Zachary Schermele
Reporting Intern
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Zach Schermele is a reporting intern at The Chronicle who is interested in covering college leadership, finances, and fundraising.
Schermele recently graduated from Columbia University with a degree in political science. He previously worked as a reporting intern for Politico New York, where he covered City Hall. Prior to that, he covered LGBTQ news for NBCNews.com. He has also worked as an intern at NBC News Now and MSNBC, and before that he was a reporter for the Montana Television Network. Schermele was an editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator and started out in journalism as Teen Vogue’s education columnist.
Follow him on Twitter @ZachSchermele, or send him an email at zachary.schermele@chronicle.com.
Stories by this Author
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'Beloved Colleague and Mentor'
Fatal Shooting of Chapel Hill Professor Sends Campus Into Disarray
A professor was shot and killed, allegedly by a graduate student, the police said, bringing waves of panic and grief to the North Carolina flagship. -
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Is #AcademicTwitter Over?
The once-popular, ever-controversial website is imploding, critics say. What, if anything, does higher ed stand to lose? -
A Dreaded Phone Call
A College Gave This Adjunct 3 Classes to Teach. Then It Forgot to Tell Him.
Paul Crenshaw’s experience, which went viral online, was the stuff of nightmares — at least for higher ed. -
Academic Freedom
Florida’s DEI Ban Censors Classroom Instruction, Lawsuit Says
Faculty members and students at New College of Florida are suing the state over its restrictions on diversity spending and gen-ed instruction at public colleges. -
'Collective Action'
College Presidents Are Planning ‘Urgent Action’ to Defend Free Speech
The effort by the leaders of 13 colleges, most of them private, is the latest example of an increasingly forceful defense of free-speech principles. -
Faculty Hiring
Diversity Statements Get the Ax at Arizona’s Public Universities
A spokesperson for Arizona State University told The Chronicle that the campus had begun carrying out the change last spring. -
Foes Were 'Gunning for Her'
Who Had a Say in Derailing Texas A&M’s Hiring of Kathleen McElroy?
New hires are typically matters reserved for deans, chairs, and a few others. Not so at Texas A&M. -
Behind-the-Scenes Look
‘We Dodged a Bullet’: Texts Between Texas A&M President and Dean Show How Faculty Hire Fell Apart
The messages discussed Kathleen McElroy, recruited as a journalism professor. In one, M. Katherine Banks, then the president, called her an “awful person” for going to the press. -
Violent Warnings
Campus Bomb Threats Increased More Than Fivefold Last Year
In 2021 there were 64 threats aimed at colleges and universities. Last year there were 353. -
A Legacy of Privilege
New Research Lays Bare Just How Inequitable Elite Colleges Are
Students from wealthy families are twice as likely to get into the nation’s most-selective colleges than students from middle- and low-income backgrounds — even if they have similar test scores.