Katherine Mangan
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Austin, TX, United States
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University of California Reaches Tentative Contract Deal with Striking Academic Workers
The agreement, if ratified, could bring an end to a monthlong work stoppage that has paralyzed the 10-campus system. → Read More
When Campuses Close, Most of Their Students Are Stuck Without the Credentials They Wanted
The abrupt closure of thousands of campuses over the past two decades has disproportionately harmed students of color, a new report finds. → Read More
‘Dormzilla’ Gets a Little Less Monstrous
The University of California at Santa Barbara’s massive dormitory project, criticized for its windowless rooms, will shed two floors — and arrive later than expected. → Read More
What to Know About the New Rules on Pell Grants for Prison Education
More than 700,000 incarcerated people are expected to become eligible for the federal need-based aid under regulations that will take effect in July. → Read More
Is Higher Ed a Public Good or a Public Threat?
What two governors’ contrasting platforms say about the nation’s polarized views about colleges. → Read More
Investigation Finds Former Cal State Chancellor Had a ‘Blind Spot’ for an Abusive Colleague
When he led the system’s Fresno campus, Joseph I. Castro failed to rigorously address complaints that a top official was bullying, sexually harassing, and retaliating against employees, a report says. → Read More
Florida A&M Students Sue State, Accusing It of Decades of Underfunding
The suit, which is seeking class-action status, says Florida shortchanged the historically Black college by $1.3 billion over 33 years. → Read More
Can $100 Million Help Student-Success Programs Work Together, Rather Than Compete?
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is investing in six nonprofit groups charged with creating networks of colleges to share their practices. → Read More
Transfer-Student Enrollment Tanked During the Pandemic. Historically Black Colleges Were the Exception.
HBCUs saw their incoming transfer numbers rise during the last academic year, especially among men. → Read More
In Tenn., a Lawmaker Tells Colleges to Scrub References to Gay and Transgender Rights Under Title IX
Critics say it sends an unwelcoming message to LGBTQ students and faculty members. → Read More
Enrolling Diverse Students When Race Is Off the Table
Braced for a Supreme Court ruling restricting affirmative action, colleges examine “race neutral” alternatives. → Read More
Bursting at the Seams and Battling in Court, Berkeley Faces an ‘Urgent and Real’ Student-Housing Crisis
The University of California’s flagship campus needs to grow, but that requires a delicate dance — welcoming many more students, as long as they don’t linger. → Read More
Adults Who Left College Without a Degree Could Be Key to Recovering Enrollment
As the number of traditional-age students shrinks, educators double down on efforts to re-enroll the 39 million Americans who left without a credential. → Read More
The Lethal Consequences of Dropping the Ball on Dating Violence
An angry ex-boyfriend with an explosive temper. A student terrified of what he might do next. How did a university bungle similar cases of intimate-partner violence, and how has it pledged to do better? → Read More
Supreme Court Ruling Will Upend Reproductive Rights for College Students and Complicate Medical Training
The overturning of “Roe v. Wade” will frustrate colleges’ efforts to retain students who are pregnant or who have small children. → Read More
‘Disturbing and Even Shocking’: Harvard to Spend $100 Million to Atone for ‘Immoral’ Ties to Slavery
The university profited from slavery for centuries, a new report says, and provided intellectual underpinnings for racial bias, while members of its community themselves enslaved people. → Read More
Why Tribal Colleges Struggle to Get Reliable Internet Service
Often located on far-flung tribal lands, their campuses are overwhelmingly in areas with few broadband service providers, sometimes leaving them with slow speeds and spotty coverage. → Read More
The Cost of Connection
The internet is a lifeline for students on far-flung tribal campuses. Too often, they’re priced out of learning. → Read More
A Professor ‘Resigned’ During a Mental-Health Crisis. Now She Wants Her Job Back.
The case is drawing national attention to the struggles faculty members with mental-health disabilities face when their illness interferes with their work — and the challenges universities face in responding. → Read More
The Hardest Judgment
Therapists walk an increasingly narrow path between student confidentiality and institutional liability. → Read More