major With a Diversity Problem
Nursing faculty members and students are predominantly white. Some say they need better preparation to care for an increasingly diverse population.
