Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune
Kate McGee covers higher education for the WBEZ Education Desk. She joined WBEZ in May 2018 after spending a year at WAMU, the NPR affiliate in Washington D.C. There, she broke a major story that revealed D.C. Public Schools were awarding diplomas to underprepared students in violation of their own policies. Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, Kate got her public radio start at Fordham University鈥檚 WFUV. She covered education at KUT, the NPR affiliate in Austin, Texas, where she was named Texas Associated Press Radio Reporter of the Year in 2015. She鈥檚 also worked at WNYC and KUNR in Reno, Nevada. Kate鈥檚 work has appeared on NPR鈥檚 Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here and Now, and The Takeaway. She enjoys road trips, going to baseball games, buying books she doesn鈥檛 have time to read, and drinking a good beer outdoors.
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At least a third of respondents at UT-Austin, UT-Dallas and Texas A&M said they鈥檙e not sure administrators at their universities protect free speech on campus. -
Six Trump supporters were accused of intimidating a Biden campaign bus in 2020. Both plaintiffs and defendants saw Monday鈥檚 verdict as a victory. -
The new policy says universities should remain neutral on 鈥渋ssues of the day鈥� while allowing students, faculty and staff to express their ideas. -
Texas lawmakers made huge investments in community colleges and created new endowments for public universities. They also banned diversity, equity and inclusion offices and gave themselves more control over university faculty tenure. -
The university distributed vests to theater students after an officer drew a gun on a Black student rehearsing a violent scene last year. Officials walked back the requirement amid recent student criticism. -
A Chicago woman found an unfinished quilt of the United States at an estate sale and sought help online to finish it. Quilters from around the country joined her last weekend to complete the project.
